Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Long Island

At Long Island University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.07%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Long Island University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 10.16%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Long Island applicants decreased by -13.49% (1,934 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.07%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at Long Island University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.08% and women students' rate is 84.58%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Long Island University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.67%	79.53%	81.38%
2014-15	83.02% 2.35%	82.47% 2.94%	83.38% 2.00%
2015-16	80.58% -2.44%	80.51% -1.97%	80.63% -2.75%
2016-17	81.48% 0.90%	79.12% -1.39%	82.89% 2.26%
2017-18	82.69% 1.21%	80.80% 1.68%	83.80% 0.90%
2018-19	75.54% -7.16%	74.47% -6.33%	76.12% -7.68%
2019-20	80.09% 4.56%	79.67% 5.21%	80.32% 4.21%
2020-21	85.01% 4.91%	85.43% 5.75%	84.79% 4.47%
2021-22	93.00% 7.99%	91.00% 5.58%	94.00% 9.21%
2022-23	92.65% -0.34%	91.93% 0.93%	93.02% -0.98%
2023-24	90.00% -2.65%	89.00% -2.93%	90.01% -3.01%
Average	84.07%	83.08%	84.58%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 10.16% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13.61%	14.68%	12.97%
2014-15	10.35% -3.27%	11.38% -3.30%	9.68% -3.29%
2015-16	10.32% -0.02%	11.36% -0.01%	9.69% 0.01%
2016-17	9.76% -0.56%	12.39% 1.03%	8.27% -1.42%
2017-18	12.07% 2.31%	14.62% 2.22%	10.65% 2.38%
2018-19	8.88% -3.20%	9.99% -4.63%	8.19% -2.46%
2019-20	11.99% 3.11%	13.08% 3.09%	11.40% 3.21%
2020-21	9.47% -2.52%	10.20% -2.88%	9.09% -2.31%
2021-22	7.00% -2.48%	10.00% -0.20%	6.00% -3.09%
2022-23	8.34% 1.34%	9.87% -0.13%	7.56% 1.56%
2023-24	10.00% 1.67%	10.99% 1.12%	10.00% 2.44%
Average	10.16%	11.69%	9.41%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,815, the average number of admitted is 9,194, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 886.

The number of Long Island applicants decreased by -13.49% (1,934 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,001	4,841	659
2014-15	6,555 9.23%	5,442 12.41%	563 -14.57%
2015-16	6,371 -2.81%	5,134 -5.66%	530 -5.86%
2016-17	6,724 5.54%	5,479 6.72%	535 0.94%
2017-18	6,951 3.38%	5,748 4.91%	694 29.72%
2018-19	14,540 109.18%	10,983 91.08%	975 40.49%
2019-20	13,328 -8.34%	10,675 -2.80%	1,280 31.28%
2020-21	14,341 7.60%	12,191 14.20%	1,155 -9.77%
2021-22	17,423 21.49%	16,203 32.91%	1,134 -1.82%
2022-23	14,332 -17.74%	13,279 -18.05%	1,107 -2.38%
2023-24	12,398 -13.49%	11,158 -15.97%	1,116 0.81%
Average	10,815	9,194	886

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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