Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Southern Mississippi

At University of Southern Mississippi, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.97%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.83%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of U of Southern Mississippi applicants decreased by -2.57% (233 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.97%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.00% at University of Southern Mississippi. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.05% and women students' rate is 85.52%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.31%	65.66%	66.65%
2014-15	66.74% 0.43%	65.24% -0.42%	67.48% 0.83%
2015-16	58.04% -8.70%	56.32% -8.92%	58.90% -8.58%
2016-17	60.14% 2.10%	60.23% 3.91%	60.08% 1.18%
2017-18	98.43% 38.30%	97.64% 37.41%	98.86% 38.78%
2018-19	97.88% -0.55%	97.06% -0.58%	98.30% -0.56%
2019-20	96.94% -0.94%	95.83% -1.23%	97.54% -0.75%
2020-21	96.33% -0.61%	95.39% -0.43%	96.79% -0.76%
2021-22	96.00% -0.34%	94.01% -1.38%	97.00% 0.22%
2022-23	98.84% 2.84%	98.20% 4.19%	99.16% 2.15%
2023-24	99.00% 0.16%	99.01% 0.80%	100.00% 0.84%
Average	84.97%	84.05%	85.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.83% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.03%	41.76%	43.69%
2014-15	41.16% -1.86%	35.70% -6.06%	41.90% -1.79%
2015-16	43.52% 2.35%	43.75% 8.05%	43.41% 1.51%
2016-17	50.02% 6.50%	45.85% 2.10%	52.52% 9.11%
2017-18	30.34% -19.67%	29.09% -16.76%	31.01% -21.50%
2018-19	24.85% -5.49%	24.08% -5.01%	25.24% -5.78%
2019-20	21.13% -3.72%	20.72% -3.36%	21.35% -3.89%
2020-21	17.96% -3.17%	17.89% -2.83%	17.99% -3.36%
2021-22	18.00% 0.04%	18.01% 0.12%	18.00% 0.01%
2022-23	18.15% 0.16%	18.45% 0.44%	18.01% 0.01%
2023-24	20.00% 1.85%	20.99% 2.54%	19.00% 0.99%
Average	29.83%	28.75%	30.19%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,655, the average number of admitted is 6,737, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,724.

The number of U of Southern Mississippi applicants decreased by -2.57% (233 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,120	4,058	1,746
2014-15	5,850 -4.41%	3,904 -3.79%	1,607 -7.96%
2015-16	6,046 3.35%	3,509 -10.12%	1,527 -4.98%
2016-17	5,180 -14.32%	3,115 -11.23%	1,558 2.03%
2017-18	6,372 23.01%	6,272 101.35%	1,903 22.14%
2018-19	8,550 34.18%	8,369 33.43%	2,080 9.30%
2019-20	9,217 7.80%	8,935 6.76%	1,888 -9.23%
2020-21	9,683 5.06%	9,328 4.40%	1,675 -11.28%
2021-22	9,314 -3.81%	8,941 -4.15%	1,609 -3.94%
2022-23	9,051 -2.82%	8,946 0.06%	1,624 0.93%
2023-24	8,818 -2.57%	8,730 -2.41%	1,746 7.51%
Average	7,655	6,737	1,724

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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