Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Youngstown State

At Youngstown State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 10 years is 73.02%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.07%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of Youngstown State applicants decreased by -22.48% (1,682 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.02%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.00% at Youngstown State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.56% and women students' rate is 73.98%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Youngstown State University over the past 10 years (2014-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2014-15	83.30%	81.41%	85.10%
2015-16	71.10% -12.20%	70.39% -11.02%	71.69% -13.41%
2016-17	67.45% -3.65%	66.02% -4.38%	68.45% -3.23%
2017-18	63.63% -3.82%	62.19% -3.83%	64.86% -3.59%
2018-19	68.77% 5.14%	69.16% 6.97%	68.50% 3.63%
2019-20	67.39% -1.38%	68.12% -1.04%	66.88% -1.62%
2020-21	69.93% 2.54%	68.06% -0.06%	71.19% 4.30%
2021-22	78.00% 8.07%	76.99% 8.94%	78.99% 7.80%
2022-23	80.60% 2.60%	84.21% 7.22%	83.14% 4.15%
2023-24	80.00% -0.61%	79.00% -5.21%	81.01% -2.12%
Average	73.02%	72.56%	73.98%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 10 years is 34.07% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Youngstown State University from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	56.35%	58.99%	53.94%
2015-16	36.05% -20.29%	39.77% -19.22%	33.03% -20.90%
2016-17	34.39% -1.67%	40.37% 0.60%	30.38% -2.66%
2017-18	34.72% 0.34%	38.50% -1.86%	31.62% 1.24%
2018-19	31.75% -2.98%	35.15% -3.36%	29.32% -2.31%
2019-20	31.39% -0.36%	34.17% -0.98%	29.43% 0.11%
2020-21	30.14% -1.25%	34.66% 0.49%	27.23% -2.20%
2021-22	30.99% 0.86%	35.98% 1.32%	28.01% 0.78%
2022-23	26.95% -4.04%	29.00% -6.99%	26.01% -2.00%
2023-24	28.00% 1.05%	33.98% 4.98%	25.00% -1.01%
Average	34.07%	38.06%	31.40%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,923, the average number of admitted is 5,672, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,875.

The number of Youngstown State applicants decreased by -22.48% (1,682 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Youngstown State University from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2014-15	3,784	3,152	1,776
2015-16	7,966 110.52%	5,664 79.70%	2,042 14.98%
2016-17	9,015 13.17%	6,081 7.36%	2,091 2.40%
2017-18	10,025 11.20%	6,379 4.90%	2,215 5.93%
2018-19	10,635 6.08%	7,314 14.66%	2,322 4.83%
2019-20	9,166 -13.81%	6,177 -15.55%	1,939 -16.49%
2020-21	8,636 -5.78%	6,039 -2.23%	1,820 -6.14%
2021-22	6,718 -22.21%	5,240 -13.23%	1,624 -10.77%
2022-23	7,481 11.36%	6,030 15.08%	1,625 0.06%
2023-24	5,799 -22.48%	4,639 -23.07%	1,299 -20.06%
Average	7,923	5,672	1,875

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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