Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ISU

At Indiana State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.32%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.82%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of ISU applicants decreased by -26.60% (4,930 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.32%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at Indiana State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.29% and women students' rate is 90.22%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.06%	79.16%	85.98%
2014-15	82.54% -0.52%	78.73% -0.44%	85.23% -0.75%
2015-16	85.49% 2.95%	81.84% 3.12%	87.94% 2.71%
2016-17	85.88% 0.39%	81.82% -0.03%	88.49% 0.55%
2017-18	84.51% -1.38%	80.34% -1.48%	87.24% -1.26%
2018-19	89.91% 5.40%	86.74% 6.40%	91.84% 4.60%
2019-20	89.57% -0.34%	87.43% 0.69%	90.76% -1.08%
2020-21	92.29% 2.72%	89.63% 2.20%	93.68% 2.92%
2021-22	94.00% 1.71%	91.99% 2.36%	95.00% 1.32%
2022-23	92.30% -1.69%	90.51% -1.48%	93.31% -1.69%
2023-24	92.00% -0.30%	90.01% -0.51%	93.00% -0.31%
Average	88.32%	85.29%	90.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.82% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.08%	29.86%	28.54%
2014-15	29.48% 0.40%	32.09% 2.23%	27.77% -0.77%
2015-16	27.55% -1.92%	32.01% -0.08%	24.77% -3.00%
2016-17	25.68% -1.88%	28.51% -3.50%	24.00% -0.77%
2017-18	27.14% 1.46%	31.41% 2.91%	24.56% 0.56%
2018-19	20.77% -6.37%	23.38% -8.03%	19.27% -5.29%
2019-20	21.12% 0.34%	25.58% 2.20%	18.73% -0.54%
2020-21	14.27% -6.85%	42.53% 16.94%	0.17% -18.56%
2021-22	12.00% -2.27%	15.01% -27.52%	11.00% 10.84%
2022-23	8.97% -3.03%	10.95% -4.05%	7.81% -3.19%
2023-24	13.00% 4.03%	14.00% 3.05%	12.00% 4.19%
Average	20.82%	25.94%	18.06%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,543, the average number of admitted is 11,127, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,179.

The number of ISU applicants decreased by -26.60% (4,930 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,019	9,152	2,661
2014-15	11,258 2.17%	9,292 1.53%	2,739 2.93%
2015-16	11,819 4.98%	10,104 8.74%	2,784 1.64%
2016-17	11,101 -6.07%	9,534 -5.64%	2,448 -12.07%
2017-18	11,720 5.58%	9,904 3.88%	2,688 9.80%
2018-19	12,861 9.74%	11,563 16.75%	2,402 -10.64%
2019-20	10,008 -22.18%	8,964 -22.48%	1,893 -21.19%
2020-21	13,477 34.66%	12,438 38.76%	1,775 -6.23%
2021-22	12,581 -6.65%	11,826 -4.92%	1,419 -20.06%
2022-23	18,531 47.29%	17,105 44.64%	1,535 8.17%
2023-24	13,601 -26.60%	12,513 -26.85%	1,627 5.99%
Average	12,543	11,127	2,179

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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