Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Morehead State

At Morehead State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.82%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Morehead State applicants increased by 11.47% (907 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.00% at Morehead State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.47% and women students' rate is 84.09%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.49%	81.15%	86.68%
2014-15	84.43% -0.06%	83.06% 1.91%	85.37% -1.31%
2015-16	85.39% 0.96%	80.57% -2.48%	88.59% 3.22%
2016-17	85.56% 0.16%	81.78% 1.21%	87.96% -0.63%
2017-18	79.62% -5.94%	78.04% -3.74%	80.58% -7.38%
2018-19	79.26% -0.36%	78.86% 0.81%	79.77% -0.81%
2019-20	77.60% -1.65%	76.71% -2.15%	80.04% 0.27%
2020-21	76.70% -0.90%	73.85% -2.86%	78.13% -1.91%
2021-22	90.00% 13.30%	88.99% 15.13%	90.00% 11.87%
2022-23	83.97% -6.03%	82.14% -6.85%	84.87% -5.13%
2023-24	82.00% -1.97%	79.99% -2.15%	83.00% -1.87%
Average	82.64%	80.47%	84.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.82% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.32%	40.44%	35.40%
2014-15	34.22% -3.09%	36.54% -3.90%	32.68% -2.72%
2015-16	35.00% 0.78%	37.60% 1.05%	33.44% 0.76%
2016-17	36.47% 1.46%	37.52% -0.08%	35.84% 2.41%
2017-18	31.35% -5.11%	33.96% -3.56%	29.81% -6.03%
2018-19	27.56% -3.79%	31.35% -2.61%	25.89% -3.92%
2019-20	21.10% -6.46%	23.93% -7.42%	19.66% -6.23%
2020-21	18.00% -3.10%	22.61% -1.32%	15.82% -3.84%
2021-22	19.00% 1.00%	22.01% -0.60%	18.01% 2.19%
2022-23	18.05% -0.96%	20.06% -1.95%	17.10% -0.91%
2023-24	17.00% -1.05%	19.00% -1.06%	16.00% -1.10%
Average	26.82%	29.55%	25.42%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,562, the average number of admitted is 5,395, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,356.

The number of Morehead State applicants increased by 11.47% (907 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,230	4,419	1,649
2014-15	5,236 0.11%	4,421 0.05%	1,513 -8.25%
2015-16	4,888 -6.65%	4,174 -5.59%	1,461 -3.44%
2016-17	4,327 -11.48%	3,702 -11.31%	1,350 -7.60%
2017-18	5,392 24.61%	4,293 15.96%	1,346 -0.30%
2018-19	6,739 24.98%	5,341 24.41%	1,472 9.36%
2019-20	8,032 19.19%	6,233 16.70%	1,315 -10.67%
2020-21	8,684 8.12%	6,661 6.87%	1,199 -8.82%
2021-22	6,922 -20.29%	6,230 -6.47%	1,184 -1.25%
2022-23	7,911 14.29%	6,643 6.63%	1,199 1.27%
2023-24	8,818 11.47%	7,231 8.85%	1,229 2.50%
Average	6,562	5,395	1,356

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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