Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSU

At Charleston Southern University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.81%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Charleston Southern University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.44%, and the 2024 yield is 15.99%.

The number of CSU applicants increased by 22.25% (1,105 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.81%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at Charleston Southern University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.85% and women students' rate is 61.85%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Charleston Southern University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.87%	66.39%	70.13%
2014-15	58.66% -10.22%	58.52% -7.88%	58.78% -11.35%
2015-16	60.21% 1.55%	60.20% 1.68%	60.21% 1.43%
2016-17	60.60% 0.40%	60.80% 0.61%	60.50% 0.29%
2017-18	56.32% -4.29%	57.04% -3.77%	55.92% -4.58%
2018-19	52.05% -4.26%	53.32% -3.72%	51.40% -4.52%
2019-20	49.65% -2.41%	50.64% -2.68%	49.15% -2.25%
2020-21	53.79% 4.14%	55.19% 4.55%	53.15% 4.00%
2021-22	57.01% 3.22%	56.02% 0.83%	58.01% 4.86%
2022-23	86.75% 29.75%	86.16% 30.14%	87.07% 29.05%
2023-24	76.00% -10.75%	76.02% -10.14%	76.00% -11.07%
Average	61.81%	61.85%	61.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.44% where the current academic year yield is 15.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.17%	28.45%	25.07%
2014-15	26.55% 0.39%	33.26% 4.81%	22.90% -2.18%
2015-16	28.57% 2.01%	30.95% -2.30%	27.28% 4.38%
2016-17	27.12% -1.45%	30.84% -0.11%	25.10% -2.18%
2017-18	27.12% 0.00%	30.18% -0.66%	25.40% 0.30%
2018-19	25.23% -1.89%	28.48% -1.70%	23.47% -1.93%
2019-20	21.60% -3.62%	24.02% -4.47%	20.35% -3.12%
2020-21	22.67% 1.07%	24.83% 0.81%	21.58% 1.23%
2021-22	30.99% 8.32%	32.95% 8.12%	29.99% 8.41%
2022-23	16.87% -14.12%	17.54% -15.40%	16.52% -13.47%
2023-24	15.99% -0.88%	16.99% -0.56%	14.99% -1.53%
Average	24.44%	27.14%	22.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,594, the average number of admitted is 2,858, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 668.

The number of CSU applicants increased by 22.25% (1,105 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,640	2,507	656
2014-15	4,199 15.36%	2,463 -1.76%	654 -0.30%
2015-16	4,390 4.55%	2,643 7.31%	755 15.44%
2016-17	4,399 0.21%	2,666 0.87%	723 -4.24%
2017-18	4,125 -6.23%	2,323 -12.87%	630 -12.86%
2018-19	4,455 8.00%	2,319 -0.17%	585 -7.14%
2019-20	5,398 21.17%	2,680 15.57%	579 -1.03%
2020-21	4,953 -8.24%	2,664 -0.60%	604 4.32%
2021-22	3,940 -20.45%	2,246 -15.69%	696 15.23%
2022-23	4,967 26.07%	4,309 91.85%	727 4.45%
2023-24	6,072 22.25%	4,615 7.10%	738 1.51%
Average	4,594	2,858	668

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Charleston Southern University and similar schools.