Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Citadel

At Citadel Military College of South Carolina, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.08%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.54%, and the 2024 yield is 23.01%.

The number of Citadel applicants increased by 27.96% (630 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.08%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.99% at Citadel Military College of South Carolina. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.61% and women students' rate is 80.25%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Citadel Military College of South Carolina over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.41%	80.65%	78.39%
2014-15	75.54% -4.86%	76.01% -4.64%	71.86% -6.52%
2015-16	76.52% 0.98%	76.67% 0.66%	75.49% 3.63%
2016-17	82.29% 5.77%	82.87% 6.20%	78.13% 2.63%
2017-18	81.07% -1.22%	82.18% -0.69%	74.54% -3.58%
2018-19	80.80% -0.27%	82.11% -0.07%	73.88% -0.66%
2019-20	74.73% -6.07%	74.90% -7.21%	73.78% -0.10%
2020-21	79.95% 5.23%	80.54% 5.64%	77.23% 3.45%
2021-22	85.99% 6.04%	86.98% 6.44%	84.99% 7.76%
2022-23	98.58% 12.59%	98.84% 11.86%	97.53% 12.54%
2023-24	97.99% -0.59%	98.02% -0.82%	96.97% -0.57%
Average	83.08%	83.61%	80.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.54% where the current academic year yield is 23.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Citadel Military College of South Carolina from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.88%	33.55%	27.10%
2014-15	31.16% -1.71%	32.07% -1.48%	23.58% -3.52%
2015-16	32.30% 1.13%	33.74% 1.67%	22.08% -1.51%
2016-17	34.04% 1.75%	35.57% 1.83%	22.40% 0.32%
2017-18	32.07% -1.97%	33.32% -2.26%	23.94% 1.54%
2018-19	32.56% 0.49%	33.88% 0.56%	24.84% 0.90%
2019-20	31.53% -1.03%	32.76% -1.12%	24.84% 0.00%
2020-21	28.84% -2.69%	30.62% -2.13%	20.23% -4.61%
2021-22	27.02% -1.82%	29.02% -1.61%	16.92% -3.32%
2022-23	30.53% 3.50%	32.42% 3.40%	22.76% 5.84%
2023-24	23.01% -7.52%	26.01% -6.41%	13.93% -8.83%
Average	30.54%	32.09%	22.06%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,584, the average number of admitted is 2,145, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 650.

The number of Citadel applicants increased by 27.96% (630 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,557	2,056	676
2014-15	2,625 2.66%	1,983 -3.55%	618 -8.58%
2015-16	2,436 -7.20%	1,864 -6.00%	602 -2.59%
2016-17	2,620 7.55%	2,156 15.67%	734 21.93%
2017-18	2,642 0.84%	2,142 -0.65%	687 -6.40%
2018-19	2,672 1.14%	2,159 0.79%	703 2.33%
2019-20	2,742 2.62%	2,049 -5.09%	646 -8.11%
2020-21	2,524 -7.95%	2,018 -1.51%	582 -9.91%
2021-22	2,470 -2.14%	2,124 5.25%	574 -1.37%
2022-23	2,253 -8.79%	2,221 4.57%	678 18.12%
2023-24	2,883 27.96%	2,825 27.19%	650 -4.13%
Average	2,584	2,145	650

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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