Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southeast Missouri State

At Southeast Missouri State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.42%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southeast Missouri State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Southeast Missouri State University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.67%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of Southeast Missouri State applicants increased by 5.22% (370 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.42%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.00% at Southeast Missouri State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.49% and women students' rate is 85.74%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southeast Missouri State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Southeast Missouri State University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.46%	86.33%	84.85%
2014-15	84.78% -0.68%	85.53% -0.80%	84.27% -0.58%
2015-16	84.29% -0.49%	84.02% -1.51%	84.47% 0.20%
2016-17	82.81% -1.48%	82.26% -1.76%	83.17% -1.30%
2017-18	84.55% 1.74%	84.30% 2.04%	84.70% 1.53%
2018-19	82.93% -1.61%	83.35% -0.94%	83.93% -0.77%
2019-20	86.19% 3.25%	86.16% 2.80%	86.20% 2.28%
2020-21	93.33% 7.14%	91.61% 5.45%	94.27% 8.07%
2021-22	79.00% -14.33%	73.02% -18.59%	83.01% -11.26%
2022-23	86.31% 7.31%	86.86% 13.84%	88.29% 5.28%
2023-24	79.00% -7.31%	75.00% -11.86%	86.00% -2.30%
Average	84.42%	83.49%	85.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.67% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.11%	48.33%	44.52%
2014-15	45.92% -0.19%	47.16% -1.17%	45.06% 0.54%
2015-16	43.71% -2.20%	47.22% 0.06%	41.40% -3.66%
2016-17	43.28% -0.43%	44.85% -2.37%	42.26% 0.86%
2017-18	42.85% -0.43%	45.52% 0.67%	41.25% -1.01%
2018-19	40.51% -2.34%	42.98% -2.54%	39.14% -2.11%
2019-20	36.57% -3.94%	37.98% -5.00%	35.71% -3.44%
2020-21	32.78% -3.79%	35.19% -2.80%	31.49% -4.22%
2021-22	26.01% -6.77%	29.00% -6.19%	24.01% -7.48%
2022-23	23.64% -2.37%	24.94% -4.06%	22.96% -1.05%
2023-24	22.00% -1.64%	23.98% -0.96%	20.99% -1.97%
Average	36.67%	38.83%	35.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,457, the average number of admitted is 4,586, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,613.

The number of Southeast Missouri State applicants increased by 5.22% (370 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,388	3,750	1,729
2014-15	4,750 8.25%	4,027 7.39%	1,849 6.94%
2015-16	4,622 -2.69%	3,896 -3.25%	1,703 -7.90%
2016-17	5,184 12.16%	4,293 10.19%	1,858 9.10%
2017-18	4,977 -3.99%	4,208 -1.98%	1,803 -2.96%
2018-19	4,682 -5.93%	3,883 -7.72%	1,573 -12.76%
2019-20	4,785 2.20%	4,124 6.21%	1,508 -4.13%
2020-21	4,871 1.80%	4,546 10.23%	1,490 -1.19%
2021-22	7,213 48.08%	5,698 25.34%	1,482 -0.54%
2022-23	7,092 -1.68%	6,121 7.42%	1,447 -2.36%
2023-24	7,462 5.22%	5,895 -3.69%	1,297 -10.37%
Average	5,457	4,586	1,613

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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