Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Clarkson

At Clarkson University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.02%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of Clarkson applicants increased by 11.42% (753 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at Clarkson University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.40% and women students' rate is 68.46%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.03%	67.11%	59.53%
2014-15	62.14% -1.89%	65.66% -1.45%	62.57% 3.04%
2015-16	68.06% 5.92%	70.57% 4.91%	63.99% 1.42%
2016-17	68.21% 0.16%	69.97% -0.60%	65.55% 1.56%
2017-18	65.71% -2.50%	69.18% -0.80%	60.69% -4.87%
2018-19	71.08% 5.37%	72.57% 3.40%	68.89% 8.20%
2019-20	74.60% 3.52%	76.46% 3.88%	72.04% 3.15%
2020-21	77.99% 3.39%	79.67% 3.22%	75.64% 3.59%
2021-22	75.00% -3.00%	76.99% -2.68%	72.02% -3.62%
2022-23	78.42% 3.42%	80.22% 3.23%	76.20% 4.18%
2023-24	77.00% -1.42%	79.00% -1.22%	76.00% -0.19%
Average	71.11%	73.40%	68.46%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.02% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.52%	19.41%	14.41%
2014-15	16.68% -0.85%	17.98% -1.43%	14.42% 0.01%
2015-16	16.85% 0.17%	18.59% 0.61%	13.74% -0.68%
2016-17	16.54% -0.32%	18.75% 0.16%	12.96% -0.78%
2017-18	14.72% -1.82%	15.69% -3.06%	13.11% 0.15%
2018-19	16.29% 1.57%	18.22% 2.53%	13.28% 0.18%
2019-20	15.87% -0.42%	18.71% 0.49%	11.72% -1.57%
2020-21	14.29% -1.58%	16.07% -2.64%	11.67% -0.04%
2021-22	14.00% -0.30%	16.00% -0.07%	11.01% -0.67%
2022-23	11.53% -2.47%	14.12% -1.88%	8.14% -2.86%
2023-24	11.00% -0.53%	12.99% -1.14%	8.01% -0.13%
Average	15.02%	16.96%	12.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,893, the average number of admitted is 4,894, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 729.

The number of Clarkson applicants increased by 11.42% (753 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,747	4,320	757
2014-15	7,401 9.69%	4,599 6.46%	767 1.32%
2015-16	6,906 -6.69%	4,700 2.20%	792 3.26%
2016-17	7,066 2.32%	4,820 2.55%	797 0.63%
2017-18	7,000 -0.93%	4,600 -4.56%	677 -15.06%
2018-19	6,885 -1.64%	4,894 6.39%	797 17.73%
2019-20	6,673 -3.08%	4,978 1.72%	790 -0.88%
2020-21	6,198 -7.12%	4,834 -2.89%	691 -12.53%
2021-22	7,011 13.12%	5,258 8.77%	736 6.51%
2022-23	6,594 -5.95%	5,171 -1.65%	596 -19.02%
2023-24	7,347 11.42%	5,657 9.40%	622 4.36%
Average	6,893	4,894	729

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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