Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Marshall

At Marshall University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.12%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 43.07%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of Marshall applicants increased by 2.25% (143 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.12%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Marshall University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.76% and women students' rate is 90.06%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.68%	75.34%	81.29%
2014-15	76.53% -2.15%	74.70% -0.64%	77.94% -3.35%
2015-16	87.90% 11.38%	85.73% 11.03%	89.48% 11.53%
2016-17	89.43% 1.52%	88.41% 2.68%	90.13% 0.65%
2017-18	90.19% 0.76%	88.04% -0.37%	91.68% 1.55%
2018-19	90.62% 0.42%	89.03% 0.99%	91.82% 0.14%
2019-20	86.89% -3.73%	85.53% -3.50%	87.88% -3.94%
2020-21	89.25% 2.37%	89.18% 3.65%	89.30% 1.42%
2021-22	98.00% 8.75%	96.98% 7.80%	98.00% 8.70%
2022-23	96.88% -1.12%	96.49% -0.49%	97.16% -0.84%
2023-24	96.00% -0.89%	95.99% -0.50%	96.01% -1.15%
Average	89.12%	87.76%	90.06%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 43.07% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	82.39%	82.58%	82.26%
2014-15	84.35% 1.95%	84.89% 2.31%	83.94% 1.68%
2015-16	44.31% -40.03%	44.62% -40.27%	44.10% -39.84%
2016-17	43.19% -1.13%	45.21% 0.59%	41.83% -2.27%
2017-18	39.73% -3.46%	42.52% -2.69%	37.88% -3.96%
2018-19	37.20% -2.53%	37.55% -4.97%	36.94% -0.93%
2019-20	31.56% -5.64%	31.58% -5.97%	31.55% -5.39%
2020-21	28.82% -2.74%	29.21% -2.37%	28.56% -2.99%
2021-22	29.00% 0.18%	30.00% 0.80%	28.01% -0.54%
2022-23	25.24% -3.76%	26.92% -3.08%	24.08% -3.93%
2023-24	28.00% 2.77%	28.01% 1.09%	27.00% 2.91%
Average	43.07%	43.92%	42.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,197, the average number of admitted is 4,698, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,762.

The number of Marshall applicants increased by 2.25% (143 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,866	2,255	1,858
2014-15	2,863 -0.10%	2,191 -2.84%	1,848 -0.54%
2015-16	4,911 71.53%	4,317 97.03%	1,913 3.52%
2016-17	4,891 -0.41%	4,374 1.32%	1,889 -1.25%
2017-18	5,026 2.76%	4,533 3.64%	1,801 -4.66%
2018-19	4,987 -0.78%	4,519 -0.31%	1,681 -6.66%
2019-20	6,451 29.36%	5,605 24.03%	1,769 5.23%
2020-21	6,718 4.14%	5,996 6.98%	1,728 -2.32%
2021-22	5,602 -16.61%	5,490 -8.44%	1,592 -7.87%
2022-23	6,356 13.46%	6,158 12.17%	1,554 -2.39%
2023-24	6,499 2.25%	6,239 1.32%	1,747 12.42%
Average	5,197	4,698	1,762

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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