Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Sonoma State

At Sonoma State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.34%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%. Sonoma State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.36%, and the 2024 yield is 9.00%.

The number of Sonoma State applicants decreased by -2.56% (277 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.34%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at Sonoma State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.20% and women students' rate is 87.47%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.86%	79.13%	83.50%
2014-15	80.02% -1.84%	77.42% -1.71%	81.46% -2.04%
2015-16	76.55% -3.46%	73.40% -4.02%	78.31% -3.15%
2016-17	76.27% -0.28%	73.94% 0.54%	77.53% -0.78%
2017-18	82.03% 5.75%	79.22% 5.27%	83.49% 5.97%
2018-19	89.65% 7.63%	87.52% 8.30%	90.81% 7.31%
2019-20	91.19% 1.54%	89.01% 1.49%	92.43% 1.62%
2020-21	89.12% -2.07%	87.01% -2.00%	90.34% -2.09%
2021-22	94.00% 4.88%	92.01% 5.00%	95.00% 4.66%
2022-23	94.00% 0.00%	93.51% 1.50%	94.34% -0.66%
2023-24	95.00% 1.00%	94.01% 0.50%	95.00% 0.66%
Average	86.34%	84.20%	87.47%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.36% where the current academic year yield is 9.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.26%	16.88%	15.91%
2014-15	15.64% -0.62%	15.26% -1.61%	15.84% -0.06%
2015-16	16.20% 0.56%	16.88% 1.62%	15.84% 0.00%
2016-17	14.36% -1.84%	14.74% -2.15%	14.17% -1.67%
2017-18	14.21% -0.15%	14.37% -0.37%	14.13% -0.04%
2018-19	13.81% -0.39%	15.04% 0.67%	13.17% -0.96%
2019-20	11.27% -2.55%	10.81% -4.23%	11.52% -1.65%
2020-21	7.67% -3.60%	7.02% -3.79%	8.04% -3.48%
2021-22	8.00% 0.33%	7.99% 0.97%	9.00% 0.96%
2022-23	9.52% 1.52%	9.40% 1.41%	9.60% 0.60%
2023-24	9.00% -0.52%	8.00% -1.40%	10.00% 0.40%
Average	12.36%	12.40%	12.47%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,627, the average number of admitted is 11,657, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,455.

The number of Sonoma State applicants decreased by -2.56% (277 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,142	10,758	1,749
2014-15	14,438 9.86%	11,553 7.39%	1,807 3.32%
2015-16	15,265 5.73%	11,686 1.15%	1,893 4.76%
2016-17	16,487 8.01%	12,575 7.61%	1,806 -4.60%
2017-18	15,712 -4.70%	12,888 2.49%	1,831 1.38%
2018-19	14,478 -7.85%	12,980 0.71%	1,793 -2.08%
2019-20	15,094 4.25%	13,764 6.04%	1,551 -13.50%
2020-21	13,353 -11.53%	11,900 -13.54%	913 -41.13%
2021-22	10,598 -20.63%	9,962 -16.29%	797 -12.71%
2022-23	10,806 1.96%	10,158 1.97%	967 21.33%
2023-24	10,529 -2.56%	10,003 -1.53%	900 -6.93%
Average	13,627	11,657	1,455

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Sonoma State University and similar schools.