Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Ole Miss

At University of Mississippi, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.57%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 98.00%. Ole Miss's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.56%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Ole Miss applicants increased by 24.77% (5,526 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.57%, and this year's acceptance rate is 98.00% at University of Mississippi. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.98% and women students' rate is 87.61%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.54%	78.12%	82.30%
2014-15	81.22% 0.67%	78.67% 0.55%	83.09% 0.79%
2015-16	78.73% -2.49%	76.67% -2.00%	80.18% -2.92%
2016-17	78.30% -0.43%	76.76% 0.08%	79.38% -0.80%
2017-18	83.91% 5.62%	82.43% 5.67%	84.95% 5.57%
2018-19	88.06% 4.14%	86.07% 3.64%	89.32% 4.38%
2019-20	88.14% 0.08%	85.65% -0.42%	89.80% 0.47%
2020-21	88.02% -0.11%	86.10% 0.45%	89.19% -0.60%
2021-22	90.00% 1.98%	89.00% 2.90%	90.00% 0.81%
2022-23	97.38% 7.38%	97.27% 8.27%	97.46% 7.46%
2023-24	98.00% 0.62%	98.00% 0.73%	98.00% 0.55%
Average	86.57%	84.98%	87.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.56% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.19%	33.59%	29.46%
2014-15	29.13% -2.06%	30.72% -2.86%	28.02% -1.45%
2015-16	27.90% -1.23%	29.62% -1.10%	26.73% -1.29%
2016-17	28.26% 0.36%	30.05% 0.43%	27.03% 0.30%
2017-18	25.28% -2.98%	27.34% -2.71%	23.88% -3.15%
2018-19	25.28% 0.00%	27.21% -0.13%	24.08% 0.20%
2019-20	22.56% -2.71%	24.42% -2.79%	21.38% -2.70%
2020-21	20.97% -1.59%	22.49% -1.94%	20.08% -1.30%
2021-22	20.00% -0.97%	24.00% 1.51%	19.00% -1.08%
2022-23	20.55% 0.55%	22.24% -1.76%	19.45% 0.45%
2023-24	19.00% -1.55%	21.00% -1.23%	18.00% -1.45%
Average	24.56%	26.61%	23.37%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,313, the average number of admitted is 16,026, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,805.

The number of Ole Miss applicants increased by 24.77% (5,526 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,258	11,484	3,582
2014-15	16,101 12.93%	13,077 13.87%	3,809 6.34%
2015-16	18,059 12.16%	14,217 8.72%	3,966 4.12%
2016-17	17,918 -0.78%	14,029 -1.32%	3,964 -0.05%
2017-18	17,416 -2.80%	14,614 4.17%	3,694 -6.81%
2018-19	15,371 -11.74%	13,535 -7.38%	3,421 -7.39%
2019-20	16,253 5.74%	14,325 5.84%	3,232 -5.52%
2020-21	16,383 0.80%	14,421 0.67%	3,024 -6.44%
2021-22	19,531 19.22%	17,578 21.89%	3,516 16.27%
2022-23	22,311 14.23%	21,727 23.60%	4,465 26.99%
2023-24	27,837 24.77%	27,280 25.56%	5,183 16.08%
Average	18,313	16,026	3,805

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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