Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Salem State

At Salem State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. Salem State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 7 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.65%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Salem State applicants decreased by -4.73% (241 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Salem State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.54% and women students' rate is 83.66%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.29%	67.78%	70.94%
2014-15	70.57% 1.28%	70.92% 3.13%	70.38% -0.57%
2015-16	74.90% 4.34%	72.45% 1.53%	76.13% 5.76%
2016-17	73.58% -1.32%	73.06% 0.62%	73.82% -2.31%
2017-18	81.91% 8.33%	77.93% 4.87%	83.82% 10.00%
2018-19	84.70% 2.79%	81.34% 3.41%	86.16% 2.34%
2019-20	85.58% 0.88%	81.15% -0.20%	87.55% 1.39%
2020-21	86.75% 1.17%	81.06% -0.08%	89.24% 1.69%
2021-22	90.00% 3.25%	85.03% 3.96%	91.99% 2.75%
2022-23	92.66% 2.66%	89.13% 4.11%	94.18% 2.19%
2023-24	96.00% 3.35%	95.03% 5.90%	96.00% 1.82%
Average	82.36%	79.54%	83.66%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.65% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.55%	35.65%	31.08%
2014-15	31.30% -1.25%	34.40% -1.25%	29.63% -1.45%
2015-16	28.26% -3.04%	32.43% -1.97%	26.27% -3.36%
2016-17	25.35% -2.91%	27.51% -4.91%	24.33% -1.94%
2017-18	21.59% -3.75%	24.62% -2.89%	20.24% -4.09%
2018-19	19.99% -1.61%	24.04% -0.57%	18.32% -1.92%
2019-20	20.28% 0.29%	24.81% 0.77%	18.41% 0.10%
2020-21	17.51% -2.77%	19.45% -5.36%	16.74% -1.67%
2021-22	17.00% -0.51%	19.99% 0.53%	15.00% -1.75%
2022-23	18.29% 1.29%	22.55% 2.57%	16.54% 1.55%
2023-24	17.00% -1.28%	22.01% -0.55%	15.99% -0.55%
Average	22.65%	26.13%	21.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,702, the average number of admitted is 4,704, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,028.

The number of Salem State applicants decreased by -4.73% (241 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,855	3,364	1,095
2014-15	5,198 7.06%	3,668 9.04%	1,148 4.84%
2015-16	5,164 -0.65%	3,868 5.45%	1,093 -4.79%
2016-17	6,139 18.88%	4,517 16.78%	1,145 4.76%
2017-18	6,185 0.75%	5,066 12.15%	1,094 -4.45%
2018-19	6,562 6.10%	5,558 9.71%	1,111 1.55%
2019-20	5,825 -11.23%	4,985 -10.31%	1,011 -9.00%
2020-21	6,557 12.57%	5,688 14.10%	996 -1.48%
2021-22	6,287 -4.12%	5,658 -0.53%	962 -3.41%
2022-23	5,093 -18.99%	4,719 -16.60%	863 -10.29%
2023-24	4,852 -4.73%	4,658 -1.29%	792 -8.23%
Average	5,702	4,704	1,028

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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