Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Kent State University at Kent

At Kent State University at Kent, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.60%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of Kent State University at Kent applicants increased by 9.80% (1,996 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at Kent State University at Kent. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.58% and women students' rate is 86.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.02%	81.05%	84.29%
2014-15	84.38% 1.36%	81.78% 0.73%	86.00% 1.71%
2015-16	84.76% 0.38%	82.16% 0.38%	86.27% 0.27%
2016-17	85.36% 0.60%	83.70% 1.54%	86.27% 0.00%
2017-18	87.51% 2.15%	85.15% 1.45%	88.86% 2.59%
2018-19	85.35% -2.16%	83.90% -1.24%	86.23% -2.63%
2019-20	85.54% 0.19%	84.02% 0.12%	86.44% 0.20%
2020-21	84.43% -1.11%	82.08% -1.95%	85.83% -0.61%
2021-22	87.00% 2.57%	85.00% 2.92%	89.00% 3.17%
2022-23	88.02% 1.02%	85.56% 0.56%	89.53% 0.53%
2023-24	87.00% -1.02%	85.00% -0.56%	88.00% -1.53%
Average	85.67%	83.58%	86.98%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.60% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.01%	31.59%	30.65%
2014-15	31.40% 0.39%	30.57% -1.02%	31.88% 1.24%
2015-16	32.42% 1.02%	31.65% 1.08%	32.84% 0.96%
2016-17	31.61% -0.80%	31.09% -0.56%	31.89% -0.95%
2017-18	31.56% -0.05%	32.26% 1.17%	31.18% -0.71%
2018-19	31.53% -0.04%	31.27% -1.00%	31.67% 0.49%
2019-20	30.87% -0.65%	31.06% -0.20%	30.77% -0.90%
2020-21	25.35% -5.53%	25.24% -5.83%	25.41% -5.36%
2021-22	23.00% -2.35%	21.99% -3.24%	24.00% -1.40%
2022-23	23.88% 0.88%	23.46% 1.46%	24.12% 0.12%
2023-24	22.00% -1.88%	21.00% -2.46%	23.00% -1.12%
Average	28.60%	28.29%	28.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,536, the average number of admitted is 15,042, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,225.

The number of Kent State University at Kent applicants increased by 9.80% (1,996 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,970	13,259	4,111
2014-15	16,125 0.97%	13,607 2.62%	4,272 3.92%
2015-16	15,772 -2.19%	13,369 -1.75%	4,334 1.45%
2016-17	16,145 2.36%	13,782 3.09%	4,357 0.53%
2017-18	15,538 -3.76%	13,598 -1.34%	4,292 -1.49%
2018-19	16,337 5.14%	13,944 2.54%	4,396 2.42%
2019-20	16,308 -0.18%	13,950 0.04%	4,307 -2.02%
2020-21	18,085 10.90%	15,269 9.46%	3,870 -10.15%
2021-22	19,881 9.93%	17,296 13.28%	3,978 2.79%
2022-23	20,369 2.45%	17,929 3.66%	4,281 7.62%
2023-24	22,365 9.80%	19,458 8.53%	4,281
Average	17,536	15,042	4,225

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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