Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Altoona

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.22%, and the 2024 yield is 11.99%.

The number of Penn State Altoona applicants decreased by -5.17% (389 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.12% and women students' rate is 66.31%.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.19%	84.80%	85.59%
2014-15	88.35% 3.16%	88.91% 4.11%	87.77% 2.18%
2015-16	89.39% 1.04%	89.11% 0.20%	89.66% 1.89%
2016-17	89.49% 0.11%	89.24% 0.13%	89.74% 0.08%
2017-18	92.25% 2.75%	91.32% 2.09%	93.18% 3.45%
2018-19	90.88% -1.36%	90.76% -0.56%	91.01% -2.18%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	95.76% -	96.14% -	95.50% -
2023-24	97.00% 1.24%	97.02% 0.88%	96.99% 1.49%
Average	66.21%	66.12%	66.31%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.22% where the current academic year yield is 11.99%.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.40%	29.98%	26.80%
2014-15	29.90% 1.50%	34.00% 4.02%	25.61% -1.19%
2015-16	26.89% -3.01%	31.14% -2.86%	22.80% -2.80%
2016-17	26.25% -0.63%	28.61% -2.53%	24.02% 1.22%
2017-18	25.43% -0.82%	28.15% -0.46%	22.74% -1.28%
2018-19	27.99% 2.55%	30.64% 2.50%	25.34% 2.60%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	12.56% -	15.88% -	9.90% -
2023-24	11.99% -0.57%	16.01% 0.13%	10.01% 0.11%
Average	17.22%	19.49%	15.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,251, the average number of admitted is 3,886, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 873.

The number of Penn State Altoona applicants decreased by -5.17% (389 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 Altoona from 2013 to 2024.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,700	4,856	1,379
2014-15	5,630 -1.23%	4,974 2.43%	1,487 7.83%
2015-16	5,738 1.92%	5,129 3.12%	1,379 -7.26%
2016-17	5,120 -10.77%	4,582 -10.66%	1,203 -12.76%
2017-18	5,430 6.05%	5,009 9.32%	1,274 5.90%
2018-19	4,486 -17.38%	4,077 -18.61%	1,141 -10.44%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	7,523-	7,204-	905-
2023-24	7,134 -5.17%	6,920 -3.94%	830 -8.29%
Average	4,251	3,886	873

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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