Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lamar

At Lamar University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.93%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of Lamar applicants increased by 16.61% (1,032 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.01% at Lamar University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.54% and women students' rate is 81.39%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.82%	79.56%	74.88%
2014-15	78.81% 1.99%	82.85% 3.29%	75.94% 1.07%
2015-16	79.11% 0.31%	83.36% 0.51%	76.11% 0.17%
2016-17	76.18% -2.93%	79.66% -3.70%	73.80% -2.31%
2017-18	81.65% 5.47%	84.22% 4.56%	79.91% 6.11%
2018-19	84.32% 2.67%	86.54% 2.32%	82.92% 3.01%
2019-20	83.81% -0.52%	84.61% -1.93%	83.34% 0.42%
2020-21	82.68% -1.12%	81.22% -3.39%	83.53% 0.20%
2021-22	88.01% 5.33%	84.98% 3.76%	90.01% 6.48%
2022-23	83.73% -4.28%	78.94% -6.04%	86.82% -3.20%
2023-24	86.01% 2.28%	81.99% 3.05%	87.99% 1.18%
Average	81.92%	82.54%	81.39%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.93% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.45%	42.91%	36.84%
2014-15	38.94% -0.51%	42.29% -0.62%	36.35% -0.49%
2015-16	43.04% 4.10%	44.79% 2.49%	41.68% 5.33%
2016-17	34.31% -8.73%	35.44% -9.34%	33.47% -8.21%
2017-18	32.55% -1.76%	34.14% -1.30%	31.40% -2.07%
2018-19	32.06% -0.49%	35.89% 1.75%	29.53% -1.87%
2019-20	24.77% -7.29%	29.01% -6.88%	22.27% -7.26%
2020-21	23.70% -1.07%	25.97% -3.04%	22.41% 0.14%
2021-22	29.00% 5.30%	33.99% 8.02%	25.99% 3.57%
2022-23	28.48% -0.51%	31.72% -2.27%	26.59% 0.60%
2023-24	25.00% -3.48%	27.02% -4.70%	23.99% -2.59%
Average	31.93%	34.83%	30.05%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,798, the average number of admitted is 4,772, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,470.

The number of Lamar applicants increased by 16.61% (1,032 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,788	3,678	1,451
2014-15	4,572 -4.51%	3,603 -2.04%	1,403 -3.31%
2015-16	4,529 -0.94%	3,583 -0.56%	1,542 9.91%
2016-17	5,613 23.93%	4,276 19.34%	1,467 -4.86%
2017-18	5,445 -2.99%	4,446 3.98%	1,447 -1.36%
2018-19	5,486 0.75%	4,626 4.05%	1,483 2.49%
2019-20	6,249 13.91%	5,237 13.21%	1,297 -12.54%
2020-21	7,512 20.21%	6,211 18.60%	1,472 13.49%
2021-22	6,129 -18.41%	5,394 -13.15%	1,564 6.25%
2022-23	6,214 1.39%	5,203 -3.54%	1,482 -5.24%
2023-24	7,246 16.61%	6,232 19.78%	1,558 5.13%
Average	5,798	4,772	1,470

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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