Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at FHSU

At Fort Hays State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.74%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 49.80%, and the 2024 yield is 44.00%.

The number of FHSU applicants increased by 18.93% (346 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.74%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at Fort Hays State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.11% and women students' rate is 90.17%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.17%	87.67%	90.34%
2014-15	87.90% -1.27%	87.16% -0.51%	88.46% -1.88%
2015-16	85.88% -2.02%	83.92% -3.23%	87.44% -1.01%
2016-17	90.73% 4.85%	90.32% 6.39%	91.03% 3.59%
2017-18	88.62% -2.11%	88.13% -2.19%	89.00% -2.03%
2018-19	92.29% 3.66%	92.10% 3.97%	92.57% 3.57%
2019-20	91.15% -1.14%	90.58% -1.52%	91.57% -0.99%
2020-21	91.35% 0.21%	90.63% 0.05%	91.86% 0.28%
2021-22	89.99% -1.37%	89.04% -1.60%	90.99% -0.87%
2022-23	88.02% -1.97%	88.65% -0.39%	87.58% -3.41%
2023-24	92.00% 3.98%	92.04% 3.39%	90.98% 3.40%
Average	89.74%	89.11%	90.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 49.80% where the current academic year yield is 44.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	47.48%	49.02%	46.31%
2014-15	47.85% 0.38%	48.47% -0.55%	47.39% 1.08%
2015-16	47.93% 0.08%	47.66% -0.81%	48.22% 0.83%
2016-17	51.01% 3.08%	54.86% 7.20%	48.27% 0.05%
2017-18	51.40% 0.39%	53.08% -1.78%	50.13% 1.86%
2018-19	49.26% -2.14%	51.01% -2.07%	48.01% -2.12%
2019-20	52.61% 3.36%	52.51% 1.49%	52.70% 4.68%
2020-21	52.00% -0.62%	53.35% 0.85%	51.06% -1.64%
2021-22	53.03% 1.04%	52.94% -0.41%	52.99% 1.93%
2022-23	51.27% -1.76%	51.22% -1.72%	51.26% -1.73%
2023-24	44.00% -7.27%	48.00% -3.22%	41.98% -9.28%
Average	49.80%	51.10%	48.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,170, the average number of admitted is 1,946, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 966.

The number of FHSU applicants increased by 18.93% (346 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,511	2,239	1,063
2014-15	2,437 -2.95%	2,142 -4.33%	1,025 -3.57%
2015-16	2,337 -4.10%	2,007 -6.30%	962 -6.15%
2016-17	2,126 -9.03%	1,929 -3.89%	984 2.29%
2017-18	2,294 7.90%	2,033 5.39%	1,045 6.20%
2018-19	2,191 -4.49%	2,022 -0.54%	996 -4.69%
2019-20	2,056 -6.16%	1,874 -7.32%	986 -1.00%
2020-21	1,920 -6.61%	1,754 -6.40%	912 -7.51%
2021-22	1,997 4.01%	1,797 2.45%	953 4.50%
2022-23	1,828 -8.46%	1,609 -10.46%	825 -13.43%
2023-24	2,174 18.93%	2,000 24.30%	880 6.67%
Average	2,170	1,946	966

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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