Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at San Jose State

At San Jose State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.25%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of San Jose State applicants increased by 5.23% (1,778 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.00% at San Jose State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.86% and women students' rate is 71.05%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.47%	61.51%	65.32%
2014-15	59.85% -3.63%	57.40% -4.11%	62.20% -3.13%
2015-16	55.23% -4.62%	52.33% -5.07%	58.14% -4.06%
2016-17	53.44% -1.79%	46.89% -5.44%	60.18% 2.04%
2017-18	66.88% 13.44%	61.22% 14.33%	72.49% 12.32%
2018-19	54.66% -12.22%	47.66% -13.56%	61.68% -10.81%
2019-20	63.57% 8.91%	57.01% 9.34%	69.98% 8.30%
2020-21	67.37% 3.79%	62.03% 5.03%	72.45% 2.47%
2021-22	84.00% 16.63%	80.00% 17.97%	88.00% 15.55%
2022-23	76.71% -7.29%	69.43% -10.57%	84.15% -3.85%
2023-24	80.00% 3.29%	74.00% 4.57%	87.00% 2.85%
Average	65.92%	60.86%	71.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.25% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.19%	23.91%	18.79%
2014-15	19.59% -1.61%	21.79% -2.12%	17.64% -1.15%
2015-16	20.49% 0.90%	22.82% 1.03%	18.38% 0.74%
2016-17	19.03% -1.47%	20.87% -1.96%	17.55% -0.83%
2017-18	21.04% 2.02%	23.14% 2.27%	19.28% 1.74%
2018-19	19.05% -1.99%	20.47% -2.67%	17.95% -1.34%
2019-20	17.66% -1.39%	19.25% -1.22%	16.40% -1.55%
2020-21	15.26% -2.40%	16.71% -2.54%	14.08% -2.32%
2021-22	16.00% 0.74%	19.00% 2.29%	14.00% -0.08%
2022-23	15.48% -0.52%	17.86% -1.14%	13.47% -0.53%
2023-24	16.00% 0.52%	17.00% -0.86%	15.00% 1.53%
Average	18.25%	20.26%	16.59%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 32,099, the average number of admitted is 21,200, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,800.

The number of San Jose State applicants increased by 5.23% (1,778 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	25,155	15,967	3,384
2014-15	29,738 18.22%	17,797 11.46%	3,486 3.01%
2015-16	30,584 2.84%	16,890 -5.10%	3,461 -0.72%
2016-17	31,555 3.17%	16,862 -0.17%	3,208 -7.31%
2017-18	31,909 1.12%	21,340 26.56%	4,490 39.96%
2018-19	36,243 13.58%	19,811 -7.16%	3,774 -15.95%
2019-20	35,307 -2.58%	22,446 13.30%	3,964 5.03%
2020-21	32,375 -8.30%	21,810 -2.83%	3,328 -16.04%
2021-22	30,441 -5.97%	25,570 17.24%	4,091 22.93%
2022-23	34,002 11.70%	26,083 2.01%	4,037 -1.32%
2023-24	35,780 5.23%	28,624 9.74%	4,580 13.45%
Average	32,099	21,200	3,800

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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