Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Jackson State

At Jackson State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.16%, and the 2024 yield is 8.00%.

The number of Jackson State applicants increased by 12.38% (1,558 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Jackson State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.04% and women students' rate is 74.66%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.64%	68.14%	62.90%
2014-15	70.47% 5.83%	64.90% -3.24%	71.05% 8.15%
2015-16	67.52% -2.96%	63.20% -1.70%	70.00% -1.05%
2016-17	63.32% -4.19%	57.19% -6.01%	66.87% -3.13%
2017-18	71.73% 8.41%	67.54% 10.35%	73.90% 7.03%
2018-19	68.93% -2.80%	65.46% -2.08%	70.60% -3.31%
2019-20	67.52% -1.41%	64.42% -1.04%	69.00% -1.59%
2020-21	89.98% 22.46%	85.97% 21.54%	91.78% 22.78%
2021-22	62.00% -27.98%	56.01% -29.95%	65.00% -26.78%
2022-23	88.64% 26.64%	87.66% 31.65%	89.12% 24.12%
2023-24	91.00% 2.36%	90.01% 2.35%	91.00% 1.88%
Average	73.25%	70.04%	74.66%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.16% where the current academic year yield is 8.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.05%	38.87%	28.37%
2014-15	30.37% -1.67%	36.95% -1.92%	28.09% -0.29%
2015-16	22.77% -7.61%	27.98% -8.97%	20.06% -8.03%
2016-17	21.73% -1.04%	26.31% -1.67%	19.46% -0.59%
2017-18	20.71% -1.02%	25.97% -0.34%	18.21% -1.25%
2018-19	15.70% -5.01%	19.53% -6.43%	13.99% -4.22%
2019-20	15.06% -0.63%	19.25% -0.29%	13.20% -0.80%
2020-21	7.25% -7.82%	9.40% -9.84%	6.35% -6.85%
2021-22	16.01% 8.76%	20.97% 11.56%	13.99% 7.65%
2022-23	10.15% -5.86%	11.52% -9.45%	9.49% -4.50%
2023-24	8.00% -2.15%	10.01% -1.51%	7.00% -2.49%
Average	18.16%	22.43%	16.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,624, the average number of admitted is 6,521, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,001.

The number of Jackson State applicants increased by 12.38% (1,558 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,325	3,442	1,103
2014-15	5,588 4.94%	3,938 14.41%	1,196 8.43%
2015-16	8,035 43.79%	5,425 37.76%	1,235 3.26%
2016-17	9,390 16.86%	5,946 9.60%	1,292 4.62%
2017-18	6,282 -33.10%	4,506 -24.22%	933 -27.79%
2018-19	7,680 22.25%	5,294 17.49%	831 -10.93%
2019-20	8,396 9.32%	5,669 7.08%	854 2.77%
2020-21	9,551 13.76%	8,594 51.60%	623 -27.05%
2021-22	7,889 -17.40%	4,891 -43.09%	783 25.68%
2022-23	12,583 59.50%	11,153 128.03%	1,132 44.57%
2023-24	14,141 12.38%	12,868 15.38%	1,029 -9.10%
Average	8,624	6,521	1,001

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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