Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at KSU

At Kennesaw State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 68.09%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 55.82%, and the 2024 yield is 51.00%.

The number of KSU applicants increased by 9.63% (2,032 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.09%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.00% at Kennesaw State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.83% and women students' rate is 68.42%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Kennesaw State University over the past 9 years (2015-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2015-16	58.55%	55.08%	62.37%
2016-17	58.50% -0.05%	60.52% 5.43%	56.76% -5.61%
2017-18	60.63% 2.13%	63.16% 2.64%	58.33% 1.57%
2018-19	57.94% -2.69%	59.58% -3.58%	56.41% -1.92%
2019-20	75.22% 17.29%	75.74% 16.16%	74.75% 18.34%
2020-21	83.11% 7.89%	80.74% 5.00%	85.21% 10.46%
2021-22	82.00% -1.11%	79.00% -1.74%	84.00% -1.21%
2022-23	67.85% -14.15%	67.67% -11.33%	67.99% -16.01%
2023-24	69.00% 1.15%	69.00% 1.32%	70.00% 2.01%
Average	68.09%	67.83%	68.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 55.82% where the current academic year yield is 51.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Kennesaw State University from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	60.46%	63.05%	57.93%
2016-17	60.44% -0.02%	64.71% 1.65%	56.49% -1.45%
2017-18	61.71% 1.27%	64.55% -0.15%	58.90% 2.41%
2018-19	61.50% -0.21%	64.13% -0.43%	58.93% 0.03%
2019-20	55.35% -6.15%	59.01% -5.11%	52.00% -6.92%
2020-21	51.86% -3.49%	55.29% -3.72%	49.00% -3.01%
2021-22	51.00% -0.86%	55.00% -0.29%	47.99% -1.00%
2022-23	49.05% -1.95%	54.27% -0.73%	44.75% -3.25%
2023-24	51.00% 1.95%	56.00% 1.73%	47.00% 2.25%
Average	55.82%	59.56%	52.55%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,345, the average number of admitted is 12,005, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,535.

The number of KSU applicants increased by 9.63% (2,032 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Kennesaw State University from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2015-16	14,215	8,323	5,032
2016-17	15,122 6.38%	8,847 6.30%	5,347 6.26%
2017-18	13,998 -7.43%	8,487 -4.07%	5,237 -2.06%
2018-19	13,427 -4.08%	7,779 -8.34%	4,784 -8.65%
2019-20	15,691 16.86%	11,803 51.73%	6,533 36.56%
2020-21	18,601 18.55%	15,460 30.98%	8,018 22.73%
2021-22	20,806 11.85%	17,061 10.36%	8,701 8.52%
2022-23	21,106 1.44%	14,320 -16.07%	7,024 -19.27%
2023-24	23,138 9.63%	15,965 11.49%	8,142 15.92%
Average	17,345	12,005	6,535

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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