Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at RPI

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 48.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.37%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of RPI applicants decreased by -3.44% (580 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 48.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.28% and women students' rate is 50.77%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	41.20%	38.83%	46.69%
2014-15	37.50% -3.70%	36.30% -2.53%	40.06% -6.63%
2015-16	41.87% 4.36%	39.41% 3.11%	47.43% 7.37%
2016-17	44.35% 2.48%	42.61% 3.20%	48.20% 0.78%
2017-18	43.17% -1.18%	41.59% -1.02%	46.70% -1.50%
2018-19	42.99% -0.18%	41.29% -0.29%	46.57% -0.13%
2019-20	47.41% 4.42%	45.62% 4.33%	51.30% 4.73%
2020-21	57.26% 9.85%	57.19% 11.57%	57.40% 6.10%
2021-22	53.00% -4.26%	52.00% -5.19%	55.01% -2.39%
2022-23	64.51% 11.51%	66.25% 14.25%	61.16% 6.15%
2023-24	58.00% -6.51%	59.00% -7.25%	57.99% -3.16%
Average	48.30%	47.28%	50.77%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.37% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.21%	22.28%	19.15%
2014-15	19.08% -2.13%	19.70% -2.57%	17.88% -1.27%
2015-16	18.55% -0.52%	19.27% -0.44%	17.22% -0.66%
2016-17	20.58% 2.03%	21.26% 1.99%	19.26% 2.04%
2017-18	19.75% -0.83%	20.77% -0.49%	17.72% -1.54%
2018-19	20.27% 0.52%	21.15% 0.38%	18.62% 0.90%
2019-20	18.85% -1.43%	19.54% -1.61%	17.50% -1.12%
2020-21	15.35% -3.50%	16.18% -3.36%	13.66% -3.85%
2021-22	14.00% -1.35%	15.00% -1.18%	12.01% -1.64%
2022-23	18.40% 4.41%	19.01% 4.01%	17.09% 5.07%
2023-24	16.00% -2.40%	16.01% -3.00%	16.00% -1.08%
Average	18.37%	19.11%	16.92%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,898, the average number of admitted is 8,585, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,563.

The number of RPI applicants decreased by -3.44% (580 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	16,150	6,654	1,411
2014-15	18,602 15.18%	6,976 4.84%	1,331 -5.67%
2015-16	17,752 -4.57%	7,432 6.54%	1,379 3.61%
2016-17	18,524 4.35%	8,215 10.54%	1,691 22.63%
2017-18	19,505 5.30%	8,420 2.50%	1,663 -1.66%
2018-19	20,402 4.60%	8,770 4.16%	1,778 6.92%
2019-20	18,635 -8.66%	8,835 0.74%	1,665 -6.36%
2020-21	16,661 -10.59%	9,540 7.98%	1,464 -12.07%
2021-22	17,498 5.02%	9,274 -2.79%	1,298 -11.34%
2022-23	16,863 -3.63%	10,878 17.30%	2,002 54.24%
2023-24	16,283 -3.44%	9,444 -13.18%	1,511 -24.53%
Average	17,898	8,585	1,563

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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