Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Missouri Southern

At Missouri Southern State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 96.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Missouri Southern State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.22%, and the 2024 yield is 26.02%.

The number of Missouri Southern applicants increased by 18.84% (365 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 96.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.00% at Missouri Southern State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 95.33% and women students' rate is 96.85%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Missouri Southern State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	97.28%	97.07%	97.42%
2014-15	96.00% -1.27%	95.42% -1.65%	96.36% -1.06%
2015-16	94.13% -1.88%	92.42% -3.00%	95.24% -1.12%
2016-17	94.34% 0.22%	91.73% -0.69%	96.05% 0.81%
2017-18	95.08% 0.73%	93.11% 1.38%	96.22% 0.17%
2018-19	95.62% 0.54%	93.31% 0.20%	96.90% 0.67%
2019-20	94.07% -1.54%	94.56% 1.25%	93.79% -3.11%
2020-21	98.33% 4.25%	97.63% 3.07%	98.78% 4.99%
2021-22	96.99% -1.34%	96.97% -0.66%	97.00% -1.78%
2022-23	99.48% 2.49%	99.32% 2.35%	99.58% 2.58%
2023-24	97.00% -2.48%	97.05% -2.27%	98.00% -1.58%
Average	96.21%	95.33%	96.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.22% where the current academic year yield is 26.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	48.12%	52.44%	45.07%
2014-15	44.54% -3.59%	49.45% -2.99%	41.53% -3.54%
2015-16	42.12% -2.41%	45.55% -3.90%	39.94% -1.59%
2016-17	43.11% 0.99%	48.67% 3.12%	39.63% -0.31%
2017-18	39.69% -3.42%	44.18% -4.50%	37.16% -2.47%
2018-19	41.22% 1.53%	46.68% 2.50%	38.30% 1.15%
2019-20	33.77% -7.45%	38.88% -7.80%	30.76% -7.54%
2020-21	35.50% 1.73%	38.49% -0.38%	33.58% 2.82%
2021-22	34.98% -0.52%	39.06% 0.57%	32.97% -0.61%
2022-23	31.40% -3.58%	32.51% -6.55%	30.82% -2.15%
2023-24	26.02% -5.38%	26.03% -6.48%	26.02% -4.80%
Average	38.22%	41.99%	35.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,174, the average number of admitted is 2,088, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 797.

The number of Missouri Southern applicants increased by 18.84% (365 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,726	1,679	808
2014-15	2,002 15.99%	1,922 14.47%	856 5.94%
2015-16	2,333 16.53%	2,196 14.26%	925 8.06%
2016-17	2,599 11.40%	2,452 11.66%	1,057 14.27%
2017-18	2,682 3.19%	2,550 4.00%	1,012 -4.26%
2018-19	2,304 -14.09%	2,203 -13.61%	908 -10.28%
2019-20	2,295 -0.39%	2,159 -2.00%	729 -19.71%
2020-21	2,034 -11.37%	2,000 -7.36%	710 -2.61%
2021-22	1,695 -16.67%	1,644 -17.80%	575 -19.01%
2022-23	1,937 14.28%	1,927 17.21%	605 5.22%
2023-24	2,302 18.84%	2,233 15.88%	581 -3.97%
Average	2,174	2,088	797

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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