Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Colorado Mesa

At Colorado Mesa University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.82%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.99%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Colorado Mesa applicants increased by 8.37% (821 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.82%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.00% at Colorado Mesa University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.35% and women students' rate is 81.37%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.12%	81.35%	82.83%
2014-15	82.27% 0.15%	80.89% -0.46%	83.61% 0.78%
2015-16	83.06% 0.79%	81.97% 1.08%	84.01% 0.40%
2016-17	82.75% -0.31%	81.24% -0.73%	83.93% -0.07%
2017-18	81.67% -1.08%	81.58% 0.34%	81.77% -2.16%
2018-19	80.72% -0.95%	81.86% 0.28%	79.85% -1.92%
2019-20	78.20% -2.52%	78.54% -3.32%	77.96% -1.89%
2020-21	75.44% -2.76%	75.84% -2.70%	75.21% -2.75%
2021-22	80.00% 4.56%	78.99% 3.15%	81.00% 5.79%
2022-23	81.76% 1.76%	80.64% 1.65%	82.88% 1.87%
2023-24	81.00% -0.76%	81.00% 0.36%	82.00% -0.87%
Average	80.82%	80.35%	81.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.99% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.74%	43.61%	40.09%
2014-15	38.24% -3.50%	41.06% -2.55%	35.89% -4.20%
2015-16	38.27% 0.02%	40.82% -0.24%	36.15% 0.26%
2016-17	33.88% -4.39%	38.10% -2.72%	30.66% -5.48%
2017-18	33.01% -0.87%	36.19% -1.91%	30.36% -0.31%
2018-19	35.35% 2.35%	39.50% 3.30%	31.97% 1.62%
2019-20	29.91% -5.44%	33.91% -5.58%	27.06% -4.92%
2020-21	29.69% -0.23%	33.36% -0.56%	27.10% 0.04%
2021-22	29.00% -0.69%	33.00% -0.36%	26.01% -1.09%
2022-23	21.84% -7.16%	25.30% -7.70%	19.33% -6.67%
2023-24	21.00% -0.85%	24.00% -1.30%	18.99% -0.34%
Average	31.99%	35.35%	29.42%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,862, the average number of admitted is 6,340, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,963.

The number of Colorado Mesa applicants increased by 8.37% (821 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,459	5,304	2,214
2014-15	5,893 -8.76%	4,848 -8.60%	1,854 -16.26%
2015-16	6,670 13.19%	5,540 14.27%	2,120 14.35%
2016-17	7,152 7.23%	5,918 6.82%	2,005 -5.42%
2017-18	6,982 -2.38%	5,702 -3.65%	1,882 -6.13%
2018-19	7,163 2.59%	5,782 1.40%	2,044 8.61%
2019-20	8,845 23.48%	6,917 19.63%	2,069 1.22%
2020-21	8,796 -0.55%	6,636 -4.06%	1,970 -4.78%
2021-22	8,082 -8.12%	6,466 -2.56%	1,875 -4.82%
2022-23	9,810 21.38%	8,021 24.05%	1,752 -6.56%
2023-24	10,631 8.37%	8,611 7.36%	1,808 3.20%
Average	7,862	6,340	1,963

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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