Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CCSU

At Central Connecticut State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.86%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.54%, and the 2024 yield is 23.01%.

The number of CCSU applicants increased by 13.42% (980 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.86%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at Central Connecticut State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.65% and women students' rate is 66.05%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.13%	66.65%	61.87%
2014-15	60.44% -3.69%	62.91% -3.74%	58.04% -3.83%
2015-16	58.67% -1.77%	60.50% -2.42%	56.90% -1.14%
2016-17	60.01% 1.34%	61.64% 1.15%	58.43% 1.54%
2017-18	66.76% 6.75%	67.00% 5.35%	66.53% 8.10%
2018-19	67.24% 0.48%	67.81% 0.81%	66.71% 0.17%
2019-20	65.63% -1.61%	65.51% -2.30%	65.75% -0.96%
2020-21	64.85% -0.78%	67.75% 2.24%	62.20% -3.55%
2021-22	75.00% 10.15%	76.02% 8.26%	74.00% 11.80%
2022-23	76.71% 1.70%	75.32% -0.69%	78.06% 4.06%
2023-24	76.00% -0.71%	73.00% -2.33%	77.99% -0.07%
Average	66.86%	67.65%	66.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.54% where the current academic year yield is 23.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.32%	38.77%	33.96%
2014-15	27.71% -8.61%	28.51% -10.26%	26.87% -7.09%
2015-16	26.75% -0.97%	28.13% -0.38%	25.32% -1.55%
2016-17	27.07% 0.33%	29.30% 1.17%	24.81% -0.51%
2017-18	27.27% 0.20%	28.53% -0.76%	26.06% 1.26%
2018-19	27.55% 0.28%	29.99% 1.46%	25.21% -0.85%
2019-20	26.87% -0.68%	28.38% -1.61%	25.46% 0.24%
2020-21	23.92% -2.96%	27.28% -1.09%	20.57% -4.88%
2021-22	23.00% -0.92%	25.99% -1.29%	21.02% 0.45%
2022-23	22.42% -0.57%	25.69% -0.31%	19.32% -1.69%
2023-24	23.01% 0.58%	24.99% -0.70%	21.01% 1.69%
Average	26.54%	28.69%	24.51%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,581, the average number of admitted is 5,054, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,323.

The number of CCSU applicants increased by 13.42% (980 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,551	3,560	1,293
2014-15	8,173 47.23%	4,940 38.76%	1,369 5.88%
2015-16	8,686 6.28%	5,096 3.16%	1,363 -0.44%
2016-17	7,810 -10.09%	4,687 -8.03%	1,269 -6.90%
2017-18	7,870 0.77%	5,254 12.10%	1,433 12.92%
2018-19	7,903 0.42%	5,314 1.14%	1,464 2.16%
2019-20	7,807 -1.21%	5,124 -3.58%	1,377 -5.94%
2020-21	7,724 -1.06%	5,009 -2.24%	1,198 -13.00%
2021-22	6,285 -18.63%	4,714 -5.89%	1,084 -9.52%
2022-23	7,302 16.18%	5,601 18.82%	1,256 15.87%
2023-24	8,282 13.42%	6,294 12.37%	1,448 15.29%
Average	7,581	5,054	1,323

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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