Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Centenary

At Centenary University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.35%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.64%, and the 2024 yield is 14.02%.

The number of Centenary applicants decreased by -2.71% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.35%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.99% at Centenary University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.94% and women students' rate is 88.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	90.94%	90.84%	91.01%
2014-15	81.91% -9.03%	78.36% -12.48%	84.19% -6.82%
2015-16	86.76% 4.85%	86.64% 8.28%	86.84% 2.65%
2016-17	87.88% 1.12%	84.10% -2.54%	90.11% 3.27%
2017-18	87.00% -0.88%	85.53% 1.43%	87.84% -2.26%
2018-19	66.82% -20.19%	64.41% -21.12%	68.03% -19.82%
2019-20	75.04% 8.22%	74.14% 9.73%	75.50% 7.47%
2020-21	93.00% 17.96%	91.39% 17.26%	93.91% 18.41%
2021-22	97.99% 5.00%	98.05% 6.66%	97.00% 3.09%
2022-23	96.54% -1.45%	95.95% -2.10%	96.89% -0.11%
2023-24	96.99% 0.44%	95.96% 0.01%	96.95% 0.07%
Average	87.35%	85.94%	88.02%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.64% where the current academic year yield is 14.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.88%	22.97%	22.49%
2014-15	24.36% 1.47%	24.03% 1.06%	24.55% 2.06%
2015-16	22.25% -2.10%	23.65% -0.38%	21.41% -3.14%
2016-17	26.99% 4.74%	27.40% 3.75%	26.77% 5.36%
2017-18	22.03% -4.96%	21.37% -6.03%	22.24% -4.53%
2018-19	22.65% 0.62%	28.83% 7.46%	19.71% -2.53%
2019-20	20.06% -2.59%	18.60% -10.22%	20.80% 1.08%
2020-21	18.75% -1.31%	22.42% 3.82%	16.71% -4.09%
2021-22	17.97% -0.78%	17.89% -4.53%	17.95% 1.24%
2022-23	15.11% -2.86%	15.19% -2.70%	14.96% -2.99%
2023-24	14.02% -1.09%	17.96% 2.77%	12.06% -2.90%
Average	20.64%	21.85%	19.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,262, the average number of admitted is 1,098, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 222.

The number of Centenary applicants decreased by -2.71% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,038	944	216
2014-15	1,183 13.97%	969 2.65%	236 9.26%
2015-16	1,186 0.25%	1,029 6.19%	229 -2.97%
2016-17	1,172 -1.18%	1,030 0.10%	278 21.40%
2017-18	1,085 -7.42%	944 -8.35%	208 -25.18%
2018-19	1,546 42.49%	1,033 9.43%	234 12.50%
2019-20	1,362 -11.90%	1,022 -1.06%	205 -12.39%
2020-21	1,342 -1.47%	1,248 22.11%	234 14.15%
2021-22	1,346 0.30%	1,319 5.69%	237 1.28%
2022-23	1,330 -1.19%	1,284 -2.65%	194 -18.14%
2023-24	1,294 -2.71%	1,255 -2.26%	176 -9.28%
Average	1,262	1,098	222

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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