Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at USMMA

At United States Merchant Marine Academy, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 24.37%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 31.97%. USMMA's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 66.37%, and the 2024 yield is 60.90%.

The number of USMMA applicants decreased by -9.14% (140 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 24.37%, and this year's acceptance rate is 31.97% at United States Merchant Marine Academy. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 24.13% and women students' rate is 26.74%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at United States Merchant Marine Academy over the past 9 years (2015-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2015-16	21.72%	20.20%	29.35%
2016-17	20.30% -1.42%	20.30% 0.10%	20.28% -9.07%
2017-18	22.16% 1.86%	22.90% 2.60%	18.82% -1.46%
2018-19	21.90% -0.26%	20.56% -2.34%	27.20% 8.38%
2019-20	24.87% 2.97%	23.19% 2.63%	31.56% 4.36%
2020-21	24.11% -0.76%	24.19% 1.00%	23.78% -7.78%
2021-22	24.99% 0.88%	25.02% 0.83%	25.14% 1.35%
2022-23	27.35% 2.36%	27.82% 2.80%	33.65% 8.51%
2023-24	31.97% 4.62%	33.01% 5.19%	30.92% -2.73%
Average	24.37%	24.13%	26.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 66.37% where the current academic year yield is 60.90%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at United States Merchant Marine Academy from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	70.64%	73.21%	61.73%
2016-17	73.42% 2.78%	73.05% -0.16%	75.00% 13.27%
2017-18	67.88% -5.54%	69.74% -3.31%	57.81% -17.19%
2018-19	68.63% 0.74%	70.59% 0.85%	62.75% 4.93%
2019-20	66.51% -2.12%	65.61% -4.98%	69.16% 6.41%
2020-21	65.88% -0.63%	68.25% 2.64%	56.82% -12.34%
2021-22	63.09% -2.80%	64.89% -3.36%	52.17% -4.64%
2022-23	60.38% -2.71%	62.64% -2.24%	49.30% -2.88%
2023-24	60.90% 0.52%	61.93% -0.71%	59.26% 9.96%
Average	66.37%	67.77%	60.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,713, the average number of admitted is 413, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 273.

The number of USMMA applicants decreased by -9.14% (140 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at United States Merchant Marine Academy from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2015-16	1,662	361	255
2016-17	1,872 12.64%	380 5.26%	279 9.41%
2017-18	1,855 -0.91%	411 8.16%	279
2018-19	1,863 0.43%	408 -0.73%	280 0.36%
2019-20	1,693 -9.13%	421 3.19%	280
2020-21	1,763 4.13%	425 0.95%	280
2021-22	1,789 1.47%	447 5.18%	282 0.71%
2022-23	1,532 -14.37%	419 -6.26%	253 -10.28%
2023-24	1,392 -9.14%	445 6.21%	271 7.11%
Average	1,713	413	273

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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