Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Saint Cloud State

At Saint Cloud State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.27%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.28%, and the 2024 yield is 18.99%.

The number of Saint Cloud State applicants increased by 4.49% (216 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.27%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.01% at Saint Cloud State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.23% and women students' rate is 88.95%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.91%	83.81%	89.57%
2014-15	82.19% -4.72%	78.66% -5.15%	85.24% -4.33%
2015-16	86.20% 4.01%	82.57% 3.90%	89.07% 3.83%
2016-17	85.09% -1.11%	82.93% 0.36%	86.80% -2.27%
2017-18	85.78% 0.69%	84.09% 1.16%	87.14% 0.34%
2018-19	86.21% 0.42%	84.06% -0.03%	87.93% 0.79%
2019-20	90.04% 3.84%	88.58% 4.51%	91.19% 3.26%
2020-21	73.22% -16.82%	70.62% -17.96%	75.17% -16.03%
2021-22	93.99% 20.77%	93.03% 22.41%	95.99% 20.83%
2022-23	95.28% 1.29%	95.23% 2.20%	95.33% -0.67%
2023-24	95.01% -0.27%	93.99% -1.24%	95.01% -0.31%
Average	87.27%	85.23%	88.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.28% where the current academic year yield is 18.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.76%	35.74%	33.96%
2014-15	34.47% -0.29%	36.07% 0.33%	33.19% -0.77%
2015-16	35.37% 0.90%	39.04% 2.97%	32.69% -0.50%
2016-17	30.24% -5.13%	31.85% -7.19%	29.02% -3.67%
2017-18	27.54% -2.70%	29.02% -2.83%	26.39% -2.62%
2018-19	27.70% 0.16%	28.26% -0.76%	27.27% 0.87%
2019-20	26.57% -1.13%	28.97% 0.71%	24.73% -2.53%
2020-21	26.58% 0.01%	29.80% 0.83%	24.33% -0.41%
2021-22	21.01% -5.57%	24.01% -5.78%	18.00% -6.33%
2022-23	16.82% -4.19%	16.01% -8.00%	17.53% -0.47%
2023-24	18.99% 2.17%	18.01% 2.00%	19.01% 1.48%
Average	27.28%	28.80%	26.01%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,542, the average number of admitted is 4,816, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,329.

The number of Saint Cloud State applicants increased by 4.49% (216 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,638	4,900	1,703
2014-15	5,941 5.37%	4,883 -0.35%	1,683 -1.17%
2015-16	6,110 2.84%	5,267 7.86%	1,863 10.70%
2016-17	6,988 14.37%	5,946 12.89%	1,798 -3.49%
2017-18	6,387 -8.60%	5,479 -7.85%	1,509 -16.07%
2018-19	5,415 -15.22%	4,668 -14.80%	1,293 -14.31%
2019-20	5,171 -4.51%	4,656 -0.26%	1,237 -4.33%
2020-21	5,251 1.55%	3,845 -17.42%	1,022 -17.38%
2021-22	4,228 -19.48%	3,974 3.36%	835 -18.30%
2022-23	4,810 13.77%	4,583 15.32%	771 -7.66%
2023-24	5,026 4.49%	4,775 4.19%	907 17.64%
Average	5,542	4,816	1,329

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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