Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Lehigh Valley

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.85%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.63%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Penn State Lehigh Valley applicants increased by 2.33% (42 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.85%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.99% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.21% and women students' rate is 63.58%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.48%	84.70%	86.53%
2014-15	85.12% -0.36%	85.60% 0.89%	84.56% -1.97%
2015-16	86.36% 1.24%	85.62% 0.03%	87.30% 2.74%
2016-17	86.65% 0.29%	85.69% 0.07%	88.00% 0.70%
2017-18	85.34% -1.31%	87.87% 2.18%	82.42% -5.58%
2018-19	85.36% 0.02%	87.46% -0.41%	82.88% 0.46%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	94.08% -	94.38% -	93.70% -
2023-24	93.99% -0.08%	95.05% 0.67%	93.98% 0.29%
Average	63.85%	64.21%	63.58%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.63% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.96%	32.96%	23.65%
2014-15	28.48% -0.48%	31.22% -1.74%	25.22% 1.56%
2015-16	28.57% 0.09%	28.64% -2.58%	28.48% 3.27%
2016-17	27.24% -1.33%	33.81% 5.17%	18.18% -10.30%
2017-18	22.93% -4.31%	25.25% -8.56%	20.08% 1.90%
2018-19	26.01% 3.07%	27.68% 2.42%	23.93% 3.85%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	15.72% -	18.87% -	11.55% -
2023-24	16.00% 0.29%	18.96% 0.08%	14.01% 2.46%
Average	17.63%	19.76%	15.01%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 870, the average number of admitted is 773, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 173.

The number of Penn State Lehigh Valley applicants increased by 2.33% (42 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 Lehigh Valley from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	909	777	225
2014-15	887 -2.42%	755 -2.83%	215 -4.44%
2015-16	843 -4.96%	728 -3.58%	208 -3.26%
2016-17	966 14.59%	837 14.97%	228 9.62%
2017-18	1,262 30.64%	1,077 28.67%	247 8.33%
2018-19	1,045 -17.19%	892 -17.18%	232 -6.07%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	1,806-	1,699-	267-
2023-24	1,848 2.33%	1,737 2.24%	278 4.12%
Average	870	773	173

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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