Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SUNY Old Westbury

At SUNY Old Westbury, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into SUNY Old Westbury than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.49%, and the 2024 yield is 12.99%.

The number of SUNY Old Westbury applicants increased by 70.22% (2,686 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.99% at SUNY Old Westbury. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.70% and women students' rate is 72.44%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into SUNY Old Westbury than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.04%	56.16%	59.40%
2014-15	62.35% 4.31%	59.93% 3.78%	64.16% 4.76%
2015-16	50.09% -12.26%	52.06% -7.87%	48.71% -15.45%
2016-17	68.60% 18.51%	67.39% 15.33%	69.47% 20.76%
2017-18	78.22% 9.62%	75.81% 8.42%	79.92% 10.45%
2018-19	77.86% -0.37%	73.72% -2.08%	80.81% 0.89%
2019-20	77.76% -0.10%	74.14% 0.42%	80.41% -0.40%
2020-21	53.08% -24.68%	52.07% -22.08%	53.77% -26.64%
2021-22	77.00% 23.92%	71.98% 19.92%	80.02% 26.25%
2022-23	92.10% 15.10%	89.41% 17.43%	94.21% 14.20%
2023-24	84.99% -7.11%	82.98% -6.43%	85.99% -8.22%
Average	70.92%	68.70%	72.44%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.49% where the current academic year yield is 12.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.14%	20.53%	21.57%
2014-15	21.09% -0.05%	22.10% 1.57%	20.39% -1.17%
2015-16	17.36% -3.74%	17.00% -5.10%	17.63% -2.76%
2016-17	21.05% 3.69%	19.78% 2.78%	21.94% 4.31%
2017-18	22.59% 1.54%	22.44% 2.66%	22.69% 0.75%
2018-19	17.93% -4.66%	18.16% -4.28%	17.78% -4.91%
2019-20	21.43% 3.50%	23.28% 5.12%	20.18% 2.40%
2020-21	17.44% -3.99%	19.00% -4.28%	16.41% -3.77%
2021-22	13.01% -4.43%	15.00% -4.00%	11.97% -4.43%
2022-23	17.34% 4.34%	17.90% 2.90%	16.89% 4.91%
2023-24	12.99% -4.35%	15.00% -2.90%	11.99% -4.90%
Average	18.49%	19.11%	18.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,340, the average number of admitted is 3,086, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 548.

The number of SUNY Old Westbury applicants increased by 70.22% (2,686 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,341	1,939	410
2014-15	3,490 4.46%	2,176 12.22%	459 11.95%
2015-16	4,474 28.19%	2,241 2.99%	389 -15.25%
2016-17	3,545 -20.76%	2,432 8.52%	512 31.62%
2017-18	3,752 5.84%	2,935 20.68%	663 29.49%
2018-19	4,756 26.76%	3,703 26.17%	664 0.15%
2019-20	3,655 -23.15%	2,842 -23.25%	609 -8.28%
2020-21	5,780 58.14%	3,068 7.95%	535 -12.15%
2021-22	4,613 -20.19%	3,552 15.78%	462 -13.64%
2022-23	3,825 -17.08%	3,523 -0.82%	611 32.25%
2023-24	6,511 70.22%	5,534 57.08%	719 17.68%
Average	4,340	3,086	548

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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