Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NDSU

At North Dakota State University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.98%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. NDSU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 6 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 41.92%, and the 2024 yield is 32.00%.

The number of NDSU applicants decreased by -14.11% (1,204 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.98%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at North Dakota State University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.42% and women students' rate is 92.45%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.10%	84.03%	84.19%
2014-15	82.74% -1.36%	82.33% -1.70%	83.21% -0.97%
2015-16	93.64% 10.89%	92.94% 10.61%	94.44% 11.23%
2016-17	92.80% -0.83%	92.19% -0.75%	93.50% -0.95%
2017-18	91.59% -1.21%	90.92% -1.27%	92.31% -1.18%
2018-19	92.53% 0.94%	92.25% 1.33%	92.84% 0.53%
2019-20	93.56% 1.03%	93.22% 0.97%	93.89% 1.06%
2020-21	94.10% 0.54%	93.91% 0.69%	94.26% 0.37%
2021-22	95.00% 0.90%	94.01% 0.10%	96.01% 1.74%
2022-23	95.68% 0.67%	94.86% 0.86%	96.29% 0.28%
2023-24	96.00% 0.33%	95.01% 0.15%	95.99% -0.30%
Average	91.98%	91.42%	92.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 41.92% where the current academic year yield is 32.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52.23%	54.37%	49.83%
2014-15	52.23% 0.00%	53.41% -0.96%	50.90% 1.08%
2015-16	51.32% -0.91%	53.46% 0.05%	48.88% -2.02%
2016-17	52.60% 1.28%	53.80% 0.34%	51.26% 2.38%
2017-18	44.75% -7.85%	47.01% -6.78%	42.37% -8.89%
2018-19	43.91% -0.84%	47.00% -0.01%	40.66% -1.70%
2019-20	38.17% -5.74%	40.15% -6.85%	36.23% -4.44%
2020-21	31.11% -7.06%	33.33% -6.82%	29.26% -6.97%
2021-22	31.99% 0.88%	36.00% 2.66%	28.99% -0.26%
2022-23	30.77% -1.22%	34.28% -1.71%	28.18% -0.81%
2023-24	32.00% 1.22%	35.02% 0.73%	29.00% 0.83%
Average	41.92%	44.35%	39.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,553, the average number of admitted is 6,053, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,432.

The number of NDSU applicants decreased by -14.11% (1,204 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,812	4,888	2,553
2014-15	5,713 -1.70%	4,727 -3.29%	2,469 -3.29%
2015-16	5,311 -7.04%	4,973 5.20%	2,552 3.36%
2016-17	5,128 -3.45%	4,759 -4.30%	2,503 -1.92%
2017-18	6,424 25.27%	5,884 23.64%	2,633 5.19%
2018-19	5,599 -12.84%	5,181 -11.95%	2,275 -13.60%
2019-20	6,211 10.93%	5,811 12.16%	2,218 -2.51%
2020-21	7,880 26.87%	7,415 27.60%	2,307 4.01%
2021-22	8,143 3.34%	7,736 4.33%	2,475 7.28%
2022-23	8,535 4.81%	8,166 5.56%	2,513 1.54%
2023-24	7,331 -14.11%	7,038 -13.81%	2,252 -10.39%
Average	6,553	6,053	2,432

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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