Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Purchase College

At SUNY at Purchase College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.66%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.98%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of Purchase College applicants increased by 25.65% (1,474 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.66%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.00% at SUNY at Purchase College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.42% and women students' rate is 60.71%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	33.19%	33.50%	33.01%
2014-15	40.82% 7.63%	39.00% 5.49%	41.91% 8.91%
2015-16	40.80% -0.01%	39.76% 0.77%	41.39% -0.52%
2016-17	43.51% 2.70%	41.98% 2.22%	44.47% 3.07%
2017-18	74.01% 30.51%	71.54% 29.56%	75.54% 31.07%
2018-19	65.05% -8.97%	59.05% -12.49%	68.64% -6.90%
2019-20	51.51% -13.54%	48.46% -10.59%	53.23% -15.41%
2020-21	73.70% 22.19%	68.61% 20.15%	76.60% 23.36%
2021-22	74.99% 1.29%	70.03% 1.41%	79.02% 2.42%
2022-23	74.68% -0.31%	70.66% 0.63%	76.99% -2.02%
2023-24	73.00% -1.69%	67.01% -3.64%	77.00% 0.01%
Average	58.66%	55.42%	60.71%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.98% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at SUNY at Purchase College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.78%	30.38%	26.19%
2014-15	26.70% -1.08%	31.56% 1.19%	23.98% -2.20%
2015-16	24.20% -2.50%	26.54% -5.03%	22.94% -1.05%
2016-17	24.88% 0.68%	27.99% 1.45%	23.04% 0.10%
2017-18	25.42% 0.54%	27.76% -0.23%	24.05% 1.02%
2018-19	27.80% 2.38%	30.65% 2.89%	26.33% 2.28%
2019-20	23.89% -3.91%	26.26% -4.39%	22.67% -3.67%
2020-21	19.11% -4.78%	21.21% -5.05%	18.04% -4.63%
2021-22	22.01% 2.90%	25.99% 4.78%	20.02% 1.98%
2022-23	16.01% -6.00%	18.64% -7.35%	14.62% -5.40%
2023-24	15.01% -1.00%	17.00% -1.64%	14.00% -0.62%
Average	22.98%	25.81%	21.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,104, the average number of admitted is 3,395, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 754.

The number of Purchase College applicants increased by 25.65% (1,474 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,405	2,790	775
2014-15	6,955 -17.25%	2,839 1.76%	758 -2.19%
2015-16	7,928 13.99%	3,235 13.95%	783 3.30%
2016-17	6,762 -14.71%	2,942 -9.06%	732 -6.51%
2017-18	4,056 -40.02%	3,002 2.04%	763 4.23%
2018-19	4,944 21.89%	3,216 7.13%	894 17.17%
2019-20	6,486 31.19%	3,341 3.89%	798 -10.74%
2020-21	4,594 -29.17%	3,386 1.35%	647 -18.92%
2021-22	4,047 -11.91%	3,035 -10.37%	668 3.25%
2022-23	5,747 42.01%	4,292 41.42%	687 2.84%
2023-24	7,221 25.65%	5,271 22.81%	791 15.14%
Average	6,104	3,395	754

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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