News & Notes | April 29 - The Princetonian

U. anticipates full yield rates for Graduate School applicants.

Of the 1,203 graduate student applicants admitted by the University for the 2008-09 academic year, 556 have accepted offers of admission, resulting in a preliminary yield rate of 46 percent, according to a University statement released yesterday.

Last year’s yield rate was slightly higher, at 52 percent. Comparing these rates, however, “is like comparing apples with oranges,” Associate Dean for Academic Affairs David Redman said. Though the postmark deadline of April 15 has passed, international students’ admissions acceptances are still arriving in the mail, he added. The yield for the upcoming year may therefore increase in the next few days if more admissions acceptances arrive from overseas.

The Graduate School expects the total enrollment for students in their first five years of study to rise to 2,180 students from this year’s enrollment of 2,030, an increase of 7 percent.

Additionally, the Graduate School expects 265 students to enroll in the Dissertation Completion Enrollment program, a drop from 275 students this year.

The program allows students who have studied at the University for longer than their department’s maximum length of funded study to complete their degree requirements.