Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CNU

At Christopher Newport University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.96%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of CNU applicants decreased by -4.93% (366 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.01% at Christopher Newport University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.93% and women students' rate is 74.45%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.02%	54.31%	62.43%
2014-15	55.88% -3.14%	51.47% -2.85%	59.15% -3.27%
2015-16	60.10% 4.22%	54.94% 3.47%	63.90% 4.74%
2016-17	62.16% 2.06%	58.36% 3.43%	64.99% 1.10%
2017-18	72.39% 10.23%	68.28% 9.91%	75.60% 10.61%
2018-19	67.77% -4.63%	63.21% -5.06%	71.28% -4.33%
2019-20	71.89% 4.12%	67.70% 4.48%	75.00% 3.72%
2020-21	76.42% 4.53%	73.16% 5.46%	78.91% 3.91%
2021-22	89.00% 12.58%	86.00% 12.83%	90.99% 12.08%
2022-23	85.35% -3.65%	83.82% -2.18%	86.64% -4.35%
2023-24	88.01% 2.65%	86.00% 2.19%	90.01% 3.37%
Average	71.64%	67.93%	74.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.96% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.81%	34.08%	28.76%
2014-15	29.83% -0.98%	31.27% -2.81%	28.91% 0.15%
2015-16	27.65% -2.19%	30.11% -1.16%	26.10% -2.81%
2016-17	26.23% -1.42%	27.76% -2.35%	25.21% -0.89%
2017-18	25.71% -0.52%	27.54% -0.22%	24.42% -0.79%
2018-19	24.39% -1.32%	26.41% -1.13%	23.01% -1.41%
2019-20	23.90% -0.49%	26.19% -0.21%	22.37% -0.64%
2020-21	20.67% -3.23%	22.37% -3.82%	19.47% -2.91%
2021-22	17.01% -3.67%	19.02% -3.35%	15.99% -3.47%
2022-23	18.31% 1.30%	20.26% 1.24%	16.73% 0.74%
2023-24	19.00% 0.69%	20.99% 0.73%	17.01% 0.27%
Average	23.96%	26.00%	22.54%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,215, the average number of admitted is 5,156, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,202.

The number of CNU applicants decreased by -4.93% (366 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,016	4,141	1,276
2014-15	7,366 4.99%	4,116 -0.60%	1,228 -3.76%
2015-16	7,366	4,427 7.56%	1,224 -0.33%
2016-17	7,532 2.25%	4,682 5.76%	1,228 0.33%
2017-18	6,948 -7.75%	5,030 7.43%	1,293 5.29%
2018-19	7,430 6.94%	5,035 0.10%	1,228 -5.03%
2019-20	7,204 -3.04%	5,179 2.86%	1,238 0.81%
2020-21	7,311 1.49%	5,587 7.88%	1,155 -6.70%
2021-22	6,699 -8.37%	5,962 6.71%	1,014 -12.21%
2022-23	7,428 10.88%	6,340 6.34%	1,161 14.50%
2023-24	7,062 -4.93%	6,215 -1.97%	1,181 1.72%
Average	7,215	5,156	1,202

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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