Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lake Superior State

At Lake Superior State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lake Superior State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Lake Superior State University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.64%, and the 2024 yield is 14.98%.

The number of Lake Superior State applicants increased by 2.70% (65 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.01% at Lake Superior State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.46% and women students' rate is 74.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lake Superior State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Lake Superior State University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	91.83%	90.46%	92.96%
2014-15	91.09% -0.74%	90.63% 0.17%	91.50% -1.46%
2015-16	91.89% 0.80%	89.07% -1.57%	94.34% 2.83%
2016-17	68.97% -22.92%	71.11% -17.96%	67.38% -26.95%
2017-18	58.16% -10.81%	59.43% -11.68%	57.14% -10.24%
2018-19	63.38% 5.22%	63.62% 4.19%	63.23% 6.09%
2019-20	57.23% -6.15%	62.15% -1.48%	54.31% -8.92%
2020-21	69.50% 12.27%	70.58% 8.43%	68.83% 14.52%
2021-22	73.00% 3.50%	69.96% -0.62%	75.98% 7.15%
2022-23	76.91% 3.91%	69.03% -0.93%	82.98% 7.00%
2023-24	68.01% -8.90%	61.03% -8.00%	73.00% -9.99%
Average	73.63%	72.46%	74.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.64% where the current academic year yield is 14.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.74%	34.10%	28.02%
2014-15	33.76% 3.03%	36.32% 2.22%	31.49% 3.47%
2015-16	29.31% -4.45%	32.93% -3.39%	26.35% -5.15%
2016-17	38.93% 9.61%	42.21% 9.28%	36.35% 10.00%
2017-18	49.18% 10.26%	52.99% 10.78%	46.00% 9.65%
2018-19	21.99% -27.19%	27.75% -25.25%	18.46% -27.54%
2019-20	32.75% 10.76%	38.07% 10.32%	29.14% 10.67%
2020-21	27.28% -5.47%	30.53% -7.54%	25.23% -3.91%
2021-22	21.02% -6.26%	24.96% -5.56%	18.98% -6.25%
2022-23	15.06% -5.96%	19.41% -5.55%	12.38% -6.61%
2023-24	14.98% -0.08%	18.95% -0.46%	12.96% 0.58%
Average	28.64%	32.57%	25.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,915, the average number of admitted is 1,396, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 368.

The number of Lake Superior State applicants increased by 2.70% (65 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,481	1,360	418
2014-15	1,538 3.85%	1,401 3.01%	473 13.16%
2015-16	1,615 5.01%	1,484 5.92%	435 -8.03%
2016-17	1,460 -9.60%	1,007 -32.14%	392 -9.89%
2017-18	1,262 -13.56%	734 -27.11%	361 -7.91%
2018-19	2,949 133.68%	1,869 154.63%	411 13.85%
2019-20	1,702 -42.29%	974 -47.89%	319 -22.38%
2020-21	1,767 3.82%	1,228 26.08%	335 5.02%
2021-22	2,411 36.45%	1,760 43.32%	370 10.45%
2022-23	2,408 -0.12%	1,852 5.23%	279 -24.59%
2023-24	2,473 2.70%	1,682 -9.18%	252 -9.68%
Average	1,915	1,396	368

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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