Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MSUM

At Minnesota State University Moorhead, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 53.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Minnesota State University Moorhead than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.09%, and the 2024 yield is 25.01%.

The number of MSUM applicants increased by 19.39% (756 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 53.01% at Minnesota State University Moorhead. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.52% and women students' rate is 70.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Minnesota State University Moorhead than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.11%	88.21%	89.71%
2014-15	84.19% -4.92%	83.00% -5.21%	85.00% -4.71%
2015-16	77.30% -6.90%	81.41% -1.60%	74.86% -10.14%
2016-17	59.61% -17.69%	60.16% -21.25%	59.23% -15.63%
2017-18	60.39% 0.78%	57.15% -3.01%	62.66% 3.44%
2018-19	60.25% -0.13%	56.29% -0.86%	63.41% 0.75%
2019-20	65.38% 5.13%	57.96% 1.67%	71.29% 7.88%
2020-21	66.05% 0.67%	55.23% -2.73%	74.06% 2.76%
2021-22	72.00% 5.95%	65.99% 10.76%	74.99% 0.93%
2022-23	56.62% -15.38%	47.27% -18.72%	63.46% -11.52%
2023-24	53.01% -3.61%	46.00% -1.27%	58.99% -4.47%
Average	67.63%	63.52%	70.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.09% where the current academic year yield is 25.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.16%	28.72%	32.76%
2014-15	35.49% 4.33%	33.90% 5.18%	36.55% 3.79%
2015-16	36.86% 1.37%	36.00% 2.10%	37.41% 0.86%
2016-17	34.17% -2.68%	33.02% -2.98%	34.99% -2.42%
2017-18	31.77% -2.41%	30.32% -2.70%	32.69% -2.30%
2018-19	31.39% -0.38%	29.40% -0.92%	32.79% 0.10%
2019-20	30.41% -0.97%	30.52% 1.12%	30.34% -2.45%
2020-21	30.05% -0.36%	28.64% -1.88%	30.83% 0.48%
2021-22	27.00% -3.05%	26.03% -2.61%	28.00% -2.83%
2022-23	28.64% 1.64%	26.35% 0.32%	29.80% 1.80%
2023-24	25.01% -3.63%	17.99% -8.36%	29.97% 0.17%
Average	31.09%	29.17%	32.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,757, the average number of admitted is 2,488, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 773.

The number of MSUM applicants increased by 19.39% (756 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,562	3,174	989
2014-15	2,992 -16.00%	2,519 -20.64%	894 -9.61%
2015-16	2,559 -14.47%	1,978 -21.48%	729 -18.46%
2016-17	4,261 66.51%	2,540 28.41%	868 19.07%
2017-18	4,400 3.26%	2,657 4.61%	844 -2.76%
2018-19	4,204 -4.45%	2,533 -4.67%	795 -5.81%
2019-20	3,963 -5.73%	2,591 2.29%	788 -0.88%
2020-21	3,688 -6.94%	2,436 -5.98%	732 -7.11%
2021-22	3,143 -14.78%	2,263 -7.10%	611 -16.53%
2022-23	3,898 24.02%	2,207 -2.47%	632 3.44%
2023-24	4,654 19.39%	2,467 11.78%	617 -2.37%
Average	3,757	2,488	773

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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