Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PU

At Purdue University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.98%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 50.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Purdue University-Main Campus than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.76%, and the 2024 yield is 26.00%.

The number of PU applicants increased by 6.56% (4,501 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.98%, and this year's acceptance rate is 50.00% at Purdue University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 54.17% and women students' rate is 66.61%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Purdue University-Main Campus than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.42%	58.00%	63.86%
2014-15	59.29% -1.13%	55.33% -2.67%	65.43% 1.57%
2015-16	58.97% -0.32%	54.48% -0.85%	66.08% 0.65%
2016-17	55.97% -3.00%	51.51% -2.98%	62.89% -3.19%
2017-18	57.47% 1.50%	51.73% 0.23%	66.64% 3.75%
2018-19	57.98% 0.51%	52.55% 0.82%	66.47% -0.16%
2019-20	59.83% 1.85%	55.66% 3.10%	66.44% -0.03%
2020-21	67.15% 7.32%	63.04% 7.39%	73.74% 7.30%
2021-22	69.00% 1.85%	63.00% -0.04%	78.00% 4.26%
2022-23	52.70% -16.30%	45.51% -17.49%	64.11% -13.89%
2023-24	50.00% -2.70%	45.00% -0.51%	59.00% -5.11%
Average	58.98%	54.17%	66.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.76% where the current academic year yield is 26.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Purdue University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.20%	34.55%	33.74%
2014-15	27.48% -6.72%	28.20% -6.35%	26.53% -7.21%
2015-16	26.01% -1.47%	26.55% -1.66%	25.30% -1.23%
2016-17	26.98% 0.97%	27.71% 1.16%	26.05% 0.75%
2017-18	27.25% 0.27%	27.65% -0.06%	26.75% 0.70%
2018-19	27.26% 0.02%	27.95% 0.31%	26.40% -0.34%
2019-20	24.76% -2.50%	25.09% -2.86%	24.33% -2.08%
2020-21	23.26% -1.51%	23.49% -1.60%	22.94% -1.39%
2021-22	25.00% 1.74%	26.00% 2.51%	24.00% 1.06%
2022-23	26.14% 1.14%	27.31% 1.31%	24.81% 0.81%
2023-24	26.00% -0.14%	26.00% -1.31%	24.00% -0.82%
Average	26.76%	27.32%	25.90%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 52,932, the average number of admitted is 31,043, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 8,169.

The number of PU applicants increased by 6.56% (4,501 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	31,083	18,779	6,422
2014-15	39,896 28.35%	23,654 25.96%	6,500 1.21%
2015-16	45,264 13.45%	26,692 12.84%	6,942 6.80%
2016-17	49,007 8.27%	27,427 2.75%	7,399 6.58%
2017-18	49,354 0.71%	28,363 3.41%	7,728 4.45%
2018-19	53,722 8.85%	31,146 9.81%	8,491 9.87%
2019-20	55,311 2.96%	33,093 6.25%	8,195 -3.49%
2020-21	57,510 3.98%	38,619 16.70%	8,982 9.60%
2021-22	59,436 3.35%	41,011 6.19%	10,253 14.15%
2022-23	68,582 15.39%	36,146 -11.86%	9,447 -7.86%
2023-24	73,083 6.56%	36,542 1.10%	9,501 0.57%
Average	52,932	31,043	8,169

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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