Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Northwest Missouri State

At Northwest Missouri State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.38%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.86%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of Northwest Missouri State applicants decreased by -0.63% (43 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.38%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at Northwest Missouri State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.56% and women students' rate is 78.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.41%	72.79%	73.42%
2014-15	76.58% 4.17%	75.25% 2.46%	77.60% 4.18%
2015-16	74.95% -1.64%	74.37% -0.88%	75.33% -2.26%
2016-17	74.06% -0.88%	71.91% -2.46%	75.55% 0.22%
2017-18	74.11% 0.05%	72.77% 0.86%	75.07% -0.48%
2018-19	79.15% 5.05%	79.06% 6.29%	79.21% 4.15%
2019-20	73.24% -5.91%	73.61% -5.45%	73.03% -6.18%
2020-21	80.11% 6.87%	79.74% 6.13%	80.31% 7.28%
2021-22	86.01% 5.90%	85.01% 5.28%	86.00% 5.69%
2022-23	85.56% -0.45%	84.72% -0.29%	86.00% 0.00%
2023-24	86.00% 0.44%	83.99% -0.74%	86.99% 0.99%
Average	78.38%	77.56%	78.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.86% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.63%	32.27%	29.38%
2014-15	37.85% 7.22%	40.41% 8.13%	36.38% 7.01%
2015-16	39.93% 2.08%	41.42% 1.01%	38.95% 2.56%
2016-17	35.25% -4.68%	35.97% -5.45%	34.78% -4.17%
2017-18	31.99% -3.26%	34.66% -1.30%	30.14% -4.63%
2018-19	27.94% -4.05%	29.62% -5.04%	26.86% -3.28%
2019-20	20.53% -7.42%	21.69% -7.93%	19.87% -6.99%
2020-21	18.72% -1.81%	20.17% -1.51%	17.93% -1.94%
2021-22	16.01% -2.71%	16.99% -3.19%	15.01% -2.92%
2022-23	18.61% 2.60%	20.93% 3.94%	17.41% 2.41%
2023-24	18.00% -0.61%	19.02% -1.91%	16.99% -0.43%
Average	26.86%	28.47%	25.79%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,356, the average number of admitted is 5,002, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,254.

The number of Northwest Missouri State applicants decreased by -0.63% (43 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,680	4,113	1,260
2014-15	4,757 -16.25%	3,643 -11.43%	1,379 9.44%
2015-16	5,009 5.30%	3,754 3.05%	1,499 8.70%
2016-17	5,382 7.45%	3,986 6.18%	1,405 -6.27%
2017-18	5,129 -4.70%	3,801 -4.64%	1,216 -13.45%
2018-19	6,049 17.94%	4,788 25.97%	1,338 10.03%
2019-20	9,013 49.00%	6,601 37.87%	1,355 1.27%
2020-21	8,143 -9.65%	6,523 -1.18%	1,221 -9.89%
2021-22	7,039 -13.56%	6,054 -7.19%	969 -20.64%
2022-23	6,877 -2.30%	5,884 -2.81%	1,095 13.00%
2023-24	6,834 -0.63%	5,877 -0.12%	1,058 -3.38%
Average	6,356	5,002	1,254

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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