Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Sam Houston State

At Sam Houston State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.89%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.90%, and the 2024 yield is 24.00%.

The number of Sam Houston State applicants increased by 7.76% (1,266 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.89%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Sam Houston State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.95% and women students' rate is 80.89%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.99%	64.25%	65.44%
2014-15	73.67% 8.68%	70.40% 6.16%	75.58% 10.14%
2015-16	72.71% -0.96%	69.14% -1.27%	74.81% -0.77%
2016-17	71.95% -0.76%	69.76% 0.63%	73.07% -1.74%
2017-18	74.39% 2.44%	73.40% 3.64%	74.92% 1.85%
2018-19	78.54% 4.15%	77.73% 4.33%	78.97% 4.05%
2019-20	83.40% 4.86%	82.14% 4.41%	84.04% 5.07%
2020-21	92.50% 9.10%	91.80% 9.66%	92.85% 8.81%
2021-22	97.00% 4.50%	95.01% 3.21%	96.99% 4.14%
2022-23	84.63% -12.36%	81.76% -13.25%	86.12% -10.87%
2023-24	85.00% 0.37%	82.00% 0.24%	87.00% 0.88%
Average	79.89%	77.95%	80.89%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.90% where the current academic year yield is 24.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.86%	41.77%	38.74%
2014-15	37.61% -2.25%	38.10% -3.67%	37.34% -1.39%
2015-16	39.24% 1.63%	38.71% 0.62%	39.53% 2.18%
2016-17	30.53% -8.71%	32.98% -5.73%	29.33% -10.20%
2017-18	31.19% 0.66%	33.80% 0.81%	29.83% 0.50%
2018-19	31.06% -0.13%	33.98% 0.18%	29.55% -0.27%
2019-20	30.33% -0.72%	33.76% -0.21%	28.66% -0.90%
2020-21	25.56% -4.78%	27.55% -6.21%	24.57% -4.09%
2021-22	26.00% 0.44%	26.99% -0.56%	26.00% 1.43%
2022-23	24.58% -1.42%	27.39% 0.40%	23.20% -2.80%
2023-24	24.00% -0.58%	26.00% -1.40%	23.00% -0.20%
Average	30.90%	32.82%	29.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,140, the average number of admitted is 9,800, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,888.

The number of Sam Houston State applicants increased by 7.76% (1,266 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,315	6,054	2,413
2014-15	9,175 -1.50%	6,759 11.65%	2,542 5.35%
2015-16	9,242 0.73%	6,720 -0.58%	2,637 3.74%
2016-17	12,556 35.86%	9,034 34.43%	2,758 4.59%
2017-18	12,383 -1.38%	9,212 1.97%	2,873 4.17%
2018-19	11,819 -4.55%	9,283 0.77%	2,883 0.35%
2019-20	11,569 -2.12%	9,649 3.94%	2,927 1.53%
2020-21	12,025 3.94%	11,123 15.28%	2,843 -2.87%
2021-22	11,556 -3.90%	11,209 0.77%	2,914 2.50%
2022-23	16,316 41.19%	13,809 23.20%	3,394 16.47%
2023-24	17,582 7.76%	14,945 8.23%	3,587 5.69%
Average	12,140	9,800	2,888

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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