Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NMSU

At New Mexico State University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.09%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into New Mexico State University-Main Campus than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.94%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of NMSU applicants decreased by -4.16% (659 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.09%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.18% and women students' rate is 68.55%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into New Mexico State University-Main Campus than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.20%	83.85%	86.30%
2014-15	69.60% -15.60%	67.93% -15.91%	70.87% -15.44%
2015-16	65.76% -3.84%	64.00% -3.94%	67.11% -3.76%
2016-17	59.61% -6.15%	56.15% -7.84%	62.20% -4.91%
2017-18	63.84% 4.23%	61.05% 4.90%	65.77% 3.56%
2018-19	65.66% 1.81%	63.98% 2.93%	66.86% 1.09%
2019-20	54.58% -11.07%	52.23% -11.75%	56.32% -10.54%
2020-21	62.67% 8.09%	61.34% 9.11%	63.65% 7.33%
2021-22	57.00% -5.67%	56.99% -4.35%	58.00% -5.65%
2022-23	78.05% 21.05%	76.45% 19.46%	79.02% 21.02%
2023-24	76.00% -2.04%	72.99% -3.45%	78.00% -1.02%
Average	67.09%	65.18%	68.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.94% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at New Mexico State University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.96%	43.64%	40.66%
2014-15	37.68% -4.28%	39.41% -4.23%	36.41% -4.25%
2015-16	40.81% 3.13%	45.05% 5.65%	37.70% 1.30%
2016-17	40.56% -0.24%	42.20% -2.85%	39.45% 1.75%
2017-18	39.04% -1.52%	43.21% 1.01%	36.38% -3.08%
2018-19	35.79% -3.26%	37.08% -6.13%	34.90% -1.47%
2019-20	33.52% -2.27%	36.31% -0.78%	31.62% -3.28%
2020-21	25.24% -8.29%	27.05% -9.26%	24.23% -7.39%
2021-22	28.01% 2.77%	29.99% 2.94%	27.00% 2.77%
2022-23	18.78% -9.22%	20.55% -9.44%	17.74% -9.26%
2023-24	21.00% 2.22%	23.01% 2.45%	19.00% 1.26%
Average	32.94%	35.23%	31.37%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,414, the average number of admitted is 6,969, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,093.

The number of NMSU applicants decreased by -4.16% (659 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at New Mexico State University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,365	4,571	1,918
2014-15	7,101 32.36%	4,942 8.12%	1,862 -2.92%
2015-16	7,427 4.59%	4,884 -1.17%	1,993 7.04%
2016-17	7,618 2.57%	4,541 -7.02%	1,842 -7.58%
2017-18	8,192 7.53%	5,230 15.17%	2,042 10.86%
2018-19	9,635 17.61%	6,326 20.96%	2,264 10.87%
2019-20	11,903 23.54%	6,497 2.70%	2,178 -3.80%
2020-21	13,715 15.22%	8,595 32.29%	2,169 -0.41%
2021-22	12,535 -8.60%	7,145 -16.87%	2,001 -7.75%
2022-23	15,860 26.53%	12,378 73.24%	2,325 16.19%
2023-24	15,201 -4.16%	11,553 -6.67%	2,426 4.34%
Average	10,414	6,969	2,093

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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