Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State World Campus

At Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 48.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.05%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.97%, and the 2024 yield is 47.03%.

The number of Penn State World Campus applicants increased by 2.92% (25 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 48.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.05% at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 49.26% and women students' rate is 47.36%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.38%	69.78%	72.99%
2014-15	58.08% -13.30%	61.12% -8.66%	54.88% -18.12%
2015-16	60.62% 2.55%	59.62% -1.51%	61.66% 6.79%
2016-17	57.53% -3.10%	61.08% 1.47%	54.01% -7.65%
2017-18	66.79% 9.26%	65.82% 4.74%	67.80% 13.79%
2018-19	54.26% -12.52%	59.00% -6.82%	49.59% -18.21%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	81.68% -	82.42% -	80.99% -
2023-24	80.05% -1.63%	83.07% 0.65%	79.00% -1.99%
Average	48.22%	49.26%	47.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.97% where the current academic year yield is 47.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.59%	37.80%	41.33%
2014-15	51.05% 11.45%	45.58% 7.78%	57.44% 16.10%
2015-16	51.47% 0.42%	52.20% 6.62%	50.73% -6.70%
2016-17	36.41% -15.05%	33.33% -18.87%	39.86% -10.87%
2017-18	8.41% -28.01%	9.07% -24.27%	7.74% -32.12%
2018-19	41.95% 33.55%	40.43% 31.36%	43.75% 36.01%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	42.71% -	47.20% -	38.88% -
2023-24	47.03% 4.31%	49.04% 1.84%	46.05% 7.18%
Average	28.97%	28.60%	29.62%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,130, the average number of admitted is 743, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 212.

The number of Penn State World Campus applicants increased by 2.92% (25 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	828	591	234
2014-15	904 9.18%	525 -11.17%	268 14.53%
2015-16	1,125 24.45%	682 29.90%	351 30.97%
2016-17	1,561 38.76%	898 31.67%	327 -6.84%
2017-18	5,308 240.04%	3,545 294.77%	298 -8.87%
2018-19	962 -81.88%	522 -85.28%	219 -26.51%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	857-	700-	299-
2023-24	882 2.92%	706 0.86%	332 11.04%
Average	1,130	743	212

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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