Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at San Francisco State

At San Francisco State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. San Francisco State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.93%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of San Francisco State applicants decreased by -0.18% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at San Francisco State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.61% and women students' rate is 77.83%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.79%	60.76%	65.67%
2014-15	65.97% 2.18%	62.52% 1.75%	68.12% 2.45%
2015-16	67.88% 1.91%	64.19% 1.68%	70.14% 2.03%
2016-17	68.20% 0.32%	64.91% 0.71%	70.25% 0.10%
2017-18	70.46% 2.26%	68.69% 3.79%	71.54% 1.29%
2018-19	71.76% 1.29%	70.19% 1.50%	72.75% 1.21%
2019-20	67.30% -4.45%	67.55% -2.64%	67.15% -5.60%
2020-21	84.09% 16.79%	82.02% 14.47%	85.39% 18.24%
2021-22	93.00% 8.91%	91.00% 8.97%	94.00% 8.61%
2022-23	94.20% 1.20%	92.83% 1.84%	95.08% 1.08%
2023-24	96.00% 1.80%	96.00% 3.17%	96.00% 0.92%
Average	76.61%	74.61%	77.83%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.93% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.97%	20.24%	18.24%
2014-15	17.80% -1.17%	19.63% -0.61%	16.76% -1.48%
2015-16	17.94% 0.13%	19.57% -0.06%	17.02% 0.25%
2016-17	14.74% -3.19%	16.45% -3.12%	13.76% -3.25%
2017-18	17.77% 3.03%	18.50% 2.06%	17.34% 3.58%
2018-19	16.78% -0.99%	17.80% -0.70%	16.15% -1.19%
2019-20	15.85% -0.93%	16.92% -0.89%	15.17% -0.98%
2020-21	10.51% -5.34%	11.19% -5.72%	10.11% -5.07%
2021-22	12.00% 1.49%	13.01% 1.81%	12.00% 1.90%
2022-23	11.84% -0.16%	12.92% -0.09%	11.16% -0.84%
2023-24	10.00% -1.84%	11.00% -1.92%	10.00% -1.16%
Average	14.93%	16.11%	14.34%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 32,595, the average number of admitted is 24,730, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,624.

The number of San Francisco State applicants decreased by -0.18% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	31,462	20,070	3,807
2014-15	31,963 1.59%	21,087 5.07%	3,754 -1.39%
2015-16	35,122 9.88%	23,841 13.06%	4,276 13.91%
2016-17	36,223 3.13%	24,704 3.62%	3,642 -14.83%
2017-18	34,524 -4.69%	24,327 -1.53%	4,323 18.70%
2018-19	35,606 3.13%	25,550 5.03%	4,287 -0.83%
2019-20	34,629 -2.74%	23,307 -8.78%	3,694 -13.83%
2020-21	31,430 -9.24%	26,431 13.40%	2,779 -24.77%
2021-22	27,777 -11.62%	25,833 -2.26%	3,100 11.55%
2022-23	29,932 7.76%	28,195 9.14%	3,339 7.71%
2023-24	29,878 -0.18%	28,683 1.73%	2,868 -14.11%
Average	32,595	24,730	3,624

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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