Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 54.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.87%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Penn State applicants decreased by 0.20% (172 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 54.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 52.23% and women students' rate is 56.18%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.20%	52.17%	56.28%
2014-15	50.29% -3.91%	47.37% -4.80%	53.24% -3.05%
2015-16	51.32% 1.03%	48.33% 0.96%	54.24% 1.01%
2016-17	56.40% 5.08%	53.35% 5.02%	59.33% 5.08%
2017-18	50.31% -6.09%	46.45% -6.90%	54.12% -5.20%
2018-19	56.49% 6.17%	52.44% 5.99%	60.45% 6.33%
2019-20	75.94% 19.45%	77.07% 24.63%	74.91% 14.46%
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	92.26% -	92.65% -	91.96% -
2022-23	55.21% -37.06%	52.64% -40.01%	57.41% -34.54%
2023-24	54.00% -1.21%	52.00% -0.64%	56.00% -1.42%
Average	54.22%	52.23%	56.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.87% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.68%	31.27%	28.17%
2014-15	32.35% 2.67%	35.10% 3.83%	29.88% 1.71%
2015-16	27.79% -4.56%	30.53% -4.57%	25.41% -4.48%
2016-17	28.45% 0.65%	31.33% 0.80%	25.96% 0.56%
2017-18	27.85% -0.60%	30.35% -0.98%	25.74% -0.22%
2018-19	27.10% -0.75%	29.75% -0.60%	24.86% -0.88%
2019-20	21.94% -5.16%	24.21% -5.53%	19.83% -5.03%
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	17.99% -	20.95% -	15.46% -
2022-23	19.46% 1.47%	22.63% 1.67%	16.94% 1.48%
2023-24	19.00% -0.46%	22.00% -0.63%	18.00% 1.06%
Average	22.87%	25.28%	20.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 61,595, the average number of admitted is 38,389, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 8,906.

The number of Penn State applicants decreased by 0.20% (172 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	47,552	25,772	7,649
2014-15	50,299 5.78%	25,295 -1.85%	8,183 6.98%
2015-16	53,472 6.31%	27,440 8.48%	7,626 -6.81%
2016-17	52,974 -0.93%	29,878 8.88%	8,499 11.45%
2017-18	56,114 5.93%	28,233 -5.51%	7,863 -7.48%
2018-19	52,742 -6.01%	29,793 5.53%	8,075 2.70%
2019-20	95,970 81.96%	72,880 144.62%	15,989 98.01%
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	96,686-	89,207-	16,049-
2022-23	85,784 -11.28%	47,360 -46.91%	9,216 -42.58%
2023-24	85,956 0.20%	46,416 -1.99%	8,819 -4.31%
Average	61,595	38,389	8,906

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus and similar schools.