Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Boise State

At Boise State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%. Boise State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.17%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of Boise State applicants decreased by -5.04% (846 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Boise State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.77% and women students' rate is 82.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	77.66%	73.24%	81.65%
2014-15	77.00% -0.65%	73.69% 0.46%	80.09% -1.56%
2015-16	79.57% 2.57%	74.31% 0.61%	84.33% 4.23%
2016-17	81.73% 2.16%	79.48% 5.17%	83.60% -0.73%
2017-18	83.99% 2.26%	82.34% 2.87%	85.34% 1.75%
2018-19	80.75% -3.24%	78.40% -3.94%	82.57% -2.77%
2019-20	77.44% -3.31%	74.91% -3.49%	79.51% -3.06%
2020-21	77.49% 0.05%	75.20% 0.29%	79.33% -0.18%
2021-22	83.00% 5.51%	80.00% 4.80%	85.00% 5.67%
2022-23	83.93% 0.93%	81.96% 1.96%	85.38% 0.38%
2023-24	84.00% 0.07%	81.99% 0.03%	86.00% 0.61%
Average	80.60%	77.77%	82.98%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.17% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.25%	37.37%	35.42%
2014-15	36.16% -0.10%	35.87% -1.49%	36.40% 0.99%
2015-16	33.79% -2.37%	34.19% -1.68%	33.47% -2.93%
2016-17	37.81% 4.02%	38.25% 4.06%	37.46% 3.99%
2017-18	36.79% -1.01%	36.70% -1.56%	36.87% -0.58%
2018-19	32.42% -4.38%	33.52% -3.17%	31.60% -5.27%
2019-20	25.72% -6.70%	25.11% -8.41%	26.18% -5.42%
2020-21	23.67% -2.05%	23.36% -1.75%	23.90% -2.28%
2021-22	24.00% 0.33%	25.00% 1.64%	24.00% 0.10%
2022-23	22.22% -1.78%	21.98% -3.03%	22.39% -1.61%
2023-24	23.00% 0.78%	23.00% 1.02%	23.00% 0.61%
Average	30.17%	30.40%	30.06%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,915, the average number of admitted is 9,633, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,725.

The number of Boise State applicants decreased by -5.04% (846 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,832	6,082	2,205
2014-15	8,153 4.10%	6,278 3.22%	2,270 2.95%
2015-16	8,156 0.04%	6,490 3.38%	2,193 -3.39%
2016-17	8,330 2.13%	6,808 4.90%	2,574 17.37%
2017-18	8,876 6.55%	7,455 9.50%	2,743 6.57%
2018-19	10,789 21.55%	8,712 16.86%	2,824 2.95%
2019-20	15,030 39.31%	11,639 33.60%	2,993 5.98%
2020-21	15,511 3.20%	12,020 3.27%	2,845 -4.94%
2021-22	15,648 0.88%	12,988 8.05%	3,117 9.56%
2022-23	16,795 7.33%	14,096 8.53%	3,132 0.48%
2023-24	15,949 -5.04%	13,397 -4.96%	3,081 -1.63%
Average	11,915	9,633	2,725

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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