Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MSU

At Montana State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Montana State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.70%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of MSU applicants decreased by -23.68% (6,819 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at Montana State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.34% and women students' rate is 77.82%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Montana State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.49%	90.45%	78.43%
2014-15	83.85% -0.65%	80.40% -10.05%	87.30% 8.87%
2015-16	82.86% -0.98%	87.31% 6.91%	78.53% -8.77%
2016-17	82.87% 0.01%	97.28% 9.98%	70.60% -7.94%
2017-18	83.11% 0.24%	84.20% -13.08%	82.04% 11.44%
2018-19	81.70% -1.41%	81.70% -2.50%	81.70% -0.34%
2019-20	81.94% 0.24%	92.40% 10.70%	72.66% -9.04%
2020-21	80.77% -1.16%	80.77% -11.63%	80.78% 8.12%
2021-22	73.00% -7.77%	78.00% -2.77%	69.00% -11.78%
2022-23	73.33% 0.33%	79.27% 1.27%	69.01% 0.01%
2023-24	87.00% 13.66%	87.00% 7.73%	86.00% 16.99%
Average	81.36%	85.34%	77.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.70% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.41%	28.87%	25.71%
2014-15	25.42% -1.99%	29.67% 0.80%	21.49% -4.21%
2015-16	24.58% -0.84%	26.81% -2.87%	22.18% 0.68%
2016-17	26.43% 1.84%	27.24% 0.44%	25.47% 3.29%
2017-18	24.08% -2.35%	26.19% -1.05%	21.94% -3.53%
2018-19	22.24% -1.84%	27.38% 1.19%	18.04% -3.90%
2019-20	21.46% -0.78%	22.59% -4.79%	20.19% 2.14%
2020-21	21.36% -0.10%	21.46% -1.13%	21.23% 1.04%
2021-22	20.00% -1.36%	24.00% 2.54%	17.00% -4.23%
2022-23	17.77% -2.23%	20.75% -3.25%	15.27% -1.73%
2023-24	19.00% 1.23%	22.00% 1.25%	17.00% 1.72%
Average	22.70%	25.18%	20.50%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,922, the average number of admitted is 15,236, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,367.

The number of MSU applicants decreased by -23.68% (6,819 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,581	10,630	2,914
2014-15	13,799 9.68%	11,570 8.84%	2,941 0.93%
2015-16	14,816 7.37%	12,277 6.11%	3,018 2.62%
2016-17	15,996 7.96%	13,256 7.97%	3,503 16.07%
2017-18	16,769 4.83%	13,937 5.14%	3,356 -4.20%
2018-19	18,637 11.14%	15,226 9.25%	3,387 0.92%
2019-20	19,142 2.71%	15,684 3.01%	3,366 -0.62%
2020-21	18,892 -1.31%	15,260 -2.70%	3,259 -3.18%
2021-22	26,741 41.55%	19,521 27.92%	3,904 19.79%
2022-23	28,794 7.68%	21,116 8.17%	3,752 -3.89%
2023-24	21,975 -23.68%	19,118 -9.46%	3,632 -3.20%
Average	18,922	15,236	3,367

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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