Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Hofstra

At Hofstra University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.15%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 9.73%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Hofstra applicants decreased by -2.91% (687 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.15%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.00% at Hofstra University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.68% and women students' rate is 67.37%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.71%	59.58%	58.07%
2014-15	61.61% 2.90%	60.38% 0.81%	62.50% 4.43%
2015-16	61.06% -0.56%	56.31% -4.07%	64.32% 1.81%
2016-17	62.22% 1.17%	57.38% 1.07%	65.51% 1.20%
2017-18	63.95% 1.73%	59.33% 1.95%	66.99% 1.48%
2018-19	63.20% -0.75%	57.73% -1.60%	66.81% -0.19%
2019-20	68.49% 5.29%	63.79% 6.06%	71.52% 4.71%
2020-21	69.11% 0.63%	63.79% 0.00%	72.63% 1.11%
2021-22	68.00% -1.12%	65.00% 1.21%	69.00% -3.63%
2022-23	69.33% 1.33%	67.13% 2.13%	70.71% 1.71%
2023-24	71.00% 1.67%	68.00% 0.87%	73.00% 2.28%
Average	65.15%	61.68%	67.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 9.73% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11.15%	12.29%	10.30%
2014-15	10.54% -0.61%	11.84% -0.45%	9.64% -0.66%
2015-16	9.66% -0.88%	10.62% -1.21%	9.08% -0.55%
2016-17	9.25% -0.41%	10.62% 0.00%	8.43% -0.65%
2017-18	9.55% 0.31%	10.79% 0.16%	8.84% 0.40%
2018-19	8.91% -0.65%	10.62% -0.17%	7.93% -0.90%
2019-20	9.10% 0.20%	10.68% 0.06%	8.20% 0.26%
2020-21	8.36% -0.75%	10.04% -0.64%	7.38% -0.81%
2021-22	10.00% 1.64%	11.01% 0.97%	9.00% 1.62%
2022-23	10.46% 0.46%	11.66% 0.65%	9.75% 0.75%
2023-24	10.00% -0.46%	11.00% -0.66%	9.00% -0.75%
Average	9.73%	11.01%	8.87%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 25,454, the average number of admitted is 16,543, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,603.

The number of Hofstra applicants decreased by -2.91% (687 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	22,733	13,346	1,488
2014-15	26,388 16.08%	16,258 21.82%	1,714 15.19%
2015-16	27,991 6.07%	17,090 5.12%	1,651 -3.68%
2016-17	28,617 2.24%	17,806 4.19%	1,647 -0.24%
2017-18	26,808 -6.32%	17,143 -3.72%	1,638 -0.55%
2018-19	27,620 3.03%	17,456 1.83%	1,555 -5.07%
2019-20	24,425 -11.57%	16,728 -4.17%	1,523 -2.06%
2020-21	24,062 -1.49%	16,630 -0.59%	1,390 -8.73%
2021-22	24,886 3.42%	16,922 1.76%	1,692 21.73%
2022-23	23,577 -5.26%	16,346 -3.40%	1,710 1.06%
2023-24	22,890 -2.91%	16,252 -0.58%	1,625 -4.97%
Average	25,454	16,543	1,603

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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