Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Delta State

At Delta State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 92.49%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 39.73%, and the 2024 yield is 18.04%.

The number of Delta State applicants increased by 32.69% (306 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 92.49%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Delta State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.23% and women students' rate is 93.40%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.41%	84.34%	93.07%
2014-15	86.96% -2.45%	85.79% 1.45%	87.78% -5.28%
2015-16	87.25% 0.29%	85.92% 0.13%	88.12% 0.34%
2016-17	89.41% 2.15%	88.18% 2.26%	90.21% 2.08%
2017-18	86.92% -2.49%	84.62% -3.57%	88.75% -1.45%
2018-19	85.19% -1.72%	84.34% -0.27%	85.85% -2.90%
2019-20	94.03% 8.84%	93.76% 9.42%	94.21% 8.36%
2020-21	99.61% 5.58%	99.07% 5.30%	100.00% 5.79%
2021-22	100.00% 0.39%	100.00% 0.93%	100.00%
2022-23	98.61% -1.39%	97.45% -2.55%	99.45% -0.55%
2023-24	100.00% 1.39%	100.00% 2.55%	100.00% 0.55%
Average	92.49%	91.23%	93.40%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 39.73% where the current academic year yield is 18.04%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	81.28%	81.44%	81.18%
2014-15	52.48% -28.80%	58.13% -23.31%	48.61% -32.57%
2015-16	43.03% -9.45%	45.05% -13.07%	41.74% -6.87%
2016-17	43.95% 0.92%	44.77% -0.28%	43.42% 1.68%
2017-18	41.88% -2.06%	47.27% 2.50%	37.79% -5.64%
2018-19	37.61% -4.27%	40.42% -6.85%	35.47% -2.32%
2019-20	28.77% -8.84%	34.73% -5.69%	24.75% -10.72%
2020-21	37.48% 8.71%	34.43% -0.30%	39.60% 14.85%
2021-22	28.97% -8.51%	35.91% 1.48%	25.05% -14.56%
2022-23	23.51% -5.46%	25.92% -10.00%	21.81% -3.23%
2023-24	18.04% -5.47%	26.11% 0.19%	11.99% -9.82%
Average	39.73%	43.11%	37.40%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 870, the average number of admitted is 806, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 293.

The number of Delta State applicants increased by 32.69% (306 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	472	422	343
2014-15	905 91.74%	787 86.49%	413 20.41%
2015-16	863 -4.64%	753 -4.32%	324 -21.55%
2016-17	878 1.74%	785 4.25%	345 6.48%
2017-18	879 0.11%	764 -2.68%	320 -7.25%
2018-19	905 2.96%	771 0.92%	290 -9.38%
2019-20	1,072 18.45%	1,008 30.74%	290
2020-21	517 -51.77%	515 -48.91%	193 -33.45%
2021-22	901 74.27%	901 74.95%	261 35.23%
2022-23	936 3.88%	923 2.44%	217 -16.86%
2023-24	1,242 32.69%	1,242 34.56%	224 3.23%
Average	870	806	293

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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