Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State York

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 62.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.44%, and the 2024 yield is 9.99%.

The number of Penn State York applicants decreased by 0.35% (7 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 62.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.14% and women students' rate is 63.38%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.50%	85.15%	83.82%
2014-15	83.35% -1.15%	81.72% -3.43%	85.15% 1.33%
2015-16	85.61% 2.27%	84.99% 3.27%	86.29% 1.14%
2016-17	83.28% -2.33%	82.06% -2.92%	84.82% -1.47%
2017-18	82.50% -0.78%	81.73% -0.33%	83.55% -1.27%
2018-19	85.34% 2.84%	83.60% 1.87%	88.00% 4.45%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	92.87% -	92.26% -	93.55% -
2023-24	92.00% -0.87%	92.01% -0.25%	92.01% -1.54%
Average	62.68%	62.14%	63.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.44% where the current academic year yield is 9.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.71%	28.84%	24.45%
2014-15	26.70% -0.01%	28.55% -0.30%	24.73% 0.28%
2015-16	26.76% 0.05%	29.50% 0.95%	23.83% -0.90%
2016-17	30.42% 3.67%	35.34% 5.84%	24.38% 0.55%
2017-18	23.60% -6.82%	26.50% -8.83%	19.69% -4.69%
2018-19	26.34% 2.74%	27.95% 1.45%	23.99% 4.30%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	10.31% -	14.54% -	5.91% -
2023-24	9.99% -0.32%	11.95% -2.59%	7.98% 2.07%
Average	16.44%	18.47%	14.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,086, the average number of admitted is 943, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 196.

The number of Penn State York applicants decreased by 0.35% (7 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 York from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,329	1,123	300
2014-15	1,393 4.82%	1,161 3.38%	310 3.33%
2015-16	1,397 0.29%	1,196 3.01%	320 3.23%
2016-17	1,196 -14.39%	996 -16.72%	303 -5.31%
2017-18	1,474 23.24%	1,216 22.09%	287 -5.28%
2018-19	1,139 -22.73%	972 -20.07%	256 -10.80%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	2,005-	1,862-	192-
2023-24	2,012 0.35%	1,851 -0.59%	185 -3.65%
Average	1,086	943	196

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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