Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SUNY Stony Brook

At Stony Brook University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 44.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 49.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.48%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of SUNY Stony Brook applicants increased by 24.26% (9,828 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 44.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 49.00% at Stony Brook University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 43.75% and women students' rate is 44.38%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	39.48%	41.13%	37.96%
2014-15	41.34% 1.86%	43.47% 2.34%	39.31% 1.35%
2015-16	40.99% -0.36%	41.76% -1.71%	40.23% 0.92%
2016-17	40.67% -0.32%	40.63% -1.13%	40.70% 0.47%
2017-18	42.19% 1.52%	41.67% 1.04%	42.69% 1.99%
2018-19	41.98% -0.21%	41.48% -0.20%	42.44% -0.25%
2019-20	44.15% 2.17%	44.41% 2.94%	43.92% 1.48%
2020-21	48.91% 4.76%	49.72% 5.30%	48.22% 4.30%
2021-22	48.00% -0.91%	45.00% -4.71%	50.00% 1.79%
2022-23	49.14% 1.14%	46.01% 1.00%	51.67% 1.67%
2023-24	49.00% -0.14%	46.00% -0.01%	51.00% -0.67%
Average	44.17%	43.75%	44.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.48% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Stony Brook University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.64%	26.55%	18.72%
2014-15	20.48% -2.16%	22.57% -3.98%	18.29% -0.44%
2015-16	20.26% -0.22%	22.66% 0.10%	17.86% -0.43%
2016-17	20.61% 0.35%	23.04% 0.38%	18.35% 0.49%
2017-18	21.26% 0.64%	23.55% 0.51%	19.11% 0.76%
2018-19	21.30% 0.05%	23.02% -0.54%	19.77% 0.66%
2019-20	20.60% -0.70%	22.30% -0.72%	19.08% -0.70%
2020-21	18.32% -2.28%	20.22% -2.08%	16.62% -2.46%
2021-22	18.00% -0.31%	20.00% -0.22%	17.00% 0.38%
2022-23	16.81% -1.19%	19.35% -0.65%	14.99% -2.01%
2023-24	14.00% -2.81%	16.00% -3.35%	13.00% -1.98%
Average	19.48%	21.75%	17.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 37,286, the average number of admitted is 16,602, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,158.

The number of SUNY Stony Brook applicants increased by 24.26% (9,828 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,300	11,963	2,709
2014-15	33,714 11.27%	13,938 16.51%	2,855 5.39%
2015-16	34,146 1.28%	13,995 0.41%	2,836 -0.67%
2016-17	34,999 2.50%	14,233 1.70%	2,934 3.46%
2017-18	35,313 0.90%	14,899 4.68%	3,167 7.94%
2018-19	37,828 7.12%	15,880 6.58%	3,383 6.82%
2019-20	37,079 -1.98%	16,370 3.09%	3,372 -0.33%
2020-21	37,083 0.01%	18,138 10.80%	3,322 -1.48%
2021-22	38,826 4.70%	18,636 2.75%	3,355 0.99%
2022-23	40,513 4.35%	19,908 6.83%	3,347 -0.24%
2023-24	50,341 24.26%	24,667 23.90%	3,453 3.17%
Average	37,286	16,602	3,158

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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