Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at USD

At University of South Dakota, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.54%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.67%, and the 2024 yield is 26.00%.

The number of USD applicants increased by 19.40% (869 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.54%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.01% at University of South Dakota. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 86.85% and women students' rate is 89.56%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	87.88%	85.84%	89.12%
2014-15	88.82% 0.94%	85.90% 0.06%	90.76% 1.64%
2015-16	73.54% -15.28%	72.92% -12.97%	73.93% -16.82%
2016-17	88.13% 14.59%	85.76% 12.84%	89.72% 15.79%
2017-18	86.91% -1.23%	84.56% -1.21%	88.35% -1.37%
2018-19	85.80% -1.11%	83.79% -0.77%	87.13% -1.22%
2019-20	86.38% 0.58%	84.17% 0.38%	87.65% 0.52%
2020-21	90.95% 4.57%	89.19% 5.01%	91.95% 4.30%
2021-22	87.01% -3.94%	85.98% -3.21%	88.01% -3.94%
2022-23	99.46% 12.46%	99.21% 13.23%	99.60% 11.59%
2023-24	99.01% -0.46%	98.01% -1.19%	99.00% -0.60%
Average	88.54%	86.85%	89.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.67% where the current academic year yield is 26.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.35%	44.39%	41.13%
2014-15	39.64% -2.71%	39.69% -4.70%	39.61% -1.53%
2015-16	41.49% 1.85%	42.83% 3.15%	40.65% 1.04%
2016-17	35.86% -5.63%	34.25% -8.59%	36.89% -3.76%
2017-18	39.92% 4.06%	39.98% 5.74%	39.89% 2.99%
2018-19	40.86% 0.94%	40.29% 0.31%	41.22% 1.34%
2019-20	34.49% -6.37%	33.65% -6.64%	34.96% -6.27%
2020-21	39.94% 5.44%	40.38% 6.73%	39.69% 4.73%
2021-22	32.98% -6.95%	33.97% -6.41%	33.00% -6.69%
2022-23	29.83% -3.16%	29.04% -4.93%	30.23% -2.77%
2023-24	26.00% -3.82%	23.01% -6.02%	27.01% -3.22%
Average	36.67%	36.50%	36.75%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,080, the average number of admitted is 3,625, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,299.

The number of USD applicants increased by 19.40% (869 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,606	3,169	1,342
2014-15	3,542 -1.77%	3,146 -0.73%	1,247 -7.08%
2015-16	4,218 19.09%	3,102 -1.40%	1,287 3.21%
2016-17	3,607 -14.49%	3,179 2.48%	1,140 -11.42%
2017-18	3,865 7.15%	3,359 5.66%	1,341 17.63%
2018-19	4,119 6.57%	3,534 5.21%	1,444 7.68%
2019-20	4,434 7.65%	3,830 8.38%	1,321 -8.52%
2020-21	3,392 -23.50%	3,085 -19.45%	1,232 -6.74%
2021-22	4,272 25.94%	3,717 20.49%	1,226 -0.49%
2022-23	4,480 4.87%	4,456 19.88%	1,329 8.40%
2023-24	5,349 19.40%	5,296 18.85%	1,377 3.61%
Average	4,080	3,625	1,299

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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