Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSU

At Chicago State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 44.96%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 41.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Chicago State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.27%, and the 2024 yield is 6.01%.

The number of CSU applicants increased by 27.74% (2,054 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 44.96%, and this year's acceptance rate is 41.00% at Chicago State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 40.08% and women students' rate is 47.75%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Chicago State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	28.65%	25.23%	30.63%
2014-15	29.96% 1.32%	28.32% 3.09%	30.90% 0.27%
2015-16	21.18% -8.78%	18.75% -9.57%	22.54% -8.36%
2016-17	57.88% 36.70%	52.63% 33.88%	60.67% 38.12%
2017-18	77.87% 19.99%	72.59% 19.96%	80.98% 20.31%
2018-19	32.76% -45.11%	31.96% -40.63%	33.18% -47.80%
2019-20	63.34% 30.58%	59.47% 27.52%	65.33% 32.15%
2020-21	46.42% -16.92%	40.06% -19.42%	49.82% -15.51%
2021-22	46.99% 0.57%	39.00% -1.05%	52.00% 2.19%
2022-23	48.51% 1.52%	41.88% 2.88%	52.22% 0.22%
2023-24	41.00% -7.51%	30.99% -10.89%	47.01% -5.22%
Average	44.96%	40.08%	47.75%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.27% where the current academic year yield is 6.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.46%	19.42%	18.00%
2014-15	17.06% -1.40%	15.99% -3.43%	17.62% -0.38%
2015-16	15.97% -1.09%	20.91% 4.91%	13.66% -3.96%
2016-17	19.83% 3.85%	38.30% 17.39%	11.30% -2.37%
2017-18	12.88% -6.95%	12.77% -25.53%	12.94% 1.64%
2018-19	14.81% 1.93%	18.54% 5.77%	12.93% -0.01%
2019-20	9.65% -5.16%	10.94% -7.60%	9.04% -3.88%
2020-21	8.46% -1.19%	7.44% -3.50%	8.90% -0.15%
2021-22	7.00% -1.46%	11.06% 3.62%	5.99% -2.91%
2022-23	4.82% -2.18%	6.28% -4.78%	4.20% -1.79%
2023-24	6.01% 1.19%	7.02% 0.74%	5.99% 1.80%
Average	12.27%	15.33%	10.96%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,797, the average number of admitted is 1,969, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 206.

The number of CSU applicants increased by 27.74% (2,054 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,219	1,495	276
2014-15	5,517 5.71%	1,653 10.57%	282 2.17%
2015-16	5,883 6.63%	1,246 -24.62%	199 -29.43%
2016-17	2,571 -56.30%	1,488 19.42%	295 48.24%
2017-18	1,396 -45.70%	1,087 -26.95%	140 -52.54%
2018-19	3,236 131.81%	1,060 -2.48%	157 12.14%
2019-20	3,126 -3.40%	1,980 86.79%	191 21.66%
2020-21	4,151 32.79%	1,927 -2.68%	163 -14.66%
2021-22	4,805 15.76%	2,258 17.18%	158 -3.07%
2022-23	7,404 54.09%	3,592 59.08%	173 9.49%
2023-24	9,458 27.74%	3,878 7.96%	233 34.68%
Average	4,797	1,969	206

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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