Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fairmont State

At Fairmont State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 98.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.77%, and the 2024 yield is 34.00%.

The number of Fairmont State applicants increased by 2.75% (53 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 98.99% at Fairmont State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.80% and women students' rate is 83.15%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.49%	63.07%	69.22%
2014-15	66.51% 0.02%	63.12% 0.05%	69.22%
2015-16	64.79% -1.72%	63.41% 0.29%	65.78% -3.44%
2016-17	64.96% 0.17%	62.79% -0.63%	66.44% 0.66%
2017-18	70.61% 5.65%	68.08% 5.29%	72.46% 6.03%
2018-19	94.77% 24.16%	94.52% 26.45%	94.93% 22.47%
2019-20	85.36% -9.41%	82.43% -12.10%	87.06% -7.87%
2020-21	94.34% 8.98%	95.31% 12.88%	92.82% 5.76%
2021-22	98.98% 4.64%	98.97% 3.66%	98.99% 6.17%
2022-23	98.49% -0.49%	98.12% -0.85%	98.73% -0.26%
2023-24	98.99% 0.50%	98.94% 0.82%	99.02% 0.29%
Average	82.21%	80.80%	83.15%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.77% where the current academic year yield is 34.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.68%	45.54%	37.14%
2014-15	40.68%	45.54%	37.14%
2015-16	42.13% 1.45%	47.06% 1.52%	38.72% 1.58%
2016-17	36.62% -5.50%	41.99% -5.07%	33.16% -5.56%
2017-18	41.09% 4.46%	44.91% 2.92%	38.45% 5.29%
2018-19	36.79% -4.29%	40.66% -4.26%	34.21% -4.24%
2019-20	33.69% -3.10%	37.52% -3.14%	31.59% -2.62%
2020-21	34.77% 1.07%	23.56% -13.96%	52.90% 21.31%
2021-22	38.02% 3.25%	41.07% 17.51%	36.03% -16.88%
2022-23	36.95% -1.07%	45.28% 4.21%	31.73% -4.29%
2023-24	34.00% -2.96%	40.05% -5.23%	31.02% -0.71%
Average	37.77%	41.20%	36.55%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,537, the average number of admitted is 2,024, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 761.

The number of Fairmont State applicants increased by 2.75% (53 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,799	1,861	757
2014-15	2,798 -0.04%	1,861	757
2015-16	3,019 7.90%	1,956 5.10%	824 8.85%
2016-17	3,430 13.61%	2,228 13.91%	816 -0.97%
2017-18	2,630 -23.32%	1,857 -16.65%	763 -6.50%
2018-19	2,409 -8.40%	2,283 22.94%	840 10.09%
2019-20	2,712 12.58%	2,315 1.40%	780 -7.14%
2020-21	2,439 -10.07%	2,301 -0.60%	800 2.56%
2021-22	1,767 -27.55%	1,749 -23.99%	665 -16.88%
2022-23	1,926 9.00%	1,897 8.46%	701 5.41%
2023-24	1,979 2.75%	1,959 3.27%	666 -4.99%
Average	2,537	2,024	761

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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