Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at K-State

At Kansas State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 93.37%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Kansas State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Kansas State University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.78%, and the 2024 yield is 30.00%.

The number of K-State applicants increased by 38.44% (3,731 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 93.37%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.00% at Kansas State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 92.62% and women students' rate is 94.09%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Kansas State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Kansas State University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	95.91%	95.21%	96.62%
2014-15	94.93% -0.98%	94.27% -0.94%	95.54% -1.08%
2015-16	94.92% -0.01%	94.27% 0.01%	95.56% 0.02%
2016-17	94.07% -0.85%	93.59% -0.69%	94.54% -1.02%
2017-18	94.12% 0.04%	94.15% 0.57%	94.08% -0.46%
2018-19	93.40% -0.72%	92.10% -2.05%	94.63% 0.55%
2019-20	95.37% 1.97%	95.36% 3.25%	95.39% 0.76%
2020-21	94.15% -1.23%	94.33% -1.03%	95.03% -0.36%
2021-22	96.00% 1.85%	94.99% 0.67%	96.00% 0.97%
2022-23	95.14% -0.86%	94.54% -0.45%	95.65% -0.35%
2023-24	79.00% -16.14%	76.00% -18.54%	82.00% -13.65%
Average	93.37%	92.62%	94.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.78% where the current academic year yield is 30.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.49%	40.38%	40.59%
2014-15	41.16% 0.67%	41.97% 1.58%	40.44% -0.15%
2015-16	41.60% 0.43%	44.05% 2.09%	39.21% -1.23%
2016-17	41.32% -0.28%	43.09% -0.97%	39.64% 0.43%
2017-18	41.79% 0.47%	43.83% 0.74%	39.75% 0.11%
2018-19	42.74% 0.95%	44.12% 0.29%	41.45% 1.70%
2019-20	40.56% -2.18%	41.87% -2.24%	39.36% -2.09%
2020-21	34.44% -6.12%	36.64% -5.23%	33.51% -5.85%
2021-22	30.00% -4.44%	32.01% -4.63%	29.01% -4.51%
2022-23	31.50% 1.50%	34.02% 2.02%	29.36% 0.35%
2023-24	30.00% -1.50%	31.01% -3.02%	29.00% -0.36%
Average	37.78%	39.36%	36.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,591, the average number of admitted is 8,901, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,337.

The number of K-State applicants increased by 38.44% (3,731 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,839	9,437	3,821
2014-15	9,614 -2.29%	9,127 -3.28%	3,757 -1.67%
2015-16	9,178 -4.54%	8,712 -4.55%	3,624 -3.54%
2016-17	9,213 0.38%	8,667 -0.52%	3,581 -1.19%
2017-18	8,517 -7.55%	8,016 -7.51%	3,350 -6.45%
2018-19	8,685 1.97%	8,112 1.20%	3,467 3.49%
2019-20	8,277 -4.70%	7,894 -2.69%	3,202 -7.64%
2020-21	9,208 11.25%	8,669 9.82%	2,986 -6.75%
2021-22	9,822 6.67%	9,429 8.77%	2,829 -5.26%
2022-23	9,706 -1.18%	9,234 -2.07%	2,909 2.83%
2023-24	13,437 38.44%	10,615 14.96%	3,185 9.49%
Average	9,591	8,901	3,337

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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