Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Frostburg State

At Frostburg State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. Frostburg State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.56%, and the 2024 yield is 14.99%.

The number of Frostburg State applicants increased by 14.59% (580 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Frostburg State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.92% and women students' rate is 74.70%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.45%	60.97%	57.86%
2014-15	58.51% -0.94%	57.61% -3.36%	59.45% 1.59%
2015-16	63.46% 4.94%	63.40% 5.79%	63.51% 4.06%
2016-17	62.72% -0.73%	62.22% -1.18%	63.22% -0.30%
2017-18	72.29% 9.57%	71.61% 9.39%	72.98% 9.77%
2018-19	78.31% 6.01%	75.38% 3.77%	81.38% 8.40%
2019-20	80.14% 1.84%	77.30% 1.92%	83.21% 1.83%
2020-21	73.61% -6.53%	71.65% -5.65%	75.30% -7.91%
2021-22	86.00% 12.39%	85.00% 13.35%	86.98% 11.68%
2022-23	87.88% 1.87%	87.98% 2.98%	87.79% 0.81%
2023-24	89.00% 1.13%	89.02% 1.04%	90.01% 2.22%
Average	73.76%	72.92%	74.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.56% where the current academic year yield is 14.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.88%	41.44%	36.05%
2014-15	38.50% -0.37%	40.99% -0.45%	36.00% -0.05%
2015-16	37.58% -0.93%	41.08% 0.09%	33.96% -2.04%
2016-17	31.33% -6.24%	32.95% -8.13%	29.79% -4.17%
2017-18	31.16% -0.18%	33.82% 0.87%	28.53% -1.27%
2018-19	30.75% -0.41%	33.50% -0.32%	28.07% -0.46%
2019-20	30.06% -0.69%	31.79% -1.71%	28.32% 0.25%
2020-21	19.68% -10.38%	21.42% -10.37%	18.25% -10.06%
2021-22	16.00% -3.68%	18.00% -3.42%	14.02% -4.23%
2022-23	14.22% -1.78%	16.41% -1.60%	12.37% -1.65%
2023-24	14.99% 0.77%	17.01% 0.61%	13.01% 0.63%
Average	27.56%	29.86%	25.31%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,908, the average number of admitted is 2,881, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 745.

The number of Frostburg State applicants increased by 14.59% (580 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,872	2,302	895
2014-15	4,252 9.81%	2,488 8.08%	958 7.04%
2015-16	3,913 -7.97%	2,483 -0.20%	933 -2.61%
2016-17	4,228 8.05%	2,652 6.81%	831 -10.93%
2017-18	3,436 -18.73%	2,484 -6.33%	774 -6.86%
2018-19	3,061 -10.91%	2,397 -3.50%	737 -4.78%
2019-20	3,072 0.36%	2,462 2.71%	740 0.41%
2020-21	4,335 41.11%	3,191 29.61%	628 -15.14%
2021-22	4,287 -1.11%	3,687 15.54%	590 -6.05%
2022-23	3,976 -7.25%	3,494 -5.23%	497 -15.76%
2023-24	4,556 14.59%	4,055 16.06%	608 22.33%
Average	3,908	2,881	745

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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