Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Harrisburg

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.13%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.47%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Penn State Harrisburg applicants increased by 3.74% (371 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.13%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.34% and women students' rate is 62.89%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	79.94%	82.89%	76.51%
2014-15	82.08% 2.14%	81.33% -1.56%	82.98% 6.47%
2015-16	84.87% 2.79%	85.28% 3.95%	84.34% 1.36%
2016-17	84.52% -0.35%	84.30% -0.98%	84.77% 0.44%
2017-18	83.75% -0.77%	83.09% -1.21%	84.61% -0.16%
2018-19	87.75% 4.00%	88.51% 5.42%	86.77% 2.16%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	95.55% -	95.32% -	95.82% -
2023-24	96.00% 0.45%	96.00% 0.68%	96.00% 0.17%
Average	63.13%	63.34%	62.89%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.47% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.14%	29.08%	26.95%
2014-15	28.42% 0.28%	31.68% 2.60%	24.57% -2.38%
2015-16	25.67% -2.74%	28.31% -3.37%	22.31% -2.26%
2016-17	29.15% 3.47%	30.49% 2.18%	27.53% 5.22%
2017-18	20.61% -8.54%	22.13% -8.36%	18.63% -8.90%
2018-19	24.52% 3.91%	25.65% 3.52%	23.04% 4.41%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	12.62% -	14.87% -	10.02% -
2023-24	12.00% -0.62%	14.00% -0.87%	10.00% -0.02%
Average	16.47%	17.84%	14.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,061, the average number of admitted is 3,631, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 694.

The number of Penn State Harrisburg applicants increased by 3.74% (371 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 Harrisburg from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,792	2,232	628
2014-15	3,404 21.92%	2,794 25.18%	794 26.43%
2015-16	3,938 15.69%	3,342 19.61%	858 8.06%
2016-17	4,153 5.46%	3,510 5.03%	1,023 19.23%
2017-18	5,574 34.22%	4,668 32.99%	962 -5.96%
2018-19	4,588 -17.69%	4,026 -13.75%	987 2.60%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	9,925-	9,483-	1,197-
2023-24	10,296 3.74%	9,884 4.23%	1,186 -0.92%
Average	4,061	3,631	694

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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