Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Humboldt State

At California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.00%. Humboldt State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.26%, and the 2024 yield is 7.00%.

The number of Humboldt State applicants increased by 64.83% (5,514 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.00% at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.74% and women students' rate is 86.53%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.18%	78.10%	81.71%
2014-15	76.55% -3.62%	72.36% -5.73%	79.36% -2.35%
2015-16	77.00% 0.45%	72.47% 0.10%	80.06% 0.70%
2016-17	77.09% 0.09%	73.35% 0.88%	79.61% -0.45%
2017-18	81.83% 4.74%	78.43% 5.09%	83.92% 4.32%
2018-19	76.79% -5.04%	72.44% -5.99%	79.57% -4.35%
2019-20	92.17% 15.38%	92.04% 19.60%	92.27% 12.70%
2020-21	85.14% -7.02%	83.65% -8.39%	86.22% -6.06%
2021-22	91.00% 5.86%	90.00% 6.35%	92.01% 5.79%
2022-23	98.18% 7.18%	98.28% 8.28%	98.11% 6.10%
2023-24	99.00% 0.82%	99.00% 0.73%	99.00% 0.89%
Average	84.99%	82.74%	86.53%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.26% where the current academic year yield is 7.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.46%	16.68%	14.60%
2014-15	15.20% -0.26%	15.84% -0.84%	14.81% 0.20%
2015-16	14.17% -1.03%	14.24% -1.60%	14.12% -0.69%
2016-17	12.96% -1.21%	14.56% 0.31%	11.97% -2.15%
2017-18	12.91% -0.04%	12.73% -1.83%	13.02% 1.05%
2018-19	12.49% -0.42%	14.12% 1.40%	11.54% -1.48%
2019-20	5.88% -6.61%	5.28% -8.85%	6.39% -5.16%
2020-21	6.29% 0.40%	5.95% 0.67%	6.53% 0.14%
2021-22	10.00% 3.71%	9.98% 4.04%	9.99% 3.47%
2022-23	11.51% 1.51%	12.45% 2.46%	10.87% 0.88%
2023-24	7.00% -4.51%	7.00% -5.45%	7.00% -3.88%
Average	11.26%	11.71%	10.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,382, the average number of admitted is 9,655, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,049.

The number of Humboldt State applicants increased by 64.83% (5,514 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,978	8,000	1,237
2014-15	11,912 19.38%	9,119 13.99%	1,386 12.05%
2015-16	13,018 9.28%	10,024 9.92%	1,420 2.45%
2016-17	12,966 -0.40%	9,996 -0.28%	1,295 -8.80%
2017-18	11,453 -11.67%	9,372 -6.24%	1,210 -6.56%
2018-19	10,957 -4.33%	8,414 -10.22%	1,051 -13.14%
2019-20	15,178 38.52%	13,989 66.26%	823 -21.69%
2020-21	10,198 -32.81%	8,683 -37.93%	546 -33.66%
2021-22	7,013 -31.23%	6,382 -26.50%	638 16.85%
2022-23	8,505 21.27%	8,350 30.84%	961 50.63%
2023-24	14,019 64.83%	13,879 66.22%	972 1.14%
Average	11,382	9,655	1,049

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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