Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at McNeese

At McNeese State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into McNeese State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 57.41%, and the 2024 yield is 47.99%.

The number of McNeese applicants decreased by -7.32% (260 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.00% at McNeese State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.76% and women students' rate is 68.34%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into McNeese State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.51%	62.63%	60.83%
2014-15	75.27% 13.77%	74.50% 11.88%	75.80% 14.97%
2015-16	82.05% 6.77%	81.78% 7.28%	82.24% 6.43%
2016-17	63.70% -18.34%	64.84% -16.94%	62.95% -19.29%
2017-18	62.24% -1.46%	66.92% 2.08%	59.18% -3.77%
2018-19	70.32% 8.07%	73.44% 6.52%	68.17% 8.99%
2019-20	80.74% 10.42%	83.11% 9.67%	79.09% 10.92%
2020-21	63.30% -17.44%	67.45% -15.66%	60.80% -18.29%
2021-22	68.99% 5.69%	71.02% 3.57%	67.03% 6.23%
2022-23	71.24% 2.26%	75.71% 4.69%	68.66% 1.63%
2023-24	68.00% -3.24%	67.97% -7.74%	67.01% -1.66%
Average	69.76%	71.76%	68.34%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 57.41% where the current academic year yield is 47.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	58.91%	61.55%	57.27%
2014-15	61.22% 2.32%	61.31% -0.24%	61.17% 3.90%
2015-16	58.42% -2.80%	60.89% -0.41%	56.66% -4.51%
2016-17	61.80% 3.37%	62.18% 1.28%	61.54% 4.88%
2017-18	64.36% 2.56%	61.56% -0.62%	66.44% 4.90%
2018-19	60.56% -3.80%	59.90% -1.66%	61.06% -5.38%
2019-20	63.98% 3.42%	63.84% 3.94%	64.08% 3.02%
2020-21	55.63% -8.36%	55.81% -8.03%	55.51% -8.58%
2021-22	57.00% 1.37%	62.01% 6.21%	53.99% -1.51%
2022-23	41.63% -15.37%	45.08% -16.94%	39.43% -14.56%
2023-24	47.99% 6.36%	48.01% 2.94%	48.02% 8.59%
Average	57.41%	58.38%	56.83%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,122, the average number of admitted is 2,160, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,232.

The number of McNeese applicants decreased by -7.32% (260 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,624	2,229	1,313
2014-15	2,734 -24.56%	2,058 -7.67%	1,260 -4.04%
2015-16	3,002 9.80%	2,463 19.68%	1,439 14.21%
2016-17	3,160 5.26%	2,013 -18.27%	1,244 -13.55%
2017-18	3,300 4.43%	2,054 2.04%	1,322 6.27%
2018-19	3,224 -2.30%	2,267 10.37%	1,373 3.86%
2019-20	2,352 -27.05%	1,899 -16.23%	1,215 -11.51%
2020-21	3,496 48.64%	2,213 16.54%	1,231 1.32%
2021-22	2,599 -25.66%	1,793 -18.98%	1,022 -16.98%
2022-23	3,554 36.74%	2,532 41.22%	1,054 3.13%
2023-24	3,294 -7.32%	2,240 -11.53%	1,075 1.99%
Average	3,122	2,160	1,232

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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