Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SD Mines

At South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.58%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 41.11%, and the 2024 yield is 38.00%.

The number of SD Mines applicants decreased by 1.65% (25 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.58%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.99% at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.53% and women students' rate is 81.15%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.08%	86.04%	86.22%
2014-15	88.02% 1.94%	88.60% 2.56%	85.96% -0.26%
2015-16	84.25% -3.77%	85.50% -3.11%	80.39% -5.58%
2016-17	84.50% 0.26%	85.19% -0.31%	82.46% 2.07%
2017-18	83.39% -1.11%	84.14% -1.04%	81.07% -1.38%
2018-19	83.32% -0.07%	84.29% 0.15%	80.34% -0.74%
2019-20	76.60% -6.73%	79.22% -5.07%	70.55% -9.79%
2020-21	85.55% 8.96%	85.83% 6.61%	85.14% 14.59%
2021-22	80.00% -5.55%	81.98% -3.85%	75.88% -9.26%
2022-23	82.69% 2.69%	83.05% 1.07%	81.68% 5.79%
2023-24	84.99% 2.30%	85.96% 2.91%	82.91% 1.23%
Average	83.58%	84.53%	81.15%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 41.11% where the current academic year yield is 38.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	47.84%	48.67%	44.29%
2014-15	44.08% -3.76%	46.57% -2.09%	35.03% -9.26%
2015-16	37.48% -6.60%	37.91% -8.67%	36.08% 1.05%
2016-17	42.99% 5.51%	44.74% 6.83%	37.59% 1.51%
2017-18	38.42% -4.57%	39.54% -5.19%	34.84% -2.75%
2018-19	37.97% -0.46%	38.57% -0.97%	36.01% 1.17%
2019-20	40.63% 2.66%	41.64% 3.07%	38.01% 1.99%
2020-21	39.84% -0.78%	41.15% -0.49%	36.58% -1.43%
2021-22	42.04% 2.20%	44.99% 3.84%	33.93% -2.65%
2022-23	42.97% 0.93%	44.02% -0.97%	40.38% 6.46%
2023-24	38.00% -4.97%	39.96% -4.06%	31.08% -9.31%
Average	41.11%	42.52%	36.71%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,451, the average number of admitted is 1,212, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 498.

The number of SD Mines applicants decreased by 1.65% (25 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,343	1,156	553
2014-15	1,544 14.97%	1,359 17.56%	599 8.32%
2015-16	1,479 -4.21%	1,246 -8.31%	467 -22.04%
2016-17	1,368 -7.51%	1,156 -7.22%	497 6.42%
2017-18	1,445 5.63%	1,205 4.24%	463 -6.84%
2018-19	1,451 0.42%	1,209 0.33%	459 -0.86%
2019-20	1,504 3.65%	1,152 -4.71%	468 1.96%
2020-21	1,329 -11.64%	1,137 -1.30%	453 -3.21%
2021-22	1,445 8.73%	1,156 1.67%	486 7.28%
2022-23	1,514 4.78%	1,252 8.30%	538 10.70%
2023-24	1,539 1.65%	1,308 4.47%	497 -7.62%
Average	1,451	1,212	498

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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