Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Coastal Carolina

At Coastal Carolina University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.13%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Coastal Carolina applicants increased by 6.19% (1,062 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.00% at Coastal Carolina University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.30% and women students' rate is 71.60%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.04%	71.58%	75.99%
2014-15	63.60% -10.44%	61.67% -9.91%	65.04% -10.95%
2015-16	59.65% -3.95%	57.91% -3.76%	61.02% -4.02%
2016-17	61.18% 1.53%	58.34% 0.43%	63.42% 2.40%
2017-18	61.19% 0.01%	59.13% 0.79%	62.78% -0.64%
2018-19	69.55% 8.36%	67.73% 8.60%	70.94% 8.16%
2019-20	68.87% -0.68%	67.15% -0.57%	70.02% -0.92%
2020-21	70.45% 1.58%	68.36% 1.21%	71.82% 1.80%
2021-22	79.00% 8.55%	76.00% 7.64%	82.00% 10.18%
2022-23	78.63% -0.37%	75.38% -0.62%	81.57% -0.43%
2023-24	80.00% 1.37%	77.01% 1.63%	83.00% 1.43%
Average	69.65%	67.30%	71.60%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.13% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.10%	29.71%	25.16%
2014-15	25.23% -1.87%	27.41% -2.30%	23.69% -1.47%
2015-16	23.01% -2.22%	25.14% -2.28%	21.42% -2.27%
2016-17	20.69% -2.32%	23.07% -2.07%	18.96% -2.46%
2017-18	21.04% 0.35%	22.20% -0.87%	20.20% 1.24%
2018-19	23.82% 2.78%	25.97% 3.77%	22.26% 2.06%
2019-20	22.21% -1.61%	23.70% -2.26%	21.26% -1.01%
2020-21	20.62% -1.59%	22.16% -1.54%	19.66% -1.59%
2021-22	21.00% 0.38%	21.99% -0.17%	19.99% 0.33%
2022-23	19.73% -1.27%	21.63% -0.37%	18.53% -1.47%
2023-24	19.00% -0.73%	20.00% -1.63%	18.00% -0.53%
Average	22.13%	23.91%	20.83%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,774, the average number of admitted is 10,954, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,389.

The number of Coastal Carolina applicants increased by 6.19% (1,062 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,993	8,139	2,206
2014-15	14,799 34.62%	9,412 15.64%	2,375 7.66%
2015-16	17,252 16.58%	10,291 9.34%	2,368 -0.29%
2016-17	17,768 2.99%	10,871 5.64%	2,249 -5.03%
2017-18	18,563 4.47%	11,359 4.49%	2,390 6.27%
2018-19	14,057 -24.27%	9,777 -13.93%	2,329 -2.55%
2019-20	15,061 7.14%	10,373 6.10%	2,304 -1.07%
2020-21	14,152 -6.04%	9,970 -3.89%	2,056 -10.76%
2021-22	15,481 9.39%	12,230 22.67%	2,568 24.90%
2022-23	17,161 10.85%	13,493 10.33%	2,662 3.66%
2023-24	18,223 6.19%	14,578 8.04%	2,770 4.06%
Average	15,774	10,954	2,389

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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