Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bluefield State

At Bluefield State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.94%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bluefield State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 43.25%, and the 2024 yield is 34.03%.

The number of Bluefield State applicants decreased by -11.44% (93 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.94% at Bluefield State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.04% and women students' rate is 80.90%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bluefield State University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Bluefield State University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	42.67%	41.34%	43.50%
2014-15	38.34% -4.33%	38.10% -3.24%	38.47% -5.02%
2015-16	76.86% 38.52%	76.03% 37.94%	77.39% 38.92%
2016-17	83.31% 6.45%	82.14% 6.11%	83.92% 6.52%
2017-18	81.46% -1.85%	81.87% -0.28%	81.25% -2.67%
2018-19	94.54% 13.08%	90.10% 8.23%	96.77% 15.52%
2019-20	94.47% -0.07%	93.04% 2.94%	95.19% -1.57%
2020-21	90.03% -4.44%	84.81% -8.22%	92.72% -2.47%
2021-22	96.96% 6.93%	96.99% 12.17%	97.09% 4.37%
2022-23	97.17% 0.21%	97.92% 0.93%	96.50% -0.58%
2023-24	86.94% -10.23%	87.13% -10.79%	87.05% -9.45%
Average	80.25%	79.04%	80.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 43.25% where the current academic year yield is 34.03%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Bluefield State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	63.75%	62.57%	64.45%
2014-15	58.60% -5.15%	65.97% 3.40%	54.09% -10.37%
2015-16	56.21% -2.39%	60.87% -5.10%	53.26% -0.82%
2016-17	40.81% -15.40%	46.74% -14.13%	37.78% -15.49%
2017-18	47.23% 6.43%	53.16% 6.43%	44.23% 6.45%
2018-19	31.52% -15.71%	37.36% -15.80%	28.79% -15.44%
2019-20	45.05% 13.52%	39.46% 2.09%	47.81% 19.02%
2020-21	30.15% -14.89%	34.06% -5.39%	28.31% -19.51%
2021-22	35.02% 4.87%	35.92% 1.86%	34.90% 6.59%
2022-23	33.42% -1.60%	37.23% 1.31%	29.95% -4.95%
2023-24	34.03% 0.61%	32.95% -4.28%	34.99% 5.03%
Average	43.25%	46.03%	41.69%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 767, the average number of admitted is 591, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 243.

The number of Bluefield State applicants decreased by -11.44% (93 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Bluefield State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,125	480	306
2014-15	1,046 -7.02%	401 -16.46%	235 -23.20%
2015-16	618 -40.92%	475 18.45%	267 13.62%
2016-17	653 5.66%	544 14.53%	222 -16.85%
2017-18	577 -11.64%	470 -13.60%	222
2018-19	604 4.68%	571 21.49%	180 -18.92%
2019-20	470 -22.19%	444 -22.24%	200 11.11%
2020-21	792 68.51%	713 60.59%	215 7.50%
2021-22	1,019 28.66%	988 38.57%	346 60.93%
2022-23	813 -20.22%	790 -20.04%	264 -23.70%
2023-24	720 -11.44%	626 -20.76%	213 -19.32%
Average	767	591	243

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Bluefield State University and similar schools.