The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in South Carolina is 72.75% - 157,825 students accepted out of total 254,027.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 62.97% to 72.75%. The South Carolina Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 23.00% and the yield is lower than 35.84%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.78% where the current academic year rate is 72.75% at South Carolina Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.20% and women students' rate is 66.47%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at South Carolina Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
62.97% |
61.52% |
64.21% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
61.70%
-1.26% |
60.83%
-0.69% |
61.99%
-2.23% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
63.25%
1.55% |
61.71%
0.88% |
64.01%
2.03% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
64.50%
1.25% |
62.68%
0.97% |
65.14%
1.12% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
62.52%
-1.99% |
59.95%
-2.73% |
62.81%
-2.33% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
60.74%
-1.78% |
58.36%
-1.58% |
61.52%
-1.29% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
64.51%
3.78% |
63.18%
4.81% |
65.04%
3.52% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
67.53%
3.02% |
66.33%
3.15% |
68.17%
3.13% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
71.93%
4.40% |
70.46%
4.14% |
73.01%
4.84% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
71.16%
-0.77% |
70.55%
0.09% |
71.49%
-1.52% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
72.75%
1.58% |
70.69%
0.14% |
73.83%
2.34% |
|---|
| Average |
65.78% |
64.20% |
66.47% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 29.94% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at South Carolina Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
35.84% |
38.74% |
33.68% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
34.41%
-1.44% |
36.73%
-2.01% |
32.84%
-0.84% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
33.21%
-1.20% |
35.95%
-0.78% |
30.91%
-1.93% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
30.93%
-2.27% |
33.45%
-2.50% |
28.89%
-2.02% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
30.41%
-0.52% |
33.95%
0.49% |
28.42%
-0.47% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
28.27%
-2.14% |
30.75%
-3.19% |
27.09%
-1.33% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
33.17%
4.90% |
39.17%
8.41% |
31.66%
4.56% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
27.71%
-5.46% |
33.06%
-6.11% |
22.89%
-8.77% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
27.32%
-0.38% |
30.00%
-3.06% |
25.59%
2.70% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
25.03%
-2.29% |
27.30%
-2.70% |
23.59%
-2.00% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
23.00%
-2.03% |
25.51%
-1.79% |
20.86%
-2.73% |
|---|
| Average |
29.94% |
33.15% |
27.86% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 172,060, the average number of admitted is 108,417, and the average number of enrolled students is 26,251 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to South Carolina Colleges increased by 12.57% (28,363 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at South Carolina Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
124,661 |
77,838 |
24,002 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
130,553
4.73% |
80,856
3.88% |
24,744
3.09% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
138,784
6.30% |
85,341
5.55% |
25,055
1.26% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
145,744
5.01% |
91,319
7.00% |
25,428
1.49% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
158,071
8.46% |
96,708
5.90% |
25,897
1.84% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
166,534
5.35% |
100,243
3.66% |
25,888
-0.03% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
166,466
-0.04% |
104,829
4.57% |
26,907
3.94% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
177,862
6.85% |
118,818
13.34% |
25,341
-5.82% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
204,299
14.86% |
133,238
12.14% |
27,301
7.73% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
225,664
10.46% |
145,573
9.26% |
28,347
3.83% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
254,027
12.57% |
157,825
8.42% |
29,853
5.31% |
|---|
| Average |
172,060 |
108,417 |
26,251 |
|---|