Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cleveland State

At Cleveland State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.26%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Cleveland State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.22%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Cleveland State applicants decreased by -11.20% (1,296 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.26%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at Cleveland State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.75% and women students' rate is 88.60%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Cleveland State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.87%	64.11%	61.97%
2014-15	84.21% 21.34%	84.15% 20.04%	84.25% 22.28%
2015-16	88.04% 3.83%	86.66% 2.51%	89.03% 4.78%
2016-17	87.45% -0.59%	86.51% -0.15%	88.09% -0.94%
2017-18	90.06% 2.61%	88.83% 2.32%	90.92% 2.83%
2018-19	88.34% -1.72%	86.36% -2.47%	89.65% -1.27%
2019-20	94.01% 5.66%	92.99% 6.63%	94.62% 4.98%
2020-21	93.60% -0.41%	98.70% 5.71%	91.80% -2.82%
2021-22	91.00% -2.61%	91.01% -7.69%	92.00% 0.20%
2022-23	85.32% -5.67%	90.97% -0.04%	96.25% 4.25%
2023-24	95.00% 9.67%	94.99% 4.02%	96.00% -0.25%
Average	87.26%	87.75%	88.60%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.22% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.59%	41.61%	39.82%
2014-15	37.75% -2.84%	40.86% -0.75%	35.38% -4.44%
2015-16	27.42% -10.33%	31.12% -9.74%	24.85% -10.53%
2016-17	25.34% -2.08%	29.16% -1.96%	22.83% -2.02%
2017-18	28.87% 3.53%	31.90% 2.74%	26.82% 4.00%
2018-19	22.37% -6.51%	26.58% -5.32%	19.71% -7.11%
2019-20	19.66% -2.71%	22.65% -3.93%	17.90% -1.81%
2020-21	24.59% 4.93%	27.36% 4.72%	22.78% 4.89%
2021-22	18.00% -6.59%	20.99% -6.37%	16.00% -6.79%
2022-23	16.75% -1.25%	18.80% -2.19%	15.74% -0.26%
2023-24	16.00% -0.75%	19.99% 1.20%	14.00% -1.74%
Average	25.22%	28.27%	23.26%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,838, the average number of admitted is 7,785, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,804.

The number of Cleveland State applicants decreased by -11.20% (1,296 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,768	4,255	1,727
2014-15	5,002 -26.09%	4,212 -1.01%	1,590 -7.93%
2015-16	7,650 52.94%	6,735 59.90%	1,847 16.16%
2016-17	8,528 11.48%	7,458 10.73%	1,890 2.33%
2017-18	7,537 -11.62%	6,788 -8.98%	1,960 3.70%
2018-19	9,918 31.59%	8,762 29.08%	1,960
2019-20	10,646 7.34%	10,008 14.22%	1,968 0.41%
2020-21	7,815 -26.59%	7,315 -26.91%	1,799 -8.59%
2021-22	11,506 47.23%	10,470 43.13%	1,885 4.78%
2022-23	11,570 0.56%	9,872 -5.71%	1,654 -12.25%
2023-24	10,274 -11.20%	9,760 -1.13%	1,562 -5.56%
Average	8,838	7,785	1,804

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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