Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SFA

At Stephen F Austin State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.99%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of SFA applicants increased by 26.62% (2,647 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at Stephen F Austin State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.67% and women students' rate is 72.25%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.87%	54.26%	58.28%
2014-15	58.51% 1.63%	56.76% 2.49%	59.39% 1.11%
2015-16	61.57% 3.06%	58.64% 1.88%	63.10% 3.71%
2016-17	62.45% 0.88%	59.63% 0.99%	63.91% 0.81%
2017-18	65.43% 2.98%	62.57% 2.94%	66.98% 3.07%
2018-19	67.65% 2.22%	64.75% 2.18%	69.13% 2.15%
2019-20	67.95% 0.30%	63.96% -0.80%	69.97% 0.85%
2020-21	76.11% 8.16%	72.16% 8.20%	78.00% 8.03%
2021-22	83.00% 6.89%	79.01% 6.85%	85.01% 7.01%
2022-23	89.51% 6.51%	86.57% 7.56%	90.94% 5.93%
2023-24	88.00% -1.51%	86.01% -0.56%	90.00% -0.94%
Average	70.64%	67.67%	72.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.99% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Stephen F Austin State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.80%	37.40%	33.50%
2014-15	35.63% 0.83%	39.31% 1.91%	33.86% 0.36%
2015-16	32.56% -3.06%	35.11% -4.20%	31.33% -2.53%
2016-17	33.36% 0.79%	34.89% -0.22%	32.62% 1.29%
2017-18	32.28% -1.08%	32.98% -1.91%	31.92% -0.70%
2018-19	30.14% -2.13%	32.31% -0.67%	29.11% -2.81%
2019-20	28.46% -1.69%	32.14% -0.17%	26.75% -2.36%
2020-21	25.71% -2.75%	29.71% -2.43%	23.93% -2.81%
2021-22	26.01% 0.30%	29.01% -0.70%	25.00% 1.07%
2022-23	20.98% -5.03%	24.42% -4.58%	19.38% -5.62%
2023-24	19.00% -1.98%	21.01% -3.41%	17.00% -2.37%
Average	28.99%	31.66%	27.67%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,613, the average number of admitted is 7,453, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,106.

The number of SFA applicants increased by 26.62% (2,647 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,383	6,474	2,253
2014-15	10,631 -6.61%	6,220 -3.92%	2,216 -1.64%
2015-16	11,382 7.06%	7,008 12.67%	2,282 2.98%
2016-17	11,382	7,108 1.43%	2,371 3.90%
2017-18	11,081 -2.64%	7,250 2.00%	2,340 -1.31%
2018-19	10,862 -1.98%	7,348 1.35%	2,215 -5.34%
2019-20	10,664 -1.82%	7,246 -1.39%	2,062 -6.91%
2020-21	9,016 -15.45%	6,862 -5.30%	1,764 -14.45%
2021-22	7,811 -13.37%	6,483 -5.52%	1,686 -4.42%
2022-23	9,944 27.31%	8,901 37.30%	1,867 10.74%
2023-24	12,591 26.62%	11,080 24.48%	2,105 12.75%
Average	10,613	7,453	2,106

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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