Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at LSU

At Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.86%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.81%, and the 2024 yield is 24.00%.

The number of LSU applicants increased by 9.54% (3,705 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.86%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.00% at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.14% and women students' rate is 75.27%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.23%	76.29%	76.18%
2014-15	76.63% 0.40%	76.17% -0.13%	77.01% 0.83%
2015-16	77.34% 0.71%	77.46% 1.29%	77.25% 0.25%
2016-17	76.39% -0.95%	76.79% -0.67%	76.08% -1.17%
2017-18	73.92% -2.47%	73.98% -2.81%	73.87% -2.22%
2018-19	74.23% 0.32%	72.79% -1.19%	75.27% 1.40%
2019-20	74.58% 0.34%	74.48% 1.70%	74.65% -0.62%
2020-21	73.38% -1.19%	73.73% -0.76%	73.14% -1.51%
2021-22	71.00% -2.38%	69.00% -4.73%	72.00% -1.14%
2022-23	75.72% 4.72%	72.91% 3.91%	77.55% 5.55%
2023-24	74.00% -1.72%	72.00% -0.90%	75.00% -2.55%
Average	74.86%	74.14%	75.27%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.81% where the current academic year yield is 24.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.45%	49.12%	44.27%
2014-15	44.51% -1.94%	46.74% -2.39%	42.73% -1.54%
2015-16	41.72% -2.79%	42.56% -4.18%	41.08% -1.66%
2016-17	39.55% -2.17%	39.95% -2.61%	39.24% -1.84%
2017-18	37.15% -2.40%	38.92% -1.03%	35.82% -3.43%
2018-19	32.25% -4.90%	34.59% -4.33%	30.62% -5.19%
2019-20	33.56% 1.31%	36.29% 1.70%	31.51% 0.88%
2020-21	31.53% -2.03%	33.23% -3.06%	30.31% -1.20%
2021-22	27.00% -4.53%	30.00% -3.22%	26.00% -4.31%
2022-23	25.16% -1.84%	27.60% -2.40%	23.66% -2.34%
2023-24	24.00% -1.16%	26.00% -1.60%	23.00% -0.66%
Average	34.81%	36.82%	33.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 25,629, the average number of admitted is 19,092, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,183.

The number of LSU applicants increased by 9.54% (3,705 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	16,169	12,326	5,725
2014-15	16,580 2.54%	12,706 3.08%	5,655 -1.22%
2015-16	17,429 5.12%	13,480 6.09%	5,624 -0.55%
2016-17	18,122 3.98%	13,843 2.69%	5,475 -2.65%
2017-18	17,907 -1.19%	13,236 -4.38%	4,917 -10.19%
2018-19	24,280 35.59%	18,024 36.17%	5,812 18.20%
2019-20	24,501 0.91%	18,272 1.38%	6,132 5.51%
2020-21	28,960 18.20%	21,252 16.31%	6,701 9.28%
2021-22	36,561 26.25%	25,958 22.14%	7,009 4.60%
2022-23	38,853 6.27%	29,419 13.33%	7,401 5.59%
2023-24	42,558 9.54%	31,493 7.05%	7,558 2.12%
Average	25,629	19,092	6,183

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College and similar schools.