Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SNHU

At Southern New Hampshire University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.45%, and the 2024 yield is 35.00%.

The number of SNHU applicants increased by 25.38% (9,135 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Southern New Hampshire University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.61% and women students' rate is 89.21%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.66%	75.67%	81.39%
2014-15	84.21% 5.56%	81.14% 5.47%	86.84% 5.44%
2015-16	91.71% 7.50%	90.31% 9.17%	92.92% 6.09%
2016-17	92.87% 1.16%	91.33% 1.03%	94.14% 1.22%
2017-18	78.05% -14.82%	76.07% -15.26%	79.25% -14.89%
2018-19	72.82% -5.23%	71.22% -4.85%	73.72% -5.54%
2019-20	88.17% 15.34%	83.61% 12.39%	91.03% 17.32%
2020-21	93.54% 5.38%	91.25% 7.64%	94.80% 3.76%
2021-22	92.00% -1.54%	91.00% -0.26%	93.00% -1.80%
2022-23	96.37% 4.37%	95.05% 4.05%	97.21% 4.21%
2023-24	96.00% -0.37%	95.00% -0.05%	97.00% -0.21%
Average	87.67%	85.61%	89.21%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.45% where the current academic year yield is 35.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southern New Hampshire University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.81%	23.61%	23.98%
2014-15	21.44% -2.37%	20.51% -3.10%	22.18% -1.80%
2015-16	22.50% 1.06%	48.20% 27.69%	0.89% -21.29%
2016-17	19.66% -2.84%	19.90% -28.30%	19.46% 18.58%
2017-18	53.93% 34.27%	52.28% 32.39%	54.89% 35.43%
2018-19	51.68% -2.24%	50.70% -1.58%	52.22% -2.67%
2019-20	47.53% -4.15%	46.28% -4.42%	48.26% -3.96%
2020-21	45.24% -2.29%	45.40% -0.88%	45.16% -3.10%
2021-22	41.00% -4.24%	40.00% -5.40%	42.00% -3.16%
2022-23	39.16% -1.84%	37.63% -2.37%	40.11% -1.90%
2023-24	35.00% -4.16%	33.00% -4.63%	37.00% -3.11%
Average	36.45%	37.95%	35.10%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,895, the average number of admitted is 18,764, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 7,744.

The number of SNHU applicants increased by 25.38% (9,135 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,432	3,486	830
2014-15	4,199 -5.26%	3,536 1.43%	758 -8.67%
2015-16	3,848 -8.36%	3,529 -0.20%	794 4.75%
2016-17	4,207 9.33%	3,907 10.71%	768 -3.27%
2017-18	17,086 306.13%	13,335 241.31%	7,191 836.33%
2018-19	24,835 45.35%	18,085 35.62%	9,347 29.98%
2019-20	25,019 0.74%	22,058 21.97%	10,485 12.18%
2020-21	37,143 48.46%	34,745 57.52%	15,720 49.93%
2021-22	27,953 -24.74%	25,717 -25.98%	10,544 -32.93%
2022-23	35,992 28.76%	34,687 34.88%	13,583 28.82%
2023-24	45,127 25.38%	43,322 24.89%	15,163 11.63%
Average	20,895	18,764	7,744

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Southern New Hampshire University and similar schools.