Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Muskingum

At Muskingum University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Muskingum University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.25%, and the 2024 yield is 17.02%.

The number of Muskingum applicants decreased by -2.49% (67 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.01% at Muskingum University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.34% and women students' rate is 83.74%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Muskingum University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.96%	69.73%	83.57%
2014-15	76.44% 0.48%	70.12% 0.39%	83.93% 0.36%
2015-16	73.90% -2.54%	69.10% -1.02%	80.43% -3.50%
2016-17	77.41% 3.51%	72.33% 3.23%	82.79% 2.36%
2017-18	74.39% -3.01%	71.08% -1.24%	78.25% -4.54%
2018-19	72.18% -2.21%	65.90% -5.19%	79.46% 1.22%
2019-20	80.62% 8.43%	77.36% 11.46%	84.56% 5.09%
2020-21	79.66% -0.96%	79.04% 1.68%	80.48% -4.08%
2021-22	85.98% 6.32%	80.98% 1.94%	91.02% 10.54%
2022-23	86.39% 0.41%	84.14% 3.16%	89.61% -1.41%
2023-24	82.01% -4.39%	77.98% -6.16%	87.04% -2.57%
Average	78.63%	74.34%	83.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.25% where the current academic year yield is 17.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.64%	26.08%	27.22%
2014-15	24.97% -1.68%	24.71% -1.37%	25.23% -2.00%
2015-16	24.64% -0.33%	24.78% 0.07%	24.48% -0.75%
2016-17	22.66% -1.98%	24.22% -0.55%	21.20% -3.28%
2017-18	27.89% 5.23%	26.98% 2.75%	28.85% 7.65%
2018-19	23.50% -4.38%	23.28% -3.70%	23.72% -5.13%
2019-20	20.02% -3.48%	38.02% 14.74%	0.11% -23.61%
2020-21	19.70% -0.32%	19.64% -18.37%	19.77% 19.66%
2021-22	20.02% 0.32%	20.00% 0.36%	18.98% -0.79%
2022-23	17.73% -2.29%	15.54% -4.46%	20.67% 1.69%
2023-24	17.02% -0.71%	15.04% -0.50%	19.96% -0.71%
Average	22.25%	23.48%	20.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,208, the average number of admitted is 1,747, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 379.

The number of Muskingum applicants decreased by -2.49% (67 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,001	1,520	405
2014-15	2,012 0.55%	1,538 1.18%	384 -5.19%
2015-16	1,977 -1.74%	1,461 -5.01%	360 -6.25%
2016-17	1,819 -7.99%	1,408 -3.63%	319 -11.39%
2017-18	1,851 1.76%	1,377 -2.20%	384 20.38%
2018-19	2,175 17.50%	1,570 14.02%	369 -3.91%
2019-20	2,404 10.53%	1,938 23.44%	388 5.15%
2020-21	2,237 -6.95%	1,782 -8.05%	351 -9.54%
2021-22	2,504 11.94%	2,153 20.82%	431 22.79%
2022-23	2,690 7.43%	2,324 7.94%	412 -4.41%
2023-24	2,623 -2.49%	2,151 -7.44%	366 -11.17%
Average	2,208	1,747	379

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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