Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Carson-Newman

At Carson-Newman University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.08%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Carson-Newman University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.67%, and the 2024 yield is 17.99%.

The number of Carson-Newman applicants increased by 2.15% (63 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.08%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.00% at Carson-Newman University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.79% and women students' rate is 69.95%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Carson-Newman University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.57%	63.16%	68.90%
2014-15	62.40% -4.18%	62.20% -0.96%	62.53% -6.38%
2015-16	58.83% -3.57%	57.99% -4.21%	59.35% -3.18%
2016-17	63.29% 4.45%	62.47% 4.48%	63.78% 4.43%
2017-18	67.36% 4.08%	65.22% 2.75%	68.67% 4.89%
2018-19	66.03% -1.33%	67.18% 1.96%	65.37% -3.30%
2019-20	69.24% 3.21%	69.79% 2.61%	68.93% 3.56%
2020-21	79.32% 10.08%	77.71% 7.91%	80.21% 11.28%
2021-22	79.00% -0.31%	76.04% -1.66%	80.01% -0.19%
2022-23	79.78% 0.78%	76.86% 0.82%	81.65% 1.63%
2023-24	68.00% -11.78%	67.03% -9.83%	70.03% -11.62%
Average	69.08%	67.79%	69.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.67% where the current academic year yield is 17.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.45%	21.64%	16.46%
2014-15	16.12% -2.33%	17.92% -3.71%	14.98% -1.48%
2015-16	14.39% -1.74%	16.87% -1.05%	12.90% -2.08%
2016-17	12.28% -2.11%	14.53% -2.34%	10.96% -1.95%
2017-18	17.80% 5.52%	21.31% 6.78%	15.78% 4.82%
2018-19	19.58% 1.78%	22.32% 1.01%	17.94% 2.16%
2019-20	20.83% 1.25%	23.45% 1.13%	19.34% 1.40%
2020-21	15.98% -4.85%	22.09% -1.36%	12.72% -6.62%
2021-22	17.02% 1.04%	21.00% -1.09%	13.98% 1.25%
2022-23	12.89% -4.13%	15.85% -5.15%	11.10% -2.87%
2023-24	17.99% 5.11%	22.97% 7.12%	13.99% 2.88%
Average	16.67%	19.99%	14.56%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,995, the average number of admitted is 2,698, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 441.

The number of Carson-Newman applicants increased by 2.15% (63 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,916	2,607	481
2014-15	4,880 24.62%	3,045 16.80%	491 2.08%
2015-16	5,871 20.31%	3,454 13.43%	497 1.22%
2016-17	6,496 10.65%	4,111 19.02%	505 1.61%
2017-18	3,294 -49.29%	2,219 -46.02%	395 -21.78%
2018-19	3,736 13.42%	2,467 11.18%	483 22.28%
2019-20	3,862 3.37%	2,674 8.39%	557 15.32%
2020-21	3,022 -21.75%	2,397 -10.36%	383 -31.24%
2021-22	2,953 -2.28%	2,333 -2.67%	397 3.66%
2022-23	2,928 -0.85%	2,336 0.13%	301 -24.18%
2023-24	2,991 2.15%	2,034 -12.93%	366 21.59%
Average	3,995	2,698	441

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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