Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SU

At Salisbury University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.96%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Salisbury University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.08%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of SU applicants decreased by -0.22% (18 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.96%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Salisbury University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.12% and women students' rate is 73.78%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Salisbury University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.94%	52.35%	56.79%
2014-15	54.69% -0.24%	49.89% -2.46%	58.05% 1.26%
2015-16	60.63% 5.94%	55.78% 5.90%	64.06% 6.00%
2016-17	65.93% 5.30%	62.76% 6.98%	68.23% 4.18%
2017-18	65.02% -0.91%	61.15% -1.61%	68.07% -0.17%
2018-19	62.17% -2.85%	54.06% -7.09%	68.19% 0.13%
2019-20	73.51% 11.33%	69.25% 15.19%	76.57% 8.38%
2020-21	77.62% 4.12%	73.72% 4.47%	80.32% 3.75%
2021-22	86.00% 8.37%	83.00% 9.28%	89.00% 8.68%
2022-23	91.06% 5.06%	89.37% 6.36%	92.26% 3.25%
2023-24	89.00% -2.06%	87.00% -2.37%	90.00% -2.25%
Average	70.96%	67.12%	73.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.08% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.45%	26.14%	24.99%
2014-15	24.10% -1.35%	23.69% -2.46%	24.35% -0.64%
2015-16	23.46% -0.65%	25.35% 1.66%	22.29% -2.06%
2016-17	24.27% 0.81%	24.65% -0.70%	24.01% 1.72%
2017-18	25.00% 0.73%	25.33% 0.68%	24.76% 0.75%
2018-19	23.08% -1.92%	26.34% 1.01%	21.16% -3.60%
2019-20	23.75% 0.67%	26.92% 0.57%	21.69% 0.53%
2020-21	18.03% -5.71%	20.74% -6.18%	16.32% -5.37%
2021-22	18.01% -0.03%	20.01% -0.73%	16.99% 0.68%
2022-23	18.72% 0.71%	20.80% 0.80%	17.28% 0.29%
2023-24	19.00% 0.28%	19.99% -0.82%	18.99% 1.71%
Average	22.08%	23.63%	21.17%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,406, the average number of admitted is 5,932, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,287.

The number of SU applicants decreased by -0.22% (18 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,912	4,896	1,246
2014-15	8,723 -2.12%	4,771 -2.55%	1,150 -7.70%
2015-16	8,360 -4.16%	5,069 6.25%	1,189 3.39%
2016-17	8,307 -0.63%	5,477 8.05%	1,329 11.77%
2017-18	8,171 -1.64%	5,313 -2.99%	1,328 -0.08%
2018-19	8,983 9.94%	5,585 5.12%	1,289 -2.94%
2019-20	8,421 -6.26%	6,190 10.83%	1,470 14.04%
2020-21	8,701 3.33%	6,754 9.11%	1,218 -17.14%
2021-22	7,691 -11.61%	6,614 -2.07%	1,191 -2.22%
2022-23	8,108 5.42%	7,383 11.63%	1,382 16.04%
2023-24	8,090 -0.22%	7,200 -2.48%	1,368 -1.01%
Average	8,406	5,932	1,287

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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