Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Behrend

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.02%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. Penn State Behrend's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 6 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.98%, and the 2024 yield is 18.99%.

The number of Penn State Behrend applicants increased by 10.63% (464 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.02%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.97% and women students' rate is 65.06%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.09%	84.31%	83.78%
2014-15	86.70% 2.62%	86.32% 2.01%	87.19% 3.41%
2015-16	87.08% 0.38%	86.73% 0.41%	87.54% 0.34%
2016-17	87.85% 0.77%	88.26% 1.53%	87.28% -0.25%
2017-18	88.91% 1.06%	88.50% 0.23%	89.48% 2.19%
2018-19	89.12% 0.21%	89.71% 1.21%	88.27% -1.20%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	95.44% -	94.80% -	96.09% -
2023-24	96.00% 0.56%	96.00% 1.20%	95.98% -0.11%
Average	65.02%	64.97%	65.06%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.98% where the current academic year yield is 18.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.37%	40.63%	32.90%
2014-15	33.74% -3.63%	38.55% -2.09%	27.71% -5.19%
2015-16	33.11% -0.63%	36.55% -2.00%	28.67% 0.96%
2016-17	34.45% 1.34%	39.99% 3.44%	26.65% -2.02%
2017-18	29.03% -5.42%	33.38% -6.61%	23.13% -3.52%
2018-19	35.23% 6.20%	38.59% 5.20%	30.32% 7.19%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	19.91% -	24.21% -	15.16% -
2023-24	18.99% -0.92%	22.00% -2.20%	15.01% -0.15%
Average	21.98%	24.90%	18.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,916, the average number of admitted is 2,617, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 767.

The number of Penn State Behrend applicants increased by 10.63% (464 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 Erie-Behrend College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,437	2,890	1,080
2014-15	4,054 17.95%	3,515 21.63%	1,186 9.81%
2015-16	4,079 0.62%	3,552 1.05%	1,176 -0.84%
2016-17	3,853 -5.54%	3,385 -4.70%	1,166 -0.85%
2017-18	4,076 5.79%	3,624 7.06%	1,052 -9.78%
2018-19	3,392 -16.78%	3,023 -16.58%	1,065 1.24%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	4,363-	4,164-	829-
2023-24	4,827 10.63%	4,634 11.29%	880 6.15%
Average	2,916	2,617	767

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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