Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NSU

At Northern State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.98%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northern State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.56%, and the 2024 yield is 32.01%.

The number of NSU applicants decreased by -18.15% (240 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.98% at Northern State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.98% and women students' rate is 85.57%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northern State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	93.34%	92.20%	94.48%
2014-15	82.89% -10.46%	78.67% -13.53%	87.52% -6.96%
2015-16	72.07% -10.82%	72.46% -6.21%	78.64% -8.88%
2016-17	81.39% 9.32%	78.71% 6.25%	83.67% 5.03%
2017-18	87.83% 6.44%	89.22% 10.51%	86.56% 2.89%
2018-19	88.11% 0.28%	89.92% 0.70%	86.66% 0.09%
2019-20	84.46% -3.65%	82.54% -7.38%	86.01% -0.65%
2020-21	78.71% -5.75%	74.36% -8.18%	81.77% -4.23%
2021-22	79.98% 1.27%	78.09% 3.73%	81.03% -0.74%
2022-23	78.14% -1.84%	73.72% -4.37%	81.97% 0.93%
2023-24	92.98% 14.84%	91.89% 18.17%	92.95% 10.98%
Average	83.63%	81.98%	85.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.56% where the current academic year yield is 32.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.96%	36.09%	39.78%
2014-15	32.28% -5.68%	28.35% -7.75%	36.17% -3.61%
2015-16	32.52% 0.24%	30.89% 2.54%	34.00% -2.17%
2016-17	38.81% 6.28%	37.98% 7.09%	39.47% 5.47%
2017-18	37.11% -1.69%	35.55% -2.43%	38.58% -0.89%
2018-19	36.03% -1.09%	38.08% 2.54%	34.31% -4.27%
2019-20	28.74% -7.29%	32.69% -5.39%	25.67% -8.64%
2020-21	41.74% 13.00%	41.07% 8.37%	42.17% 16.50%
2021-22	33.98% -7.76%	38.96% -2.10%	31.91% -10.25%
2022-23	28.94% -5.03%	29.86% -9.10%	28.33% -3.58%
2023-24	32.01% 3.06%	33.09% 3.23%	31.03% 2.70%
Average	34.56%	34.78%	34.68%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,182, the average number of admitted is 985, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 337.

The number of NSU applicants decreased by -18.15% (240 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,157	1,080	410
2014-15	1,379 19.19%	1,143 5.83%	369 -10.00%
2015-16	1,314 -4.71%	947 -17.15%	308 -16.53%
2016-17	1,010 -23.14%	822 -13.20%	319 3.57%
2017-18	994 -1.58%	873 6.20%	324 1.57%
2018-19	1,068 7.44%	941 7.79%	339 4.63%
2019-20	1,409 31.93%	1,190 26.46%	342 0.88%
2020-21	1,038 -26.33%	817 -31.34%	341 -0.29%
2021-22	1,229 18.40%	983 20.32%	334 -2.05%
2022-23	1,322 7.57%	1,033 5.09%	299 -10.48%
2023-24	1,082 -18.15%	1,006 -2.61%	322 7.69%
Average	1,182	985	337

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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