Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SIUE

At Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.90%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.77%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of SIUE applicants decreased by -4.16% (388 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.90%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.00% at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 90.80% and women students' rate is 89.36%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.19%	85.50%	83.36%
2014-15	86.96% 2.78%	88.46% 2.95%	85.96% 2.60%
2015-16	88.22% 1.26%	89.45% 0.99%	87.42% 1.46%
2016-17	89.30% 1.08%	90.44% 0.99%	88.53% 1.11%
2017-18	89.51% 0.21%	90.01% -0.43%	89.18% 0.65%
2018-19	87.44% -2.07%	89.34% -0.67%	86.18% -2.99%
2019-20	85.67% -1.77%	87.24% -2.10%	84.70% -1.48%
2020-21	85.05% -0.62%	87.24% 0.01%	83.84% -0.86%
2021-22	98.00% 12.95%	98.00% 10.75%	98.00% 14.16%
2022-23	97.51% -0.49%	97.08% -0.92%	97.77% -0.23%
2023-24	97.00% -0.51%	96.01% -1.07%	98.00% 0.23%
Average	89.90%	90.80%	89.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.77% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.54%	33.87%	28.39%
2014-15	32.19% 1.65%	35.93% 2.05%	29.61% 1.22%
2015-16	30.51% -1.68%	33.53% -2.40%	28.51% -1.11%
2016-17	29.79% -0.73%	34.82% 1.29%	26.28% -2.23%
2017-18	32.00% 2.22%	35.64% 0.82%	29.54% 3.26%
2018-19	30.44% -1.57%	35.33% -0.31%	27.06% -2.47%
2019-20	26.63% -3.80%	30.54% -4.79%	24.15% -2.91%
2020-21	20.83% -5.81%	24.04% -6.50%	19.00% -5.15%
2021-22	22.99% 2.17%	25.00% 0.96%	20.99% 1.99%
2022-23	20.52% -2.47%	23.64% -1.36%	18.70% -2.30%
2023-24	18.00% -2.53%	20.01% -3.64%	18.01% -0.69%
Average	26.77%	30.21%	24.57%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,847, the average number of admitted is 7,084, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,845.

The number of SIUE applicants decreased by -4.16% (388 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,646	6,437	1,966
2014-15	7,594 -0.68%	6,604 2.59%	2,126 8.14%
2015-16	7,786 2.53%	6,869 4.01%	2,096 -1.41%
2016-17	7,274 -6.58%	6,496 -5.43%	1,935 -7.68%
2017-18	6,273 -13.76%	5,615 -13.56%	1,797 -7.13%
2018-19	6,410 2.18%	5,605 -0.18%	1,706 -5.06%
2019-20	7,306 13.98%	6,259 11.67%	1,667 -2.29%
2020-21	8,773 20.08%	7,461 19.20%	1,554 -6.78%
2021-22	8,995 2.53%	8,815 18.15%	2,027 30.44%
2022-23	9,325 3.67%	9,093 3.15%	1,866 -7.94%
2023-24	8,937 -4.16%	8,669 -4.66%	1,560 -16.40%
Average	7,847	7,084	1,845

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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