Enrollment increases by close to 3%

Corbett
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:01:46 +0000

I suppose that unless we worked in the admissions office or at the college board, we will never know why the in-state admission rate has dropped so much. UM says that around 4.5% of in-state seniors are admitted, and that figure has not changed in 30 years. I suspect it is a combination:

@TooOld4School OK, those are all possible explanations. But let’s look at some other numbers that are associated with the exact same time frame as the post-2009 drop in in-state-acceptance rates:

In-state students in UM freshman class:
Fall 2009: 3,924
Fall 2017: 3,553
Net change: -371 (down by 9.5%)

Out-of-state students in UM freshman class:
Fall 2009: 2,155
Fall 2017: 3,294
Net change: +1,139 (up by 52.9%)

http://obp.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/pubdata/factsfigures/freshprof_umaa_fall13.pdf
http://www.ro.umich.edu/report/17enrollmentsummary.pdf

Meaningless coincidence? Or does it seem possible that a growing preference for out-of-state students during 2009-2017 could have also contributed to the falling in-state acceptance rate during 2009-2017?

Of course, this theory would only make sense if there was some compelling reason to prefer out-of-state students. Like if they paid more in tuition, or had higher stats. Or both.