Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MSU

At Michigan State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.40%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Michigan State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.30%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of MSU applicants increased by 10.38% (5,538 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.40%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Michigan State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.09% and women students' rate is 76.60%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Michigan State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.65%	65.09%	72.04%
2014-15	66.09% -2.56%	62.55% -2.53%	69.54% -2.50%
2015-16	66.28% 0.19%	62.41% -0.14%	70.02% 0.47%
2016-17	65.74% -0.54%	62.86% 0.45%	68.54% -1.47%
2017-18	71.55% 5.80%	69.73% 6.86%	73.32% 4.78%
2018-19	77.68% 6.13%	75.89% 6.16%	79.32% 6.00%
2019-20	71.12% -6.55%	69.28% -6.61%	72.84% -6.47%
2020-21	76.31% 5.19%	74.47% 5.19%	77.98% 5.14%
2021-22	83.00% 6.69%	81.00% 6.53%	85.00% 7.02%
2022-23	87.95% 4.95%	86.74% 5.75%	89.01% 4.01%
2023-24	84.00% -3.95%	83.00% -3.74%	85.00% -4.01%
Average	74.40%	72.09%	76.60%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.30% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.30%	39.21%	35.66%
2014-15	36.70% -0.61%	37.45% -1.76%	36.04% 0.38%
2015-16	34.93% -1.77%	35.38% -2.06%	34.54% -1.50%
2016-17	33.24% -1.69%	33.75% -1.63%	32.78% -1.76%
2017-18	32.35% -0.89%	32.78% -0.97%	31.96% -0.82%
2018-19	33.76% 1.41%	34.48% 1.70%	33.13% 1.17%
2019-20	27.92% -5.84%	28.69% -5.79%	27.23% -5.90%
2020-21	24.20% -3.72%	23.93% -4.77%	24.44% -2.79%
2021-22	22.00% -2.20%	23.00% -0.93%	21.00% -3.44%
2022-23	20.95% -1.05%	21.83% -1.17%	20.20% -0.80%
2023-24	19.00% -1.95%	20.00% -1.83%	19.00% -1.20%
Average	29.30%	30.05%	28.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 41,758, the average number of admitted is 31,616, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 8,654.

The number of MSU applicants increased by 10.38% (5,538 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	31,479	21,610	8,061
2014-15	33,211 5.50%	21,950 1.57%	8,055 -0.07%
2015-16	35,300 6.29%	23,397 6.59%	8,173 1.46%
2016-17	37,480 6.18%	24,641 5.32%	8,190 0.21%
2017-18	36,143 -3.57%	25,860 4.95%	8,366 2.15%
2018-19	33,129 -8.34%	25,733 -0.49%	8,688 3.85%
2019-20	44,322 33.79%	31,522 22.50%	8,801 1.30%
2020-21	45,426 2.49%	34,663 9.96%	8,389 -4.68%
2021-22	50,630 11.46%	42,023 21.23%	9,245 10.20%
2022-23	53,341 5.35%	46,914 11.64%	9,829 6.32%
2023-24	58,879 10.38%	49,458 5.42%	9,397 -4.40%
Average	41,758	31,616	8,654

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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