Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Montclair State

At Montclair State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.20%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Montclair State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.32%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of Montclair State applicants increased by 10.31% (2,206 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.20%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at Montclair State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.77% and women students' rate is 78.75%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Montclair State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.32%	61.97%	67.39%
2014-15	66.83% 1.50%	62.27% 0.30%	69.65% 2.26%
2015-16	70.07% 3.24%	64.56% 2.30%	73.38% 3.73%
2016-17	66.13% -3.94%	60.51% -4.05%	69.54% -3.84%
2017-18	70.66% 4.53%	63.86% 3.35%	74.69% 5.15%
2018-19	70.91% 0.25%	64.68% 0.81%	74.45% -0.24%
2019-20	76.31% 5.40%	71.39% 6.71%	79.05% 4.60%
2020-21	82.66% 6.36%	78.97% 7.58%	84.61% 5.56%
2021-22	91.00% 8.34%	88.00% 9.03%	92.00% 7.39%
2022-23	91.31% 0.31%	89.29% 1.29%	92.54% 0.55%
2023-24	87.00% -4.32%	83.99% -5.29%	89.00% -3.55%
Average	76.20%	71.77%	78.75%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.32% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.76%	37.19%	34.96%
2014-15	34.92% -0.85%	36.50% -0.69%	34.04% -0.92%
2015-16	37.08% 2.16%	39.65% 3.15%	35.72% 1.68%
2016-17	37.34% 0.26%	40.26% 0.61%	35.79% 0.07%
2017-18	31.90% -5.43%	33.45% -6.81%	31.12% -4.67%
2018-19	31.50% -0.41%	35.88% 2.43%	29.33% -1.78%
2019-20	31.93% 0.43%	34.66% -1.22%	30.56% 1.22%
2020-21	31.91% -0.01%	33.44% -1.22%	31.16% 0.61%
2021-22	21.00% -10.91%	22.00% -11.43%	20.00% -11.16%
2022-23	20.20% -0.80%	22.65% 0.64%	18.77% -1.23%
2023-24	20.00% -0.20%	21.00% -1.65%	18.00% -0.77%
Average	30.32%	32.42%	29.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,056, the average number of admitted is 11,771, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,285.

The number of Montclair State applicants increased by 10.31% (2,206 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,012	8,500	3,040
2014-15	12,462 -4.23%	8,328 -2.02%	2,908 -4.34%
2015-16	11,990 -3.79%	8,401 0.88%	3,115 7.12%
2016-17	12,139 1.24%	8,027 -4.45%	2,997 -3.79%
2017-18	13,384 10.26%	9,457 17.81%	3,017 0.67%
2018-19	14,324 7.02%	10,157 7.40%	3,199 6.03%
2019-20	12,729 -11.14%	9,713 -4.37%	3,101 -3.06%
2020-21	11,888 -6.61%	9,827 1.17%	3,136 1.13%
2021-22	18,691 57.23%	17,009 73.08%	3,572 13.90%
2022-23	21,393 14.46%	19,535 14.85%	3,946 10.47%
2023-24	23,599 10.31%	20,531 5.10%	4,106 4.05%
Average	15,056	11,771	3,285

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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