Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Dakota State

At Dakota State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.87%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.98%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Dakota State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 50.39%, and the 2024 yield is 41.01%.

The number of Dakota State applicants increased by 12.02% (106 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.87%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.98% at Dakota State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.87% and women students' rate is 82.18%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Dakota State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.97%	83.51%	82.09%
2014-15	84.20% 1.23%	83.96% 0.45%	84.59% 2.49%
2015-16	81.25% -2.95%	83.63% -0.33%	77.46% -7.12%
2016-17	82.63% 1.38%	82.41% -1.22%	83.24% 5.77%
2017-18	84.36% 1.73%	85.60% 3.19%	81.90% -1.33%
2018-19	83.24% -1.12%	84.81% -0.79%	80.56% -1.34%
2019-20	77.40% -5.84%	79.56% -5.26%	73.49% -7.08%
2020-21	83.57% 6.16%	83.86% 4.31%	82.55% 9.07%
2021-22	86.05% 2.48%	86.92% 3.05%	85.07% 2.51%
2022-23	78.91% -7.14%	81.26% -5.66%	76.05% -9.02%
2023-24	97.98% 19.06%	98.03% 16.77%	96.99% 20.95%
Average	83.87%	84.87%	82.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 50.39% where the current academic year yield is 41.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	49.07%	51.85%	44.44%
2014-15	44.77% -4.30%	48.88% -2.97%	38.06% -6.39%
2015-16	46.69% 1.92%	49.68% 0.79%	41.82% 3.76%
2016-17	43.23% -3.46%	47.49% -2.19%	36.04% -5.78%
2017-18	46.46% 3.23%	49.19% 1.70%	40.82% 4.78%
2018-19	46.08% -0.39%	54.08% 4.89%	31.75% -9.08%
2019-20	56.14% 10.07%	62.75% 8.67%	43.14% 11.39%
2020-21	64.37% 8.23%	67.85% 5.10%	59.28% 16.14%
2021-22	62.97% -1.40%	68.11% 0.26%	53.19% -6.09%
2022-23	53.45% -9.52%	55.92% -12.19%	49.00% -4.19%
2023-24	41.01% -12.44%	46.98% -8.94%	32.96% -16.04%
Average	50.39%	54.80%	42.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 878, the average number of admitted is 736, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 365.

The number of Dakota State applicants increased by 12.02% (106 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	781	648	318
2014-15	772 -1.15%	650 0.31%	291 -8.49%
2015-16	912 18.13%	741 14.00%	346 18.90%
2016-17	921 0.99%	761 2.70%	329 -4.91%
2017-18	972 5.54%	820 7.75%	381 15.81%
2018-19	1,056 8.64%	879 7.20%	405 6.30%
2019-20	978 -7.39%	757 -13.88%	425 4.94%
2020-21	712 -27.20%	595 -21.40%	383 -9.88%
2021-22	681 -4.35%	586 -1.51%	369 -3.66%
2022-23	882 29.52%	696 18.77%	372 0.81%
2023-24	988 12.02%	968 39.08%	397 6.72%
Average	878	736	365

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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