Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Abington

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.57%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.53%, and the 2024 yield is 14.99%.

The number of Penn State Abington applicants decreased by 1.73% (112 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.57%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.49% and women students' rate is 61.65%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	77.74%	76.56%	78.89%
2014-15	79.34% 1.60%	79.66% 3.10%	79.01% 0.13%
2015-16	82.39% 3.05%	82.70% 3.03%	82.09% 3.07%
2016-17	82.45% 0.06%	81.85% -0.85%	83.03% 0.94%
2017-18	85.23% 2.78%	85.30% 3.45%	85.16% 2.13%
2018-19	84.75% -0.48%	85.14% -0.16%	84.36% -0.80%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	93.41% -	93.23% -	93.63% -
2023-24	92.00% -1.41%	91.99% -1.24%	92.00% -1.62%
Average	61.57%	61.49%	61.65%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.53% where the current academic year yield is 14.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.60%	29.79%	25.52%
2014-15	28.91% 1.32%	30.97% 1.17%	26.82% 1.30%
2015-16	26.82% -2.09%	29.76% -1.20%	23.95% -2.87%
2016-17	28.52% 1.69%	31.57% 1.81%	25.58% 1.63%
2017-18	24.08% -4.43%	27.82% -3.75%	20.47% -5.11%
2018-19	27.26% 3.18%	30.04% 2.22%	24.39% 3.92%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	14.66% -	18.18% -	11.10% -
2023-24	14.99% 0.33%	17.99% -0.20%	12.01% 0.91%
Average	17.53%	19.65%	15.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,418, the average number of admitted is 2,937, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 659.

The number of Penn State Abington applicants decreased by 1.73% (112 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,221	2,504	691
2014-15	3,906 21.27%	3,099 23.76%	896 29.67%
2015-16	3,946 1.02%	3,251 4.90%	872 -2.68%
2016-17	3,794 -3.85%	3,128 -3.78%	892 2.29%
2017-18	5,145 35.61%	4,385 40.19%	1,056 18.39%
2018-19	4,545 -11.66%	3,852 -12.16%	1,050 -0.57%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	6,463-	6,037-	885-
2023-24	6,575 1.73%	6,049 0.20%	907 2.49%
Average	3,418	2,937	659

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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