Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at C of Charleston

At College of Charleston, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.88%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 72.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into College of Charleston than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.76%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of C of Charleston applicants increased by 21.18% (4,663 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.88%, and this year's acceptance rate is 72.00% at College of Charleston. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.35% and women students' rate is 79.31%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into College of Charleston than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	70.31%	68.57%	71.18%
2014-15	78.02% 7.71%	74.68% 6.10%	79.58% 8.39%
2015-16	77.15% -0.88%	73.59% -1.09%	78.82% -0.76%
2016-17	84.13% 6.99%	80.63% 7.05%	85.75% 6.93%
2017-18	80.45% -3.68%	73.23% -7.40%	83.80% -1.95%
2018-19	79.26% -1.19%	74.06% 0.84%	81.49% -2.31%
2019-20	78.33% -0.93%	70.62% -3.45%	81.63% 0.14%
2020-21	74.32% -4.01%	69.49% -1.13%	76.58% -5.05%
2021-22	76.00% 1.68%	69.00% -0.50%	79.00% 2.42%
2022-23	75.69% -0.32%	66.99% -2.00%	79.53% 0.53%
2023-24	72.00% -3.68%	64.00% -2.99%	75.00% -4.53%
Average	76.88%	71.35%	79.31%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.76% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at College of Charleston from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.42%	27.22%	26.04%
2014-15	24.83% -1.59%	26.74% -0.48%	24.00% -2.03%
2015-16	24.74% -0.10%	25.74% -0.99%	24.30% 0.29%
2016-17	25.78% 1.05%	27.72% 1.98%	24.94% 0.65%
2017-18	19.22% -6.57%	21.40% -6.32%	18.34% -6.61%
2018-19	23.76% 4.54%	25.26% 3.86%	23.18% 4.84%
2019-20	22.22% -1.54%	24.58% -0.68%	21.35% -1.83%
2020-21	18.15% -4.07%	18.40% -6.18%	18.04% -3.31%
2021-22	16.00% -2.15%	16.00% -2.40%	16.00% -2.04%
2022-23	13.26% -2.74%	12.81% -3.19%	13.43% -2.58%
2023-24	14.00% 0.74%	15.00% 2.19%	13.00% -0.43%
Average	20.76%	21.90%	20.24%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,000, the average number of admitted is 11,434, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,220.

The number of C of Charleston applicants increased by 21.18% (4,663 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,509	8,092	2,138
2014-15	11,179 -2.87%	8,722 7.79%	2,166 1.31%
2015-16	11,722 4.86%	9,043 3.68%	2,237 3.28%
2016-17	10,828 -7.63%	9,110 0.74%	2,349 5.01%
2017-18	11,900 9.90%	9,574 5.09%	1,840 -21.67%
2018-19	11,675 -1.89%	9,254 -3.34%	2,199 19.51%
2019-20	11,783 0.93%	9,230 -0.26%	2,051 -6.73%
2020-21	15,214 29.12%	11,307 22.50%	2,052 0.05%
2021-22	20,484 34.64%	15,568 37.68%	2,491 21.39%
2022-23	22,020 7.50%	16,666 7.05%	2,210 -11.28%
2023-24	26,683 21.18%	19,212 15.28%	2,690 21.72%
Average	15,000	11,434	2,220

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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