Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Metropolitan State University of Denver

At Metropolitan State University of Denver, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.00%. Metropolitan State University of Denver's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.07%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Metropolitan State University of Denver applicants increased by 22.04% (2,240 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.00% at Metropolitan State University of Denver. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.37% and women students' rate is 74.61%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.16%	71.27%	71.06%
2014-15	65.11% -6.05%	64.95% -6.33%	65.25% -5.81%
2015-16	65.22% 0.11%	64.14% -0.81%	66.15% 0.90%
2016-17	63.87% -1.35%	63.60% -0.53%	64.08% -2.07%
2017-18	64.27% 0.40%	63.55% -0.06%	64.77% 0.68%
2018-19	59.45% -4.82%	62.23% -1.32%	57.65% -7.11%
2019-20	61.30% 1.85%	62.90% 0.67%	60.28% 2.63%
2020-21	83.33% 22.03%	82.00% 19.10%	84.24% 23.96%
2021-22	89.00% 5.67%	86.99% 5.00%	90.00% 5.76%
2022-23	97.91% 8.92%	97.44% 10.44%	98.24% 8.23%
2023-24	99.00% 1.09%	99.01% 1.57%	99.00% 0.76%
Average	74.51%	74.37%	74.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.07% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	47.69%	51.34%	44.38%
2014-15	47.54% -0.15%	51.15% -0.18%	44.33% -0.05%
2015-16	46.52% -1.02%	49.08% -2.07%	44.37% 0.04%
2016-17	46.14% -0.38%	51.61% 2.53%	41.69% -2.67%
2017-18	32.78% -13.36%	37.93% -13.68%	29.28% -12.41%
2018-19	30.10% -2.69%	35.65% -2.28%	26.23% -3.05%
2019-20	27.46% -2.64%	31.39% -4.26%	24.86% -1.37%
2020-21	20.37% -7.08%	23.45% -7.94%	18.32% -6.53%
2021-22	18.00% -2.38%	22.00% -1.45%	15.99% -2.33%
2022-23	19.22% 1.23%	22.70% 0.70%	16.90% 0.90%
2023-24	17.00% -2.23%	19.01% -3.69%	16.00% -0.90%
Average	32.07%	35.94%	29.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,984, the average number of admitted is 7,530, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,078.

The number of Metropolitan State University of Denver applicants increased by 22.04% (2,240 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,867	4,175	1,991
2014-15	6,242 6.39%	4,064 -2.66%	1,932 -2.96%
2015-16	6,052 -3.04%	3,947 -2.88%	1,836 -4.97%
2016-17	7,276 20.22%	4,647 17.73%	2,144 16.78%
2017-18	11,435 57.16%	7,349 58.15%	2,409 12.36%
2018-19	13,454 17.66%	7,998 8.83%	2,407 -0.08%
2019-20	13,583 0.96%	8,326 4.10%	2,286 -5.03%
2020-21	12,045 -11.32%	10,037 20.55%	2,045 -10.54%
2021-22	11,306 -6.14%	10,062 0.25%	1,811 -11.44%
2022-23	10,163 -10.11%	9,951 -1.10%	1,913 5.63%
2023-24	12,403 22.04%	12,279 23.39%	2,087 9.10%
Average	9,984	7,530	2,078

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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