Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Syracuse

At Syracuse University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 51.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 42.00%. Syracuse's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Syracuse University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.22%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Syracuse applicants decreased by 1.45% (600 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 51.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 42.00% at Syracuse University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 50.60% and women students' rate is 52.09%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Syracuse University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	49.49%	46.98%	51.59%
2014-15	53.23% 3.74%	51.75% 4.76%	54.45% 2.86%
2015-16	48.33% -4.90%	47.71% -4.03%	48.84% -5.61%
2016-17	52.32% 3.99%	51.66% 3.94%	52.85% 4.00%
2017-18	46.88% -5.44%	46.32% -5.33%	47.34% -5.50%
2018-19	49.86% 2.98%	49.46% 3.14%	50.18% 2.83%
2019-20	44.38% -5.49%	45.88% -3.59%	43.23% -6.94%
2020-21	68.72% 24.35%	66.13% 20.26%	70.70% 27.47%
2021-22	59.00% -9.72%	57.00% -9.13%	61.00% -9.70%
2022-23	51.75% -7.25%	51.71% -5.29%	51.78% -9.22%
2023-24	42.00% -9.75%	42.00% -9.71%	41.00% -10.78%
Average	51.45%	50.60%	52.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.22% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.92%	25.64%	24.38%
2014-15	24.33% -0.59%	24.28% -1.36%	24.38% 0.00%
2015-16	21.66% -2.67%	22.07% -2.21%	21.33% -3.05%
2016-17	22.94% 1.28%	23.70% 1.64%	22.35% 1.03%
2017-18	23.52% 0.57%	25.04% 1.34%	22.27% -0.08%
2018-19	20.63% -2.88%	21.27% -3.77%	20.15% -2.13%
2019-20	23.37% 2.73%	24.49% 3.22%	22.46% 2.31%
2020-21	15.91% -7.46%	16.89% -7.60%	15.21% -7.25%
2021-22	16.00% 0.09%	18.00% 1.11%	15.00% -0.21%
2022-23	19.13% 3.13%	20.63% 2.63%	18.07% 3.07%
2023-24	21.00% 1.87%	22.01% 1.38%	20.00% 1.93%
Average	21.22%	22.18%	20.51%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 34,353, the average number of admitted is 17,607, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,648.

The number of Syracuse applicants decreased by 1.45% (600 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	28,269	13,990	3,487
2014-15	26,790 -5.23%	14,260 1.93%	3,470 -0.49%
2015-16	33,254 24.13%	16,071 12.70%	3,481 0.32%
2016-17	30,923 -7.01%	16,179 0.67%	3,712 6.64%
2017-18	33,099 7.04%	15,517 -4.09%	3,649 -1.70%
2018-19	34,981 5.69%	17,443 12.41%	3,599 -1.37%
2019-20	35,299 0.91%	15,664 -10.20%	3,660 1.69%
2020-21	32,005 -9.33%	21,994 40.41%	3,499 -4.40%
2021-22	39,682 23.99%	23,412 6.45%	3,746 7.06%
2022-23	41,489 4.55%	21,471 -8.29%	4,108 9.66%
2023-24	42,089 1.45%	17,677 -17.67%	3,712 -9.64%
Average	34,353	17,607	3,648

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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