Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at B CU

At Bethune-Cookman University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.28%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bethune-Cookman University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 8.78%, and the 2024 yield is 9.99%.

The number of B CU applicants decreased by -46.61% (5,974 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.28%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Bethune-Cookman University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.25% and women students' rate is 54.80%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bethune-Cookman University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Bethune-Cookman University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.60%	64.10%	68.01%
2014-15	63.71% -2.89%	61.72% -2.39%	64.83% -3.18%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	84.06% -	82.69% -	84.63% -
2020-21	97.73% 13.67%	96.82% 14.13%	98.14% 13.51%
2021-22	100.00% 2.27%	100.00% 3.18%	100.00% 1.86%
2022-23	84.97% -15.03%	80.45% -19.55%	87.13% -12.87%
2023-24	100.00% 15.03%	100.00% 19.55%	100.00% 12.87%
Average	54.28%	53.25%	54.80%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 8.78% where the current academic year yield is 9.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Bethune-Cookman University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.65%	24.39%	18.67%
2014-15	20.99% 0.33%	25.86% 1.47%	18.36% -0.30%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	9.41% -	12.69% -	8.06% -
2020-21	11.72% 2.31%	13.06% 0.38%	11.11% 3.05%
2021-22	15.01% 3.29%	18.01% 4.95%	12.99% 1.88%
2022-23	8.86% -6.15%	9.93% -8.08%	8.46% -4.53%
2023-24	9.99% 1.13%	14.02% 4.09%	8.99% 0.53%
Average	8.78%	10.72%	7.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,875, the average number of admitted is 4,097, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 528.

The number of B CU applicants decreased by -46.61% (5,974 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Bethune-Cookman University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,429	4,948	1,022
2014-15	7,936 6.82%	5,056 2.18%	1,061 3.82%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	7,081-	5,952-	560-
2020-21	5,938 -16.14%	5,803 -2.50%	680 21.43%
2021-22	5,577 -6.08%	5,577 -3.89%	837 23.09%
2022-23	12,818 129.84%	10,891 95.28%	965 15.29%
2023-24	6,844 -46.61%	6,844 -37.16%	684 -29.12%
Average	4,875	4,097	528

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Bethune-Cookman University and similar schools.