Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Claflin

At Claflin University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.49%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Claflin University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.94%, and the 2024 yield is 9.00%.

The number of Claflin applicants decreased by -7.52% (569 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.49%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.00% at Claflin University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.41% and women students' rate is 55.60%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Claflin University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.60%	51.97%	52.92%
2014-15	43.77% -8.83%	43.22% -8.75%	44.00% -8.92%
2015-16	41.33% -2.44%	50.81% 7.59%	37.76% -6.24%
2016-17	41.82% 0.50%	39.39% -11.42%	43.38% 5.62%
2017-18	41.17% -0.65%	37.40% -2.00%	42.94% -0.44%
2018-19	56.40% 15.23%	56.39% 19.00%	56.40% 13.46%
2019-20	55.20% -1.19%	55.19% -1.20%	55.21% -1.19%
2020-21	65.13% 9.93%	65.13% 9.94%	65.13% 9.92%
2021-22	62.01% -3.13%	64.01% -1.12%	62.01% -3.13%
2022-23	78.00% 15.99%	75.99% 11.99%	78.85% 16.85%
2023-24	73.00% -5.00%	70.01% -5.99%	73.00% -5.86%
Average	55.49%	55.41%	55.60%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.94% where the current academic year yield is 9.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.00%	21.80%	17.59%
2014-15	16.97% -2.02%	18.70% -3.10%	16.24% -1.34%
2015-16	20.05% 3.08%	18.88% 0.18%	20.65% 4.40%
2016-17	12.48% -7.57%	10.88% -8.00%	13.41% -7.23%
2017-18	12.91% 0.43%	13.04% 2.16%	12.85% -0.56%
2018-19	10.48% -2.43%	8.90% -4.14%	11.33% -1.52%
2019-20	9.36% -1.12%	8.89% -0.01%	9.60% -1.73%
2020-21	8.59% -0.77%	5.78% -3.11%	10.10% 0.50%
2021-22	6.00% -2.59%	4.01% -1.77%	6.98% -3.12%
2022-23	6.51% 0.51%	5.82% 1.80%	6.79% -0.20%
2023-24	9.00% 2.50%	8.99% 3.17%	8.99% 2.21%
Average	11.94%	11.43%	12.23%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,747, the average number of admitted is 4,321, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 455.

The number of Claflin applicants decreased by -7.52% (569 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,354	2,290	435
2014-15	5,237 20.28%	2,292 0.09%	389 -10.57%
2015-16	5,418 3.46%	2,239 -2.31%	449 15.42%
2016-17	9,387 73.26%	3,926 75.35%	490 9.13%
2017-18	9,767 4.05%	4,021 2.42%	519 5.92%
2018-19	9,678 -0.91%	5,458 35.74%	572 10.21%
2019-20	9,081 -6.17%	5,013 -8.15%	469 -18.01%
2020-21	9,261 1.98%	6,032 20.33%	518 10.45%
2021-22	8,467 -8.57%	5,250 -12.96%	315 -39.19%
2022-23	7,568 -10.62%	5,903 12.44%	384 21.90%
2023-24	6,999 -7.52%	5,109 -13.45%	460 19.79%
Average	7,747	4,321	455

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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