Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MSOE

At Milwaukee School of Engineering, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.23%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 60.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Milwaukee School of Engineering than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.40%, and the 2024 yield is 17.99%.

The number of MSOE applicants increased by 10.11% (554 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.23%, and this year's acceptance rate is 60.00% at Milwaukee School of Engineering. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.51% and women students' rate is 58.93%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Milwaukee School of Engineering than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Milwaukee School of Engineering over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.39%	71.10%	61.83%
2014-15	68.65% 0.26%	71.01% -0.09%	62.62% 0.79%
2015-16	64.96% -3.69%	70.13% -0.88%	51.69% -10.93%
2016-17	66.31% 1.35%	68.33% -1.80%	61.74% 10.06%
2017-18	62.84% -3.47%	65.36% -2.98%	56.61% -5.13%
2018-19	63.11% 0.27%	65.46% 0.11%	57.69% 1.08%
2019-20	61.71% -1.40%	63.10% -2.37%	58.69% 1.00%
2020-21	60.09% -1.62%	61.90% -1.19%	55.98% -2.71%
2021-22	67.01% 6.92%	68.01% 6.10%	62.97% 6.99%
2022-23	63.47% -3.53%	65.18% -2.83%	60.36% -2.61%
2023-24	60.00% -3.48%	62.00% -3.18%	57.99% -2.37%
Average	64.23%	66.51%	58.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.40% where the current academic year yield is 17.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Milwaukee School of Engineering from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.71%	38.72%	31.12%
2014-15	32.82% -3.88%	35.19% -3.53%	25.99% -5.13%
2015-16	34.28% 1.46%	32.79% -2.39%	39.47% 13.47%
2016-17	31.16% -3.12%	32.57% -0.22%	27.65% -11.82%
2017-18	28.33% -2.83%	29.32% -3.25%	25.48% -2.17%
2018-19	28.72% 0.39%	31.69% 2.37%	20.91% -4.57%
2019-20	26.55% -2.16%	27.98% -3.72%	23.21% 2.30%
2020-21	23.49% -3.06%	23.36% -4.61%	23.82% 0.61%
2021-22	22.01% -1.48%	24.01% 0.65%	14.99% -8.83%
2022-23	19.33% -2.69%	21.59% -2.42%	14.78% -0.21%
2023-24	17.99% -1.34%	19.98% -1.61%	16.04% 1.25%
Average	27.40%	28.84%	23.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,598, the average number of admitted is 2,290, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 587.

The number of MSOE applicants increased by 10.11% (554 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,167	1,482	544
2014-15	2,574 18.78%	1,767 19.23%	580 6.62%
2015-16	2,326 -9.63%	1,511 -14.49%	518 -10.69%
2016-17	2,686 15.48%	1,781 17.87%	555 7.14%
2017-18	2,893 7.71%	1,818 2.08%	515 -7.21%
2018-19	3,294 13.86%	2,079 14.36%	597 15.92%
2019-20	3,552 7.83%	2,192 5.44%	582 -2.51%
2020-21	4,059 14.27%	2,439 11.27%	573 -1.55%
2021-22	4,522 11.41%	3,030 24.23%	667 16.40%
2022-23	5,478 21.14%	3,477 14.75%	672 0.75%
2023-24	6,032 10.11%	3,619 4.08%	651 -3.13%
Average	3,598	2,290	587

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Milwaukee School of Engineering and similar schools.