Current Acceptance Rate Not Published?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
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<p>I've been trying to find a current acceptance rate, but the most recent I can find(31.9%), is from 2012. Given that applications are up significantly from then(and I would assume yield is as well), is there a reason why they haven't published a more current number? Assuming a 20.6% yield rate(found on parchment.com from the 2011-12 cycle, not sure how reliable that is), and 2,800 in the freshman class, their acceptance this year should have been somewhere around 27%(2,800/.206=13592 acceptances/49,800 apps(I'll edit this with the exact number when I find it) = 27.2%). Given that this is quite a bit lower than their published rate, is there a reason why they don't publish it? One would think that it can only benefit them to have a lower rate, although I'm not an expert by any means.</p>

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<p>What’s Acceptance Rate for NEU Class of 2018?</p>

<p><a href=“DAC: Document Download”>DAC: Document Download;

<p>2014
<a href=“Student applications, academic profile at all-time high - Northeastern Global News”>http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2014/03/applications-fall-2014/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2013
<a href=“Northeastern applicants show outstanding academic profile - Northeastern Global News”>http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2013/03/applications-fall-2013/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>NEU Institutional Accomplishments fall 2013
<a href=“Home - Accomplishments”>http://www.northeastern.edu/accomplishments/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>NEU Institutional Accomplishments 2012
<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/accomplishments2012/”>http://www.northeastern.edu/accomplishments2012/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/01/30/national-universities-where-accepted-students-usually-enroll”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/01/30/national-universities-where-accepted-students-usually-enroll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>NEU has one of the lower yields so that explains the acceptance rate being in the low 30s with so many applications-yield was 21% in 2011/12 and the last two years 19%-I can’t imagine the school is pleased with that? </p>