Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bowie State

At Bowie State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bowie State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.31%, and the 2024 yield is 19.01%.

The number of Bowie State applicants increased by 14.69% (800 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Bowie State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.75% and women students' rate is 64.78%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bowie State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	51.76%	50.70%	52.39%
2014-15	55.06% 3.31%	52.55% 1.85%	56.59% 4.20%
2015-16	57.47% 2.41%	55.69% 3.14%	58.55% 1.96%
2016-17	41.26% -16.21%	39.29% -16.39%	42.42% -16.14%
2017-18	36.00% -5.26%	34.46% -4.84%	36.83% -5.59%
2018-19	38.01% 2.00%	36.16% 1.71%	38.94% 2.11%
2019-20	79.67% 41.66%	76.98% 40.82%	81.06% 42.12%
2020-21	81.21% 1.55%	79.00% 2.02%	82.25% 1.19%
2021-22	87.00% 5.79%	81.00% 2.01%	90.00% 7.75%
2022-23	86.54% -0.46%	82.39% 1.39%	88.53% -1.47%
2023-24	84.00% -2.53%	79.99% -2.40%	85.00% -3.53%
Average	63.45%	60.75%	64.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.31% where the current academic year yield is 19.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.39%	33.03%	28.86%
2014-15	36.65% 6.26%	42.42% 9.39%	33.40% 4.54%
2015-16	38.50% 1.85%	43.16% 0.74%	35.80% 2.41%
2016-17	34.80% -3.70%	38.96% -4.20%	32.54% -3.27%
2017-18	27.89% -6.91%	32.92% -6.03%	25.37% -7.17%
2018-19	22.56% -5.33%	27.73% -5.19%	20.12% -5.24%
2019-20	21.25% -1.31%	26.84% -0.89%	18.50% -1.62%
2020-21	23.11% 1.86%	27.20% 0.36%	21.27% 2.76%
2021-22	20.99% -2.12%	26.02% -1.19%	18.99% -2.28%
2022-23	25.21% 4.22%	30.93% 4.91%	22.66% 3.67%
2023-24	19.01% -6.21%	24.02% -6.91%	16.99% -5.66%
Average	27.31%	32.11%	24.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,859, the average number of admitted is 3,480, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 878.

The number of Bowie State applicants increased by 14.69% (800 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,986	2,063	627
2014-15	2,953 -25.92%	1,626 -21.18%	596 -4.94%
2015-16	2,671 -9.55%	1,535 -5.60%	591 -0.84%
2016-17	6,735 152.15%	2,779 81.04%	967 63.62%
2017-18	10,816 60.59%	3,894 40.12%	1,086 12.31%
2018-19	10,601 -1.99%	4,029 3.47%	909 -16.30%
2019-20	4,849 -54.26%	3,863 -4.12%	821 -9.68%
2020-21	5,168 6.58%	4,197 8.65%	970 18.15%
2021-22	4,978 -3.68%	4,331 3.19%	909 -6.29%
2022-23	5,445 9.38%	4,712 8.80%	1,188 30.69%
2023-24	6,245 14.69%	5,246 11.33%	997 -16.08%
Average	5,859	3,480	878

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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