Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ISU

At Iowa State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.65%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of ISU applicants increased by 4.91% (1,076 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Iowa State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.89% and women students' rate is 89.51%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.52%	80.89%	84.43%
2014-15	86.91% 4.39%	85.73% 4.84%	88.27% 3.83%
2015-16	87.15% 0.25%	86.27% 0.55%	88.18% -0.09%
2016-17	87.49% 0.34%	86.78% 0.50%	88.34% 0.17%
2017-18	89.34% 1.85%	88.59% 1.81%	90.21% 1.87%
2018-19	90.60% 1.26%	90.51% 1.92%	90.70% 0.49%
2019-20	92.05% 1.46%	92.20% 1.69%	91.90% 1.20%
2020-21	88.42% -3.63%	88.28% -3.92%	88.59% -3.32%
2021-22	91.00% 2.58%	90.00% 1.73%	92.00% 3.41%
2022-23	90.22% -0.78%	89.58% -0.42%	90.94% -1.06%
2023-24	89.00% -1.22%	88.00% -1.59%	91.00% 0.06%
Average	88.61%	87.89%	89.51%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.65% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.32%	40.44%	38.06%
2014-15	37.78% -1.54%	40.05% -0.39%	35.25% -2.81%
2015-16	37.30% -0.48%	39.79% -0.25%	34.46% -0.78%
2016-17	37.20% -0.10%	39.47% -0.32%	34.54% 0.08%
2017-18	34.54% -2.66%	36.18% -3.29%	32.66% -1.88%
2018-19	35.40% 0.86%	37.39% 1.21%	33.06% 0.39%
2019-20	33.32% -2.08%	35.17% -2.22%	31.36% -1.69%
2020-21	28.36% -4.97%	29.26% -5.91%	27.36% -4.00%
2021-22	29.00% 0.64%	31.00% 1.74%	27.00% -0.36%
2022-23	28.96% -0.03%	30.64% -0.36%	27.11% 0.11%
2023-24	29.00% 0.03%	29.00% -1.64%	28.00% 0.89%
Average	33.65%	35.31%	31.71%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 19,581, the average number of admitted is 17,371, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,787.

The number of ISU applicants increased by 4.91% (1,076 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	16,539	13,648	5,366
2014-15	18,399 11.25%	15,990 17.16%	6,041 12.58%
2015-16	19,164 4.16%	16,702 4.45%	6,230 3.13%
2016-17	19,433 1.40%	17,002 1.80%	6,325 1.52%
2017-18	19,262 -0.88%	17,208 1.21%	5,944 -6.02%
2018-19	18,855 -2.11%	17,082 -0.73%	6,047 1.73%
2019-20	18,246 -3.23%	16,796 -1.67%	5,597 -7.44%
2020-21	20,223 10.84%	17,882 6.47%	5,071 -9.40%
2021-22	20,357 0.66%	18,525 3.60%	5,372 5.94%
2022-23	21,919 7.67%	19,776 6.75%	5,728 6.63%
2023-24	22,995 4.91%	20,466 3.49%	5,935 3.61%
Average	19,581	17,371	5,787

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Iowa State University and similar schools.