Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SU

At Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. SU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.28%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of SU applicants increased by 2.80% (178 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.93% and women students' rate is 87.79%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.41%	85.06%	81.81%
2014-15	83.13% -0.28%	85.52% 0.46%	80.89% -0.92%
2015-16	89.14% 6.01%	89.31% 3.80%	88.99% 8.11%
2016-17	88.31% -0.84%	89.55% 0.23%	87.22% -1.78%
2017-18	83.55% -4.76%	83.95% -5.59%	83.21% -4.01%
2018-19	87.62% 4.06%	87.88% 3.93%	87.37% 4.17%
2019-20	91.23% 3.61%	90.17% 2.29%	92.11% 4.74%
2020-21	93.92% 2.69%	92.40% 2.23%	95.14% 3.03%
2021-22	93.00% -0.92%	92.02% -0.39%	94.00% -1.14%
2022-23	87.80% -5.20%	86.39% -5.63%	88.94% -5.06%
2023-24	86.00% -1.79%	85.01% -1.37%	86.00% -2.94%
Average	87.92%	87.93%	87.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.28% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.63%	31.09%	30.17%
2014-15	28.25% -2.38%	29.32% -1.77%	27.19% -2.98%
2015-16	25.45% -2.80%	25.92% -3.40%	25.04% -2.15%
2016-17	26.97% 1.51%	27.58% 1.66%	26.41% 1.37%
2017-18	27.78% 0.82%	29.46% 1.88%	26.34% -0.08%
2018-19	27.94% 0.15%	29.25% -0.21%	26.72% 0.38%
2019-20	23.60% -4.33%	25.30% -3.95%	22.20% -4.52%
2020-21	19.20% -4.40%	20.42% -4.88%	18.24% -3.96%
2021-22	17.99% -1.21%	21.01% 0.59%	16.99% -1.25%
2022-23	19.30% 1.31%	21.73% 0.72%	17.39% 0.40%
2023-24	20.00% 0.70%	21.01% -0.73%	17.99% 0.60%
Average	24.28%	25.64%	23.15%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,061, the average number of admitted is 5,334, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,279.

The number of SU applicants increased by 2.80% (178 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,949	4,962	1,520
2014-15	6,319 6.22%	5,253 5.86%	1,484 -2.37%
2015-16	6,126 -3.05%	5,461 3.96%	1,390 -6.33%
2016-17	5,799 -5.34%	5,121 -6.23%	1,381 -0.65%
2017-18	5,247 -9.52%	4,384 -14.39%	1,218 -11.80%
2018-19	5,540 5.58%	4,854 10.72%	1,356 11.33%
2019-20	6,019 8.65%	5,491 13.12%	1,296 -4.42%
2020-21	6,760 12.31%	6,349 15.63%	1,219 -5.94%
2021-22	6,000 -11.24%	5,580 -12.11%	1,004 -17.64%
2022-23	6,367 6.12%	5,590 0.18%	1,079 7.47%
2023-24	6,545 2.80%	5,629 0.70%	1,126 4.36%
Average	6,061	5,334	1,279

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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