Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Worcester State

At Worcester State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.35%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.38%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Worcester State applicants decreased by 0.57% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.35%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.01% at Worcester State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.52% and women students' rate is 75.84%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.62%	58.41%	61.91%
2014-15	61.30% 0.69%	59.77% 1.37%	62.17% 0.26%
2015-16	68.57% 7.26%	68.98% 9.20%	68.33% 6.16%
2016-17	70.56% 2.00%	69.99% 1.01%	70.86% 2.53%
2017-18	76.33% 5.77%	77.83% 7.84%	75.50% 4.64%
2018-19	77.85% 1.52%	78.67% 0.84%	77.44% 1.94%
2019-20	65.89% -11.95%	62.52% -16.15%	67.60% -9.84%
2020-21	81.03% 15.14%	79.05% 16.53%	82.02% 14.42%
2021-22	89.00% 7.97%	88.97% 9.92%	89.99% 7.97%
2022-23	87.66% -1.34%	86.58% -2.39%	88.38% -1.61%
2023-24	90.01% 2.35%	88.99% 2.41%	90.00% 1.61%
Average	75.35%	74.52%	75.84%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.38% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.01%	35.49%	28.54%
2014-15	31.15% 0.14%	34.59% -0.90%	29.27% 0.73%
2015-16	32.06% 0.91%	36.32% 1.73%	29.62% 0.35%
2016-17	28.92% -3.14%	32.29% -4.03%	27.20% -2.42%
2017-18	31.82% 2.90%	34.36% 2.07%	30.37% 3.17%
2018-19	28.08% -3.74%	31.56% -2.80%	26.35% -4.02%
2019-20	28.17% 0.09%	30.02% -1.54%	27.30% 0.96%
2020-21	24.63% -3.55%	29.79% -0.23%	22.14% -5.16%
2021-22	25.01% 0.38%	29.04% -0.75%	22.00% -0.14%
2022-23	19.32% -5.69%	20.34% -8.70%	18.59% -3.41%
2023-24	21.00% 1.68%	23.02% 2.67%	19.98% 1.40%
Average	27.38%	30.62%	25.58%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,130, the average number of admitted is 3,115, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 831.

The number of Worcester State applicants decreased by 0.57% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,149	2,515	780
2014-15	4,158 0.22%	2,549 1.35%	794 1.79%
2015-16	3,703 -10.94%	2,539 -0.39%	814 2.52%
2016-17	3,876 4.67%	2,735 7.72%	791 -2.83%
2017-18	3,747 -3.33%	2,860 4.57%	910 15.04%
2018-19	4,076 8.78%	3,173 10.94%	891 -2.09%
2019-20	4,773 17.10%	3,145 -0.88%	886 -0.56%
2020-21	4,044 -15.27%	3,277 4.20%	807 -8.92%
2021-22	3,446 -14.79%	3,067 -6.41%	767 -4.96%
2022-23	4,718 36.91%	4,136 34.85%	799 4.17%
2023-24	4,745 0.57%	4,271 3.26%	897 12.27%
Average	4,130	3,115	831

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Worcester State University and similar schools.