Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Saginaw Valley State

At Saginaw Valley State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.44%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.00%. Saginaw Valley State's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Saginaw Valley State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.23%, and the 2024 yield is 17.01%.

The number of Saginaw Valley State applicants increased by 9.56% (892 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.44%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.00% at Saginaw Valley State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.49% and women students' rate is 78.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Saginaw Valley State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.65%	78.11%	79.16%
2014-15	79.96% 1.30%	76.74% -1.37%	81.96% 2.79%
2015-16	76.14% -3.81%	73.89% -2.85%	77.75% -4.21%
2016-17	75.87% -0.28%	73.90% 0.01%	77.16% -0.59%
2017-18	73.84% -2.02%	72.23% -1.67%	75.11% -2.06%
2018-19	77.39% 3.55%	76.10% 3.87%	78.33% 3.22%
2019-20	73.12% -4.28%	71.29% -4.81%	74.26% -4.07%
2020-21	89.46% 16.35%	88.80% 17.50%	89.84% 15.58%
2021-22	78.00% -11.47%	75.03% -13.77%	79.00% -10.84%
2022-23	76.37% -1.63%	75.24% 0.21%	77.09% -1.90%
2023-24	73.00% -3.37%	69.01% -6.23%	75.99% -1.10%
Average	77.44%	75.49%	78.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.23% where the current academic year yield is 17.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.44%	35.33%	32.60%
2014-15	30.08% -3.36%	30.53% -4.80%	29.82% -2.78%
2015-16	29.41% -0.67%	33.80% 3.27%	26.46% -3.35%
2016-17	26.62% -2.79%	27.08% -6.71%	26.32% -0.14%
2017-18	25.82% -0.80%	25.78% -1.30%	25.95% -0.37%
2018-19	27.80% 1.99%	29.14% 3.36%	27.17% 1.23%
2019-20	28.12% 0.32%	30.03% 0.89%	27.16% -0.01%
2020-21	22.47% -5.66%	23.39% -6.64%	22.05% -5.12%
2021-22	28.99% 6.53%	31.00% 7.61%	28.99% 6.94%
2022-23	18.76% -10.23%	19.44% -11.56%	18.32% -10.67%
2023-24	17.01% -1.76%	17.00% -2.45%	18.00% -0.33%
Average	26.23%	27.50%	25.71%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,210, the average number of admitted is 5,565, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,421.

The number of Saginaw Valley State applicants increased by 9.56% (892 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,057	4,764	1,593
2014-15	6,266 3.45%	5,010 5.16%	1,507 -5.40%
2015-16	7,025 12.11%	5,349 6.77%	1,573 4.38%
2016-17	6,700 -4.63%	5,083 -4.97%	1,353 -13.99%
2017-18	6,457 -3.63%	4,768 -6.20%	1,231 -9.02%
2018-19	7,329 13.50%	5,672 18.96%	1,577 28.11%
2019-20	7,149 -2.46%	5,227 -7.85%	1,470 -6.79%
2020-21	6,881 -3.75%	6,156 17.77%	1,383 -5.92%
2021-22	5,899 -14.27%	4,601 -25.26%	1,334 -3.54%
2022-23	9,330 58.16%	7,125 54.86%	1,337 0.22%
2023-24	10,222 9.56%	7,462 4.73%	1,269 -5.09%
Average	7,210	5,565	1,421

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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