Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSU

At Columbus State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.44%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.01%. CSU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Columbus State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 46.11%, and the 2024 yield is 31.01%.

The number of CSU applicants decreased by -8.27% (320 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.44%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.01% at Columbus State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.90% and women students' rate is 67.63%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Columbus State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.43%	57.54%	54.09%
2014-15	55.22% -0.21%	55.94% -1.60%	54.72% 0.63%
2015-16	55.69% 0.47%	55.80% -0.14%	55.61% 0.89%
2016-17	53.16% -2.52%	53.69% -2.12%	52.81% -2.80%
2017-18	53.40% 0.24%	53.55% -0.14%	53.31% 0.50%
2018-19	56.39% 2.99%	57.77% 4.22%	55.48% 2.18%
2019-20	79.42% 23.03%	92.10% 34.33%	73.30% 17.82%
2020-21	78.32% -1.10%	77.33% -14.77%	78.86% 5.56%
2021-22	79.00% 0.68%	75.98% -1.35%	80.01% 1.14%
2022-23	87.80% 8.81%	90.24% 14.26%	86.70% 6.69%
2023-24	99.01% 11.21%	98.97% 8.73%	98.99% 12.30%
Average	68.44%	69.90%	67.63%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 46.11% where the current academic year yield is 31.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	59.48%	60.76%	58.14%
2014-15	59.49% 0.01%	62.48% 1.72%	57.36% -0.77%
2015-16	58.08% -1.41%	61.68% -0.80%	55.68% -1.68%
2016-17	56.19% -1.89%	60.69% -0.99%	53.04% -2.65%
2017-18	51.51% -4.69%	53.24% -7.45%	50.36% -2.68%
2018-19	52.86% 1.36%	56.98% 3.74%	50.04% -0.32%
2019-20	45.98% -6.88%	51.56% -5.42%	42.60% -7.44%
2020-21	33.19% -12.79%	36.67% -14.90%	31.30% -11.29%
2021-22	29.01% -4.18%	36.98% 0.31%	24.99% -6.31%
2022-23	30.37% 1.36%	40.33% 3.35%	25.66% 0.67%
2023-24	31.01% 0.64%	38.98% -1.35%	26.98% 1.32%
Average	46.11%	50.94%	43.29%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,685, the average number of admitted is 2,575, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,073.

The number of CSU applicants decreased by -8.27% (320 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,170	1,757	1,045
2014-15	2,816 -11.17%	1,555 -11.50%	925 -11.48%
2015-16	3,157 12.11%	1,758 13.05%	1,021 10.38%
2016-17	3,160 0.10%	1,680 -4.44%	944 -7.54%
2017-18	3,483 10.22%	1,860 10.71%	958 1.48%
2018-19	3,841 10.28%	2,166 16.45%	1,145 19.52%
2019-20	2,881 -24.99%	2,288 5.63%	1,052 -8.12%
2020-21	5,336 85.21%	4,179 82.65%	1,387 31.84%
2021-22	5,275 -1.14%	4,167 -0.29%	1,209 -12.83%
2022-23	3,870 -26.64%	3,398 -18.45%	1,032 -14.64%
2023-24	3,550 -8.27%	3,515 3.44%	1,090 5.62%
Average	3,685	2,575	1,073

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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