Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SUNY Potsdam

At SUNY College at Potsdam, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.80%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.99%. SUNY Potsdam's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.56%, and the 2024 yield is 12.99%.

The number of SUNY Potsdam applicants increased by 23.19% (735 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.80%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.99% at SUNY College at Potsdam. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.59% and women students' rate is 74.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.37%	64.40%	71.35%
2014-15	67.58% -0.78%	65.85% 1.45%	68.88% -2.47%
2015-16	73.91% 6.33%	71.41% 5.57%	75.67% 6.79%
2016-17	71.78% -2.13%	67.79% -3.63%	74.43% -1.24%
2017-18	66.60% -5.18%	62.71% -5.07%	69.20% -5.23%
2018-19	64.30% -2.30%	60.53% -2.18%	66.74% -2.46%
2019-20	67.97% 3.67%	62.93% 2.40%	70.82% 4.09%
2020-21	71.66% 3.70%	68.82% 5.89%	73.35% 2.53%
2021-22	80.99% 9.33%	77.96% 9.15%	83.00% 9.65%
2022-23	82.68% 1.69%	80.08% 2.11%	84.40% 1.39%
2023-24	84.99% 2.31%	82.97% 2.90%	87.01% 2.61%
Average	72.80%	69.59%	74.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.56% where the current academic year yield is 12.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.21%	25.36%	25.10%
2014-15	23.82% -1.38%	24.69% -0.67%	23.21% -1.90%
2015-16	23.22% -0.60%	23.50% -1.19%	23.04% -0.17%
2016-17	20.13% -3.09%	21.66% -1.84%	19.21% -3.83%
2017-18	21.07% 0.94%	22.41% 0.76%	20.25% 1.04%
2018-19	21.14% 0.07%	21.23% -1.18%	21.08% 0.83%
2019-20	18.02% -3.12%	18.17% -3.07%	17.94% -3.14%
2020-21	16.62% -1.40%	16.56% -1.60%	16.65% -1.29%
2021-22	16.00% -0.62%	16.00% -0.57%	16.02% -0.63%
2022-23	16.94% 0.94%	17.44% 1.45%	16.63% 0.61%
2023-24	12.99% -3.95%	15.03% -2.42%	12.01% -4.61%
Average	19.56%	20.19%	19.19%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,744, the average number of admitted is 3,398, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 672.

The number of SUNY Potsdam applicants increased by 23.19% (735 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,764	3,257	821
2014-15	5,155 8.21%	3,484 6.97%	830 1.10%
2015-16	4,976 -3.47%	3,678 5.57%	854 2.89%
2016-17	5,454 9.61%	3,915 6.44%	788 -7.73%
2017-18	5,581 2.33%	3,717 -5.06%	783 -0.63%
2018-19	6,423 15.09%	4,130 11.11%	873 11.49%
2019-20	5,079 -20.92%	3,452 -16.42%	622 -28.75%
2020-21	4,450 -12.38%	3,189 -7.62%	530 -14.79%
2021-22	3,225 -27.53%	2,612 -18.09%	418 -21.13%
2022-23	3,170 -1.71%	2,621 0.34%	444 6.22%
2023-24	3,905 23.19%	3,319 26.63%	431 -2.93%
Average	4,744	3,398	672

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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