Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Berks

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.62%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.62%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Penn State Berks applicants increased by 4.26% (239 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.62%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.01% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.67% and women students' rate is 64.57%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.07%	82.66%	83.51%
2014-15	88.66% 5.58%	87.65% 4.98%	89.83% 6.32%
2015-16	84.87% -3.78%	85.31% -2.34%	84.43% -5.40%
2016-17	87.01% 2.14%	87.69% 2.38%	86.26% 1.83%
2017-18	85.70% -1.32%	85.78% -1.91%	85.60% -0.66%
2018-19	87.23% 1.53%	87.92% 2.14%	86.37% 0.77%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	97.29% -	97.34% -	97.23% -
2023-24	97.01% -0.28%	96.99% -0.35%	97.00% -0.23%
Average	64.62%	64.67%	64.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.62% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.13%	41.30%	34.80%
2014-15	40.22% 2.09%	42.91% 1.61%	37.17% 2.37%
2015-16	38.72% -1.50%	41.91% -0.99%	35.39% -1.78%
2016-17	39.19% 0.47%	45.22% 3.31%	32.31% -3.08%
2017-18	33.09% -6.10%	35.65% -9.57%	29.90% -2.41%
2018-19	37.85% 4.76%	43.02% 7.37%	31.28% 1.37%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	11.59% -	14.97% -	8.44% -
2023-24	10.00% -1.59%	12.00% -2.97%	8.99% 0.55%
Average	22.62%	25.18%	19.84%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,296, the average number of admitted is 2,091, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 518.

The number of Penn State Berks applicants increased by 4.26% (239 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 Berks from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,570	2,135	814
2014-15	2,398 -6.69%	2,126 -0.42%	855 5.04%
2015-16	2,413 0.63%	2,048 -3.67%	793 -7.25%
2016-17	2,164 -10.32%	1,883 -8.06%	738 -6.94%
2017-18	2,447 13.08%	2,097 11.36%	694 -5.96%
2018-19	1,817 -25.75%	1,585 -24.42%	600 -13.54%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	5,605-	5,453-	632-
2023-24	5,844 4.26%	5,669 3.96%	567 -10.28%
Average	2,296	2,091	518

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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