Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Mississippi State

At Mississippi State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.01%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.57%, and the 2024 yield is 24.00%.

The number of Mississippi State applicants increased by 10.87% (2,047 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.01%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at Mississippi State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.10% and women students' rate is 66.19%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.82%	65.66%	64.12%
2014-15	71.02% 6.20%	72.03% 6.37%	70.12% 6.00%
2015-16	65.24% -5.78%	65.46% -6.57%	65.06% -5.06%
2016-17	55.67% -9.57%	56.80% -8.66%	54.76% -10.30%
2017-18	62.40% 6.73%	64.58% 7.78%	60.61% 5.85%
2018-19	56.92% -5.48%	58.75% -5.83%	55.48% -5.13%
2019-20	53.86% -3.06%	54.63% -4.12%	53.25% -2.24%
2020-21	80.04% 26.18%	81.13% 26.50%	79.22% 25.98%
2021-22	76.00% -4.04%	77.00% -4.13%	75.00% -4.22%
2022-23	75.19% -0.81%	76.09% -0.91%	74.51% -0.49%
2023-24	76.00% 0.81%	77.00% 0.91%	76.00% 1.49%
Average	67.01%	68.10%	66.19%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.57% where the current academic year yield is 24.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.51%	44.08%	43.02%
2014-15	38.90% -4.61%	40.09% -3.99%	37.80% -5.21%
2015-16	42.75% 3.85%	43.50% 3.40%	42.10% 4.30%
2016-17	46.46% 3.71%	47.45% 3.95%	45.62% 3.52%
2017-18	39.40% -7.06%	40.30% -7.14%	38.54% -7.08%
2018-19	36.04% -3.36%	37.59% -2.71%	34.74% -3.80%
2019-20	35.43% -0.60%	37.54% -0.05%	33.70% -1.04%
2020-21	24.97% -10.46%	27.57% -9.98%	22.98% -10.71%
2021-22	25.00% 0.03%	28.01% 0.44%	23.00% 0.02%
2022-23	23.78% -1.22%	26.37% -1.64%	21.80% -1.20%
2023-24	24.00% 0.22%	25.00% -1.37%	23.00% 1.20%
Average	34.57%	36.14%	33.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,605, the average number of admitted is 10,518, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,408.

The number of Mississippi State applicants increased by 10.87% (2,047 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,191	7,254	3,156
2014-15	10,766 -3.80%	7,646 5.40%	2,974 -5.77%
2015-16	12,446 15.60%	8,120 6.20%	3,471 16.71%
2016-17	14,012 12.58%	7,801 -3.93%	3,624 4.41%
2017-18	13,973 -0.28%	8,719 11.77%	3,435 -5.22%
2018-19	17,381 24.39%	9,893 13.46%	3,565 3.78%
2019-20	18,340 5.52%	9,878 -0.15%	3,500 -1.82%
2020-21	16,127 -12.07%	12,908 30.67%	3,223 -7.91%
2021-22	17,707 9.80%	13,457 4.25%	3,364 4.37%
2022-23	18,830 6.34%	14,158 5.21%	3,367 0.09%
2023-24	20,877 10.87%	15,867 12.07%	3,808 13.10%
Average	15,605	10,518	3,408

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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