Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fitchburg State

At Fitchburg State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.30%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Fitchburg State applicants increased by 41.15% (1,269 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.01% at Fitchburg State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.51% and women students' rate is 84.80%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.11%	67.93%	75.22%
2014-15	72.31% 0.20%	67.94% 0.02%	75.36% 0.13%
2015-16	74.76% 2.45%	71.41% 3.47%	76.97% 1.62%
2016-17	74.65% -0.11%	71.14% -0.27%	77.06% 0.09%
2017-18	80.04% 5.39%	76.77% 5.63%	82.24% 5.19%
2018-19	86.89% 6.85%	84.05% 7.27%	88.70% 6.46%
2019-20	88.35% 1.46%	84.01% -0.04%	91.13% 2.43%
2020-21	87.99% -0.36%	82.01% -2.00%	92.72% 1.59%
2021-22	85.00% -2.99%	78.98% -3.03%	91.01% -1.70%
2022-23	86.06% 1.05%	80.34% 1.36%	91.37% 0.36%
2023-24	90.01% 3.95%	88.02% 7.69%	90.99% -0.38%
Average	81.65%	77.51%	84.80%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.30% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.83%	33.04%	27.68%
2014-15	26.32% -3.51%	29.61% -3.43%	24.26% -3.42%
2015-16	26.40% 0.07%	32.28% 2.67%	22.80% -1.46%
2016-17	28.66% 2.27%	35.82% 3.54%	24.13% 1.32%
2017-18	26.00% -2.66%	31.87% -3.95%	22.32% -1.80%
2018-19	25.44% -0.56%	31.07% -0.80%	22.04% -0.28%
2019-20	26.25% 0.80%	33.33% 2.27%	22.07% 0.03%
2020-21	25.06% -1.19%	29.12% -4.21%	22.22% 0.14%
2021-22	18.99% -6.07%	23.98% -5.14%	16.01% -6.20%
2022-23	18.31% -0.67%	19.03% -4.96%	17.73% 1.71%
2023-24	16.00% -2.31%	18.03% -1.00%	13.98% -3.75%
Average	24.30%	28.83%	21.39%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,500, the average number of admitted is 2,848, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 682.

The number of Fitchburg State applicants increased by 41.15% (1,269 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,528	2,544	759
2014-15	3,814 8.11%	2,758 8.41%	726 -4.35%
2015-16	3,998 4.82%	2,989 8.38%	789 8.68%
2016-17	3,566 -10.81%	2,662 -10.94%	763 -3.30%
2017-18	3,608 1.18%	2,888 8.49%	751 -1.57%
2018-19	3,234 -10.37%	2,810 -2.70%	715 -4.79%
2019-20	2,902 -10.27%	2,564 -8.75%	673 -5.87%
2020-21	2,998 3.31%	2,638 2.89%	661 -1.78%
2021-22	3,414 13.88%	2,902 10.01%	551 -16.64%
2022-23	3,084 -9.67%	2,654 -8.55%	486 -11.80%
2023-24	4,353 41.15%	3,918 47.63%	627 29.01%
Average	3,500	2,848	682

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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