Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ESF

At SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.78%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%. ESF's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.00%, and the 2024 yield is 13.98%.

The number of ESF applicants increased by 43.59% (1,075 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.78%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.90% and women students' rate is 64.42%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.52%	45.22%	56.34%
2014-15	51.13% 0.61%	47.83% 2.61%	54.69% -1.66%
2015-16	51.95% 0.82%	48.05% 0.23%	56.22% 1.53%
2016-17	54.21% 2.26%	51.25% 3.20%	56.99% 0.77%
2017-18	52.15% -2.06%	49.03% -2.22%	55.22% -1.77%
2018-19	61.40% 9.25%	57.92% 8.89%	64.63% 9.40%
2019-20	69.54% 8.14%	65.66% 7.74%	72.81% 8.18%
2020-21	60.17% -9.36%	55.95% -9.71%	63.67% -9.14%
2021-22	65.01% 4.83%	60.95% 5.01%	69.03% 5.36%
2022-23	69.51% 4.50%	66.03% 5.08%	72.07% 3.05%
2023-24	83.00% 13.49%	78.02% 11.99%	86.99% 14.92%
Average	60.78%	56.90%	64.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.00% where the current academic year yield is 13.98%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.07%	40.11%	33.66%
2014-15	40.56% 3.50%	43.94% 3.83%	37.38% 3.72%
2015-16	37.81% -2.75%	38.08% -5.86%	37.56% 0.18%
2016-17	36.65% -1.16%	40.49% 2.40%	33.40% -4.16%
2017-18	34.70% -1.94%	37.67% -2.81%	32.24% -1.16%
2018-19	31.15% -3.55%	35.17% -2.51%	27.81% -4.43%
2019-20	30.56% -0.59%	34.27% -0.90%	27.74% -0.07%
2020-21	25.72% -4.84%	30.57% -3.70%	22.21% -5.54%
2021-22	20.97% -4.75%	21.95% -8.62%	20.98% -1.23%
2022-23	20.77% -0.20%	25.43% 3.48%	17.61% -3.37%
2023-24	13.98% -6.79%	13.04% -12.40%	12.98% -4.63%
Average	30.00%	32.79%	27.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,010, the average number of admitted is 1,269, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 337.

The number of ESF applicants increased by 43.59% (1,075 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,538	777	288
2014-15	1,596 3.77%	816 5.02%	331 14.93%
2015-16	1,619 1.44%	841 3.06%	318 -3.93%
2016-17	1,651 1.98%	895 6.42%	328 3.14%
2017-18	1,818 10.12%	948 5.92%	329 0.30%
2018-19	2,018 11.00%	1,239 30.70%	386 17.33%
2019-20	1,661 -17.69%	1,155 -6.78%	353 -8.55%
2020-21	1,951 17.46%	1,174 1.65%	302 -14.45%
2021-22	2,252 15.43%	1,464 24.70%	307 1.66%
2022-23	2,466 9.50%	1,714 17.08%	356 15.96%
2023-24	3,541 43.59%	2,939 71.47%	411 15.45%
Average	2,010	1,269	337

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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