Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State New Kensington

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.82%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.28%, and the 2024 yield is 21.07%.

The number of Penn State New Kensington applicants decreased by -5.16% (35 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.82%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.12% and women students' rate is 59.46%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.79%	77.61%	69.27%
2014-15	81.23% 7.43%	80.51% 2.91%	82.00% 12.73%
2015-16	79.13% -2.09%	75.56% -4.95%	83.06% 1.06%
2016-17	82.57% 3.43%	83.16% 7.60%	81.73% -1.33%
2017-18	76.76% -5.81%	79.61% -3.55%	73.17% -8.56%
2018-19	80.05% 3.29%	80.63% 1.02%	79.26% 6.08%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	91.45% -	90.18% -	92.53% -
2023-24	93.00% 1.56%	94.01% 3.83%	93.07% 0.54%
Average	59.82%	60.12%	59.46%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.28% where the current academic year yield is 21.07%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.75%	52.24%	32.45%
2014-15	43.63% -0.12%	47.95% -4.29%	39.02% 6.57%
2015-16	44.28% 0.65%	51.74% 3.80%	36.82% -2.21%
2016-17	48.30% 4.02%	54.13% 2.39%	40.00% 3.18%
2017-18	30.99% -17.32%	34.96% -19.17%	25.56% -14.44%
2018-19	46.46% 15.47%	50.49% 15.53%	40.94% 15.38%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	21.61% -	26.87% -	16.77% -
2023-24	21.07% -0.54%	25.16% -1.71%	17.02% 0.25%
Average	27.28%	31.23%	22.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 393, the average number of admitted is 326, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 116.

The number of Penn State New Kensington applicants decreased by -5.16% (35 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 New Kensington from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	477	352	154
2014-15	522 9.43%	424 20.45%	185 20.13%
2015-16	508 -2.68%	402 -5.19%	178 -3.78%
2016-17	499 -1.77%	412 2.49%	199 11.80%
2017-18	555 11.22%	426 3.40%	132 -33.67%
2018-19	441 -20.54%	353 -17.14%	164 24.24%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	678-	620-	134-
2023-24	643 -5.16%	598 -3.55%	126 -5.97%
Average	393	326	116

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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