Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Point Park

At Point Park University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 98.00%. Point Park's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Point Park University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.35%, and the 2024 yield is 10.01%.

The number of Point Park applicants decreased by -12.30% (742 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 98.00% at Point Park University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.62% and women students' rate is 77.45%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Point Park University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.93%	69.13%	76.42%
2014-15	70.74% -3.19%	62.81% -6.32%	75.13% -1.29%
2015-16	70.53% -0.21%	63.61% 0.80%	73.95% -1.18%
2016-17	70.86% 0.33%	63.66% 0.05%	74.34% 0.39%
2017-18	64.86% -6.00%	56.60% -7.06%	68.65% -5.70%
2018-19	65.07% 0.21%	55.80% -0.80%	69.41% 0.76%
2019-20	73.11% 8.04%	67.75% 11.95%	75.51% 6.10%
2020-21	69.51% -3.60%	65.71% -2.04%	71.15% -4.36%
2021-22	81.99% 12.49%	78.01% 12.30%	84.01% 12.85%
2022-23	82.05% 0.05%	74.73% -3.28%	85.32% 1.32%
2023-24	98.00% 15.95%	97.01% 22.28%	98.01% 12.69%
Average	74.60%	68.62%	77.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.35% where the current academic year yield is 10.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.90%	25.72%	21.57%
2014-15	25.88% 2.98%	30.37% 4.66%	23.79% 2.22%
2015-16	20.98% -4.90%	25.65% -4.72%	19.00% -4.80%
2016-17	21.17% 0.19%	25.30% -0.35%	19.46% 0.47%
2017-18	20.30% -0.87%	24.60% -0.70%	18.68% -0.78%
2018-19	16.23% -4.08%	20.98% -3.61%	14.44% -4.24%
2019-20	16.16% -0.07%	20.02% -0.96%	14.60% 0.17%
2020-21	13.88% -2.28%	16.65% -3.37%	12.77% -1.83%
2021-22	12.00% -1.88%	14.02% -2.63%	11.00% -1.77%
2022-23	11.29% -0.71%	14.38% 0.36%	10.15% -0.85%
2023-24	10.01% -1.28%	11.97% -2.41%	8.99% -1.15%
Average	17.35%	20.88%	15.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,879, the average number of admitted is 3,665, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 589.

The number of Point Park applicants decreased by -12.30% (742 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,237	2,393	548
2014-15	3,469 7.17%	2,454 2.55%	635 15.88%
2015-16	4,021 15.91%	2,836 15.57%	595 -6.30%
2016-17	4,073 1.29%	2,886 1.76%	611 2.69%
2017-18	4,860 19.32%	3,152 9.22%	640 4.75%
2018-19	5,834 20.04%	3,796 20.43%	616 -3.75%
2019-20	5,359 -8.14%	3,918 3.21%	633 2.76%
2020-21	5,411 0.97%	3,761 -4.01%	522 -17.54%
2021-22	6,076 12.29%	4,982 32.46%	598 14.56%
2022-23	6,033 -0.71%	4,950 -0.64%	559 -6.52%
2023-24	5,291 -12.30%	5,185 4.75%	519 -7.16%
Average	4,879	3,665	589

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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