Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Central

At Central College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.02%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.50%, and the 2024 yield is 17.98%.

The number of Central applicants decreased by 0.41% (8 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.02% at Central College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.66% and women students' rate is 70.44%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.80%	65.41%	66.15%
2014-15	68.90% 3.11%	64.40% -1.01%	67.34% 1.18%
2015-16	64.28% -4.63%	63.98% -0.41%	64.51% -2.83%
2016-17	73.43% 9.15%	72.28% 8.30%	74.20% 9.70%
2017-18	70.09% -3.33%	68.47% -3.81%	71.24% -2.96%
2018-19	69.99% -0.11%	68.78% 0.31%	70.99% -0.25%
2019-20	65.07% -4.92%	65.68% -3.10%	64.49% -6.51%
2020-21	63.68% -1.39%	62.45% -3.22%	65.18% 0.69%
2021-22	75.02% 11.35%	74.98% 12.53%	73.97% 8.80%
2022-23	79.24% 4.22%	78.78% 3.80%	79.73% 5.75%
2023-24	79.02% -0.22%	81.00% 2.22%	76.99% -2.73%
Average	70.41%	69.66%	70.44%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.50% where the current academic year yield is 17.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.52%	17.85%	15.33%
2014-15	20.29% 3.77%	23.56% 5.70%	19.24% 3.91%
2015-16	16.06% -4.23%	17.95% -5.61%	14.61% -4.64%
2016-17	11.28% -4.78%	14.16% -3.79%	9.39% -5.22%
2017-18	11.44% 0.16%	15.91% 1.75%	8.41% -0.98%
2018-19	14.33% 2.89%	15.21% -0.70%	13.62% 5.21%
2019-20	19.27% 4.94%	21.95% 6.74%	16.67% 3.05%
2020-21	21.81% 2.54%	21.74% -0.21%	21.90% 5.23%
2021-22	21.00% -0.81%	20.96% -0.78%	20.99% -0.91%
2022-23	22.49% 1.48%	23.94% 2.98%	20.95% -0.04%
2023-24	17.98% -4.51%	18.02% -5.92%	17.00% -3.95%
Average	17.50%	19.20%	16.19%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,804, the average number of admitted is 1,963, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 329.

The number of Central applicants decreased by 0.41% (8 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,842	1,870	309
2014-15	3,068 7.95%	2,114 13.05%	429 38.83%
2015-16	3,071 0.10%	1,974 -6.62%	317 -26.11%
2016-17	3,899 26.96%	2,863 45.04%	323 1.89%
2017-18	4,016 3.00%	2,815 -1.68%	322 -0.31%
2018-19	2,772 -30.98%	1,940 -31.08%	278 -13.66%
2019-20	2,688 -3.03%	1,749 -9.85%	337 21.22%
2020-21	2,340 -12.95%	1,490 -14.81%	325 -3.56%
2021-22	2,202 -5.90%	1,652 10.87%	347 6.77%
2022-23	1,970 -10.54%	1,561 -5.51%	351 1.15%
2023-24	1,978 0.41%	1,563 0.13%	281 -19.94%
Average	2,804	1,963	329

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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