Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Towson

At Towson University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.58%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Towson applicants increased by 6.63% (1,178 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at Towson University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.30% and women students' rate is 76.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.34%	56.08%	62.94%
2014-15	59.21% -1.12%	54.97% -1.11%	61.70% -1.24%
2015-16	73.38% 14.17%	71.84% 16.87%	74.25% 12.55%
2016-17	73.74% 0.36%	71.52% -0.31%	75.04% 0.79%
2017-18	77.30% 3.56%	75.10% 3.57%	78.58% 3.54%
2018-19	79.00% 1.69%	76.86% 1.76%	80.32% 1.74%
2019-20	76.31% -2.69%	73.17% -3.69%	78.25% -2.07%
2020-21	78.80% 2.50%	75.62% 2.46%	80.76% 2.51%
2021-22	88.00% 9.19%	85.01% 9.38%	90.01% 9.25%
2022-23	78.60% -9.40%	75.12% -9.89%	80.74% -9.26%
2023-24	83.00% 4.40%	80.00% 4.88%	84.00% 3.26%
Average	75.24%	72.30%	76.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.58% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.66%	26.34%	25.29%
2014-15	25.26% -0.40%	25.46% -0.88%	25.15% -0.14%
2015-16	33.79% 8.53%	34.91% 9.45%	33.17% 8.02%
2016-17	31.40% -2.38%	32.43% -2.48%	30.83% -2.34%
2017-18	27.82% -3.59%	29.53% -2.90%	26.87% -3.96%
2018-19	31.78% 3.97%	32.06% 2.53%	31.62% 4.75%
2019-20	28.89% -2.89%	29.87% -2.19%	28.32% -3.29%
2020-21	24.71% -4.18%	25.45% -4.42%	24.28% -4.04%
2021-22	25.00% 0.30%	27.00% 1.55%	24.01% -0.27%
2022-23	19.12% -5.88%	20.67% -6.33%	18.24% -5.77%
2023-24	19.00% -0.12%	20.00% -0.67%	19.00% 0.77%
Average	26.58%	27.61%	26.07%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,247, the average number of admitted is 10,619, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,734.

The number of Towson applicants increased by 6.63% (1,178 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	17,750	10,710	2,748
2014-15	18,134 2.16%	10,738 0.26%	2,712 -1.31%
2015-16	10,947 -39.63%	8,033 -25.19%	2,714 0.07%
2016-17	11,897 8.68%	8,773 9.21%	2,755 1.51%
2017-18	12,747 7.14%	9,854 12.32%	2,741 -0.51%
2018-19	11,933 -6.39%	9,427 -4.33%	2,996 9.30%
2019-20	12,678 6.24%	9,674 2.62%	2,795 -6.71%
2020-21	12,295 -3.02%	9,689 0.16%	2,394 -14.35%
2021-22	11,616 -5.52%	10,222 5.50%	2,556 6.77%
2022-23	17,770 52.98%	13,967 36.64%	2,671 4.50%
2023-24	18,948 6.63%	15,727 12.60%	2,988 11.87%
Average	14,247	10,619	2,734

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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