Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Kean

At Kean University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Kean University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.98%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Kean applicants increased by 15.80% (1,657 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at Kean University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.42% and women students' rate is 79.56%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Kean University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.37%	78.21%	81.98%
2014-15	70.36% -10.01%	69.65% -8.56%	70.86% -11.12%
2015-16	74.27% 3.91%	73.73% 4.08%	74.64% 3.78%
2016-17	74.40% 0.13%	76.18% 2.45%	79.67% 5.03%
2017-18	82.22% 7.82%	80.21% 4.03%	84.64% 4.97%
2018-19	85.98% 3.77%	83.67% 3.46%	87.62% 2.98%
2019-20	68.56% -17.42%	68.31% -15.36%	68.72% -18.90%
2020-21	78.05% 9.49%	74.93% 6.62%	79.96% 11.24%
2021-22	79.00% 0.95%	72.99% -1.94%	83.01% 3.05%
2022-23	82.60% 3.60%	78.70% 5.71%	85.07% 2.06%
2023-24	77.00% -5.61%	73.00% -5.70%	79.00% -6.07%
Average	77.53%	75.42%	79.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.98% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.32%	39.27%	37.63%
2014-15	37.34% -0.98%	37.50% -1.77%	37.22% -0.42%
2015-16	25.73% -11.61%	27.11% -10.39%	24.79% -12.43%
2016-17	23.35% -2.38%	24.99% -2.12%	22.25% -2.53%
2017-18	24.52% 1.17%	26.48% 1.49%	23.20% 0.94%
2018-19	23.24% -1.27%	25.19% -1.29%	21.92% -1.27%
2019-20	27.06% 3.82%	29.05% 3.86%	25.81% 3.89%
2020-21	21.51% -5.55%	23.18% -5.87%	20.56% -5.26%
2021-22	21.00% -0.51%	24.00% 0.83%	18.99% -1.57%
2022-23	22.72% 1.72%	25.44% 1.43%	21.13% 2.14%
2023-24	21.00% -1.73%	24.00% -1.44%	20.00% -1.14%
Average	25.98%	27.84%	24.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,790, the average number of admitted is 6,831, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,689.

The number of Kean applicants increased by 15.80% (1,657 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,952	3,980	1,525
2014-15	5,718 15.47%	4,023 1.08%	1,502 -1.51%
2015-16	7,944 38.93%	5,900 46.66%	1,518 1.07%
2016-17	8,785 10.59%	6,536 10.78%	1,526 0.53%
2017-18	8,851 0.75%	7,277 11.34%	1,784 16.91%
2018-19	9,082 2.61%	7,809 7.31%	1,815 1.74%
2019-20	9,540 5.04%	6,541 -16.24%	1,770 -2.48%
2020-21	10,138 6.27%	7,913 20.98%	1,702 -3.84%
2021-22	9,048 -10.75%	7,148 -9.67%	1,501 -11.81%
2022-23	10,485 15.88%	8,661 21.17%	1,968 31.11%
2023-24	12,142 15.80%	9,349 7.94%	1,963 -0.25%
Average	8,790	6,831	1,689

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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