Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MTU

At Michigan Technological University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Michigan Technological University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.76%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of MTU applicants increased by 57.53% (4,541 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at Michigan Technological University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.65% and women students' rate is 78.45%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Michigan Technological University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.59%	76.88%	75.90%
2014-15	75.50% -1.09%	75.20% -1.68%	76.23% 0.33%
2015-16	75.44% -0.07%	75.31% 0.11%	76.52% 0.29%
2016-17	76.44% 1.00%	75.86% 0.55%	77.71% 1.20%
2017-18	74.49% -1.94%	74.18% -1.68%	75.21% -2.50%
2018-19	73.88% -0.61%	74.93% 0.75%	71.75% -3.47%
2019-20	74.31% 0.43%	75.35% 0.42%	72.41% 0.66%
2020-21	70.36% -3.95%	71.19% -4.16%	68.95% -3.46%
2021-22	86.00% 15.64%	85.99% 14.80%	85.00% 16.05%
2022-23	93.68% 7.68%	93.30% 7.31%	94.25% 9.25%
2023-24	88.00% -5.68%	87.00% -6.30%	88.99% -5.26%
Average	78.61%	78.65%	78.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.76% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.30%	35.39%	28.14%
2014-15	31.07% -2.23%	32.64% -2.74%	27.37% -0.77%
2015-16	31.43% 0.36%	32.42% -0.22%	29.25% 1.88%
2016-17	32.33% 0.90%	34.79% 2.37%	26.97% -2.28%
2017-18	32.47% 0.15%	34.20% -0.59%	28.49% 1.52%
2018-19	28.87% -3.61%	30.97% -3.24%	24.42% -4.07%
2019-20	29.29% 0.42%	31.03% 0.06%	25.99% 1.57%
2020-21	22.83% -6.46%	25.22% -5.80%	18.65% -7.34%
2021-22	21.00% -1.83%	25.01% -0.21%	16.00% -2.65%
2022-23	18.77% -2.23%	22.06% -2.95%	13.93% -2.07%
2023-24	13.00% -5.78%	16.00% -6.07%	10.00% -3.93%
Average	26.76%	29.07%	22.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,703, the average number of admitted is 5,363, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,304.

The number of MTU applicants increased by 57.53% (4,541 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,520	3,462	1,153
2014-15	5,111 13.08%	3,859 11.47%	1,199 3.99%
2015-16	5,386 5.38%	4,063 5.29%	1,277 6.51%
2016-17	5,589 3.77%	4,272 5.14%	1,381 8.14%
2017-18	5,469 -2.15%	4,074 -4.63%	1,323 -4.20%
2018-19	5,838 6.75%	4,313 5.87%	1,245 -5.90%
2019-20	5,978 2.40%	4,442 2.99%	1,301 4.50%
2020-21	7,476 25.06%	5,260 18.42%	1,201 -7.69%
2021-22	8,041 7.56%	6,915 31.46%	1,452 20.90%
2022-23	7,893 -1.84%	7,394 6.93%	1,388 -4.41%
2023-24	12,434 57.53%	10,942 47.98%	1,422 2.45%
Average	6,703	5,363	1,304

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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