Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PSU

At Plymouth State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.72%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Plymouth State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.21%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of PSU applicants increased by 25.42% (1,504 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.72%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Plymouth State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.89% and women students' rate is 86.35%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Plymouth State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	77.48%	73.43%	81.98%
2014-15	75.20% -2.28%	72.93% -0.50%	77.59% -4.39%
2015-16	73.57% -1.63%	69.01% -3.91%	78.12% 0.53%
2016-17	78.77% 5.20%	73.54% 4.53%	83.45% 5.33%
2017-18	78.79% 0.02%	75.57% 2.03%	81.92% -1.52%
2018-19	82.40% 3.60%	79.57% 4.00%	85.01% 3.08%
2019-20	84.82% 2.42%	81.97% 2.40%	87.06% 2.05%
2020-21	89.37% 4.55%	87.67% 5.70%	90.82% 3.77%
2021-22	92.01% 2.64%	88.99% 1.32%	94.00% 3.17%
2022-23	97.55% 5.54%	97.12% 8.13%	97.91% 3.91%
2023-24	91.00% -6.55%	89.99% -7.13%	92.00% -5.91%
Average	83.72%	80.89%	86.35%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.21% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Plymouth State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.44%	24.51%	22.38%
2014-15	20.88% -2.56%	21.00% -3.51%	20.76% -1.62%
2015-16	27.67% 6.79%	27.86% 6.86%	27.51% 6.75%
2016-17	21.16% -6.51%	22.88% -4.98%	19.80% -7.71%
2017-18	20.98% -0.18%	22.93% 0.05%	19.23% -0.57%
2018-19	20.03% -0.95%	21.86% -1.07%	18.45% -0.78%
2019-20	15.22% -4.82%	18.34% -3.51%	12.90% -5.56%
2020-21	16.87% 1.66%	19.71% 1.36%	14.52% 1.62%
2021-22	15.00% -1.88%	17.00% -2.70%	13.01% -1.51%
2022-23	15.07% 0.08%	16.44% -0.57%	13.93% 0.91%
2023-24	15.00% -0.07%	16.99% 0.55%	13.01% -0.92%
Average	19.21%	20.87%	17.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,556, the average number of admitted is 5,512, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,029.

The number of PSU applicants increased by 25.42% (1,504 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,120	3,967	930
2014-15	4,783 -6.58%	3,597 -9.33%	751 -19.25%
2015-16	6,626 38.53%	4,875 35.53%	1,349 79.63%
2016-17	6,864 3.59%	5,407 10.91%	1,144 -15.20%
2017-18	6,715 -2.17%	5,291 -2.15%	1,110 -2.97%
2018-19	6,646 -1.03%	5,476 3.50%	1,097 -1.17%
2019-20	8,035 20.90%	6,815 24.45%	1,037 -5.47%
2020-21	7,129 -11.28%	6,371 -6.52%	1,075 3.66%
2021-22	6,856 -3.83%	6,308 -0.99%	946 -12.00%
2022-23	5,917 -13.70%	5,772 -8.50%	870 -8.03%
2023-24	7,421 25.42%	6,753 17.00%	1,013 16.44%
Average	6,556	5,512	1,029

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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