Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SUNY Albany

At University at Albany, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.04%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of SUNY Albany applicants increased by 18.34% (4,764 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at University at Albany. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.07% and women students' rate is 58.19%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.45%	57.59%	53.38%
2014-15	55.84% 0.39%	58.63% 1.05%	53.30% -0.08%
2015-16	56.44% 0.60%	58.95% 0.31%	54.11% 0.82%
2016-17	54.39% -2.06%	56.92% -2.03%	52.26% -1.86%
2017-18	54.01% -0.38%	55.33% -1.59%	52.86% 0.60%
2018-19	52.08% -1.93%	53.32% -2.01%	51.04% -1.81%
2019-20	54.25% 2.17%	55.67% 2.35%	53.12% 2.08%
2020-21	57.15% 2.90%	57.92% 2.25%	56.57% 3.44%
2021-22	68.00% 10.85%	64.00% 6.08%	71.00% 14.43%
2022-23	67.91% -0.09%	64.46% 0.46%	70.41% -0.59%
2023-24	70.00% 2.09%	67.00% 2.54%	72.00% 1.59%
Average	58.68%	59.07%	58.19%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.04% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.87%	22.00%	21.73%
2014-15	20.93% -0.93%	22.34% 0.35%	19.52% -2.21%
2015-16	20.56% -0.38%	20.77% -1.58%	20.35% 0.83%
2016-17	21.05% 0.49%	21.17% 0.41%	20.94% 0.59%
2017-18	20.93% -0.12%	21.10% -0.08%	20.79% -0.16%
2018-19	19.20% -1.73%	19.54% -1.56%	18.90% -1.88%
2019-20	17.85% -1.35%	18.34% -1.20%	17.45% -1.46%
2020-21	18.05% 0.20%	18.54% 0.20%	17.66% 0.22%
2021-22	21.00% 2.95%	22.01% 3.47%	21.00% 3.33%
2022-23	15.03% -5.97%	15.81% -6.20%	14.51% -6.49%
2023-24	13.00% -2.03%	14.00% -1.80%	13.00% -1.51%
Average	19.04%	19.60%	18.71%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 24,846, the average number of admitted is 14,618, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,714.

The number of SUNY Albany applicants increased by 18.34% (4,764 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	21,178	11,744	2,568
2014-15	21,755 2.72%	12,148 3.44%	2,543 -0.97%
2015-16	22,337 2.68%	12,608 3.79%	2,592 1.93%
2016-17	23,799 6.55%	12,944 2.66%	2,725 5.13%
2017-18	24,887 4.57%	13,442 3.85%	2,814 3.27%
2018-19	27,679 11.22%	14,416 7.25%	2,768 -1.63%
2019-20	27,559 -0.43%	14,951 3.71%	2,669 -3.58%
2020-21	26,127 -5.20%	14,932 -0.13%	2,695 0.97%
2021-22	21,265 -18.61%	14,460 -3.16%	3,037 12.69%
2022-23	25,976 22.15%	17,639 21.98%	2,651 -12.71%
2023-24	30,740 18.34%	21,518 21.99%	2,797 5.51%
Average	24,846	14,618	2,714

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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