Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at GVSU

At Grand Valley State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.93%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of GVSU applicants increased by 41.90% (7,174 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at Grand Valley State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.73% and women students' rate is 86.68%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.60%	80.01%	84.22%
2014-15	80.43% -2.17%	77.72% -2.30%	82.21% -2.02%
2015-16	81.14% 0.71%	78.06% 0.34%	83.04% 0.83%
2016-17	81.68% 0.54%	77.89% -0.16%	84.04% 1.01%
2017-18	80.90% -0.78%	77.73% -0.17%	82.91% -1.13%
2018-19	82.75% 1.85%	80.24% 2.51%	84.27% 1.36%
2019-20	83.02% 0.26%	80.84% 0.60%	84.85% 0.58%
2020-21	87.52% 4.50%	85.66% 4.82%	88.60% 3.75%
2021-22	92.00% 4.48%	88.99% 3.34%	93.00% 4.40%
2022-23	90.37% -1.63%	88.94% -0.05%	91.33% -1.67%
2023-24	95.00% 4.63%	94.00% 5.05%	95.00% 3.66%
Average	85.22%	82.73%	86.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.93% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.24%	28.90%	26.26%
2014-15	30.92% 3.67%	32.63% 3.73%	29.87% 3.61%
2015-16	29.87% -1.05%	30.87% -1.75%	29.29% -0.58%
2016-17	30.82% 0.95%	33.28% 2.41%	29.40% 0.11%
2017-18	29.03% -1.79%	29.73% -3.55%	28.61% -0.79%
2018-19	30.41% 1.38%	31.58% 1.85%	29.75% 1.14%
2019-20	30.90% 0.50%	33.22% 1.64%	29.64% -0.12%
2020-21	27.97% -2.93%	29.34% -3.87%	27.24% -2.40%
2021-22	24.00% -3.97%	27.00% -2.34%	23.00% -4.24%
2022-23	25.04% 1.04%	26.79% -0.21%	23.91% 0.91%
2023-24	21.00% -4.04%	21.00% -5.79%	21.00% -2.91%
Average	27.93%	29.49%	27.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,666, the average number of admitted is 15,114, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,151.

The number of GVSU applicants increased by 41.90% (7,174 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	18,122	14,969	4,078
2014-15	16,886 -6.82%	13,582 -9.27%	4,199 2.97%
2015-16	16,989 0.61%	13,785 1.49%	4,117 -1.95%
2016-17	17,107 0.69%	13,973 1.36%	4,306 4.59%
2017-18	17,533 2.49%	14,184 1.51%	4,117 -4.39%
2018-19	17,133 -2.28%	14,178 -0.04%	4,311 4.71%
2019-20	16,511 -3.63%	13,707 -3.32%	4,236 -1.74%
2020-21	15,465 -6.34%	13,535 -1.25%	3,786 -10.62%
2021-22	17,163 10.98%	15,790 16.66%	3,790 0.11%
2022-23	17,123 -0.23%	15,474 -2.00%	3,875 2.24%
2023-24	24,297 41.90%	23,082 49.17%	4,847 25.08%
Average	17,666	15,114	4,151

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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