Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

At Southern Arkansas University Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 67.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.26%, and the 2024 yield is 40.98%.

The number of Southern Arkansas University Main Campus applicants decreased by 0.69% (20 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 67.00% at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.66% and women students' rate is 66.67%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.81%	62.58%	59.53%
2014-15	71.42% 10.61%	71.48% 8.90%	71.38% 11.85%
2015-16	67.48% -3.94%	66.78% -4.70%	67.97% -3.41%
2016-17	69.13% 1.65%	69.19% 2.42%	69.09% 1.11%
2017-18	69.45% 0.32%	69.40% 0.21%	69.48% 0.40%
2018-19	68.78% -0.67%	65.30% -4.10%	71.37% 1.88%
2019-20	65.06% -3.71%	63.62% -1.68%	66.02% -5.34%
2020-21	68.53% 3.47%	68.71% 5.09%	68.43% 2.40%
2021-22	62.99% -5.54%	64.00% -4.71%	61.00% -7.43%
2022-23	63.61% 0.62%	64.26% 0.26%	63.11% 2.11%
2023-24	67.00% 3.38%	67.97% 3.71%	66.00% 2.90%
Average	66.75%	66.66%	66.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.26% where the current academic year yield is 40.98%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.08%	42.58%	38.19%
2014-15	40.18% 0.09%	46.12% 3.55%	35.50% -2.69%
2015-16	41.08% 0.90%	44.21% -1.92%	38.92% 3.42%
2016-17	35.70% -5.38%	40.93% -3.28%	31.74% -7.18%
2017-18	34.76% -0.94%	39.52% -1.42%	31.19% -0.55%
2018-19	36.84% 2.08%	42.42% 2.91%	33.04% 1.85%
2019-20	33.08% -3.76%	39.57% -2.85%	28.93% -4.11%
2020-21	33.05% -0.03%	41.41% 1.83%	27.89% -1.03%
2021-22	36.00% 2.96%	41.05% -0.36%	32.02% 4.13%
2022-23	38.11% 2.11%	44.24% 3.19%	34.28% 2.26%
2023-24	40.98% 2.86%	44.06% -0.18%	37.96% 3.68%
Average	37.26%	42.37%	33.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,152, the average number of admitted is 2,107, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 778.

The number of Southern Arkansas University Main Campus applicants decreased by 0.69% (20 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,720	1,654	663
2014-15	2,502 -8.01%	1,787 8.04%	718 8.30%
2015-16	2,875 14.91%	1,940 8.56%	797 11.00%
2016-17	3,460 20.35%	2,392 23.30%	854 7.15%
2017-18	3,604 4.16%	2,503 4.64%	870 1.87%
2018-19	3,552 -1.44%	2,443 -2.40%	900 3.45%
2019-20	3,870 8.95%	2,518 3.07%	833 -7.44%
2020-21	3,426 -11.47%	2,348 -6.75%	776 -6.84%
2021-22	2,813 -17.89%	1,772 -24.53%	638 -17.78%
2022-23	2,916 3.66%	1,855 4.68%	707 10.82%
2023-24	2,936 0.69%	1,967 6.04%	806 14.00%
Average	3,152	2,107	778

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Southern Arkansas University Main Campus and similar schools.