Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SUNY Farmingdale

At Farmingdale State College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.88%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Farmingdale State College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.07%, and the 2024 yield is 26.00%.

The number of SUNY Farmingdale applicants increased by 47.14% (3,029 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.88%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.00% at Farmingdale State College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.46% and women students' rate is 54.79%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Farmingdale State College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.64%	57.91%	46.52%
2014-15	46.65% -5.99%	50.04% -7.88%	42.60% -3.92%
2015-16	44.01% -2.65%	46.22% -3.81%	41.37% -1.23%
2016-17	58.02% 14.01%	58.41% 12.19%	57.58% 16.22%
2017-18	59.03% 1.01%	60.35% 1.94%	57.51% -0.07%
2018-19	46.07% -12.96%	48.64% -11.72%	43.20% -14.31%
2019-20	54.89% 8.82%	58.17% 9.54%	51.23% 8.03%
2020-21	60.16% 5.27%	65.36% 7.19%	54.68% 3.45%
2021-22	73.00% 12.84%	74.01% 8.65%	69.99% 15.31%
2022-23	73.17% 0.18%	74.99% 0.98%	71.04% 1.05%
2023-24	69.00% -4.17%	70.99% -4.00%	67.00% -4.04%
Average	57.88%	60.46%	54.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.07% where the current academic year yield is 26.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.86%	42.26%	41.27%
2014-15	44.17% 2.31%	46.96% 4.70%	40.24% -1.03%
2015-16	44.14% -0.03%	46.48% -0.48%	41.03% 0.79%
2016-17	35.79% -8.35%	36.95% -9.53%	34.51% -6.52%
2017-18	36.07% 0.28%	39.26% 2.31%	32.22% -2.28%
2018-19	38.93% 2.86%	41.68% 2.42%	35.47% 3.24%
2019-20	38.84% -0.09%	41.37% -0.31%	35.63% 0.16%
2020-21	36.42% -2.41%	39.13% -2.24%	33.02% -2.61%
2021-22	32.00% -4.42%	35.01% -4.11%	28.00% -5.02%
2022-23	33.52% 1.52%	35.46% 0.45%	31.11% 3.12%
2023-24	26.00% -7.52%	29.00% -6.46%	21.02% -10.10%
Average	37.07%	39.42%	33.96%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,596, the average number of admitted is 3,876, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,377.

The number of SUNY Farmingdale applicants increased by 47.14% (3,029 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,401	2,843	1,190
2014-15	5,183 -4.04%	2,418 -14.95%	1,068 -10.25%
2015-16	5,256 1.41%	2,313 -4.34%	1,021 -4.40%
2016-17	6,169 17.37%	3,579 54.73%	1,281 25.47%
2017-18	6,063 -1.72%	3,579	1,291 0.78%
2018-19	7,500 23.70%	3,455 -3.46%	1,345 4.18%
2019-20	6,952 -7.31%	3,816 10.45%	1,482 10.19%
2020-21	7,156 2.93%	4,305 12.81%	1,568 5.80%
2021-22	6,995 -2.25%	5,106 18.61%	1,634 4.21%
2022-23	6,426 -8.13%	4,702 -7.91%	1,576 -3.55%
2023-24	9,455 47.14%	6,524 38.75%	1,696 7.61%
Average	6,596	3,876	1,377

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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