Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Missouri State University-Springfield

At Missouri State University-Springfield, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.40%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.61%, and the 2024 yield is 26.00%.

The number of Missouri State University-Springfield applicants increased by 23.65% (2,276 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.40%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Missouri State University-Springfield. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.77% and women students' rate is 88.44%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.10%	82.95%	86.43%
2014-15	85.03% -0.07%	83.40% 0.45%	86.03% -0.40%
2015-16	85.85% 0.82%	84.05% 0.64%	86.92% 0.89%
2016-17	84.38% -1.47%	82.29% -1.75%	85.63% -1.29%
2017-18	84.04% -0.34%	82.06% -0.23%	85.25% -0.38%
2018-19	84.97% 0.93%	83.49% 1.43%	85.87% 0.62%
2019-20	87.94% 2.97%	87.55% 4.06%	88.17% 2.30%
2020-21	86.57% -1.37%	85.22% -2.33%	87.32% -0.86%
2021-22	94.00% 7.42%	91.99% 6.77%	95.00% 7.69%
2022-23	92.56% -1.43%	91.44% -0.55%	93.22% -1.78%
2023-24	91.00% -1.56%	89.00% -2.44%	93.00% -0.23%
Average	87.40%	85.77%	88.44%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.61% where the current academic year yield is 26.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.21%	45.81%	41.66%
2014-15	40.95% -2.26%	43.29% -2.52%	39.56% -2.10%
2015-16	43.57% 2.62%	44.08% 0.80%	43.28% 3.72%
2016-17	41.88% -1.69%	44.83% 0.74%	40.18% -3.10%
2017-18	40.75% -1.14%	43.31% -1.52%	39.23% -0.96%
2018-19	40.11% -0.64%	41.94% -1.37%	39.02% -0.21%
2019-20	40.18% 0.08%	43.03% 1.09%	38.53% -0.49%
2020-21	31.90% -8.28%	33.90% -9.14%	30.83% -7.70%
2021-22	28.00% -3.90%	31.00% -2.90%	27.00% -3.83%
2022-23	26.18% -1.83%	28.09% -2.91%	25.16% -1.84%
2023-24	26.00% -0.17%	25.99% -2.10%	26.00% 0.84%
Average	36.61%	38.66%	35.50%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,100, the average number of admitted is 7,974, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,848.

The number of Missouri State University-Springfield applicants increased by 23.65% (2,276 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,482	6,367	2,751
2014-15	8,044 7.51%	6,840 7.43%	2,801 1.82%
2015-16	8,672 7.81%	7,445 8.85%	3,244 15.82%
2016-17	9,038 4.22%	7,626 2.43%	3,194 -1.54%
2017-18	9,453 4.59%	7,944 4.17%	3,237 1.35%
2018-19	8,988 -4.92%	7,637 -3.86%	3,063 -5.38%
2019-20	7,581 -15.65%	6,667 -12.70%	2,679 -12.54%
2020-21	9,591 26.51%	8,303 24.54%	2,649 -1.12%
2021-22	9,726 1.41%	9,142 10.10%	2,560 -3.36%
2022-23	9,625 -1.04%	8,909 -2.55%	2,332 -8.91%
2023-24	11,901 23.65%	10,830 21.56%	2,816 20.75%
Average	9,100	7,974	2,848

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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