Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fayetteville State

At Fayetteville State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.32%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.88%, and the 2024 yield is 20.01%.

The number of Fayetteville State applicants increased by 22.52% (927 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.32%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.99% at Fayetteville State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.19% and women students' rate is 70.88%.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.96%	50.04%	57.66%
2014-15	50.32% -4.65%	45.62% -4.42%	52.72% -4.93%
2015-16	60.39% 10.07%	55.57% 9.95%	63.09% 10.37%
2016-17	59.27% -1.11%	54.05% -1.52%	62.06% -1.03%
2017-18	67.56% 8.29%	64.33% 10.28%	69.17% 7.10%
2018-19	67.87% 0.31%	64.22% -0.11%	69.61% 0.45%
2019-20	68.51% 0.64%	63.58% -0.64%	70.78% 1.17%
2020-21	79.38% 10.87%	72.91% 9.33%	82.16% 11.38%
2021-22	82.01% 2.63%	75.00% 2.09%	85.02% 2.86%
2022-23	81.24% -0.76%	74.78% -0.22%	84.43% -0.59%
2023-24	79.99% -1.25%	75.01% 0.24%	82.99% -1.44%
Average	68.32%	63.19%	70.88%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.88% where the current academic year yield is 20.01%.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.77%	33.29%	25.15%
2014-15	23.02% -4.75%	24.88% -8.40%	22.19% -2.96%
2015-16	26.50% 3.48%	30.71% 5.83%	24.42% 2.23%
2016-17	23.67% -2.83%	25.69% -5.02%	22.73% -1.68%
2017-18	25.70% 2.03%	32.45% 6.75%	22.57% -0.16%
2018-19	22.05% -3.65%	25.76% -6.69%	20.41% -2.16%
2019-20	20.37% -1.68%	21.93% -3.83%	19.73% -0.68%
2020-21	20.11% -0.26%	21.54% -0.38%	19.56% -0.17%
2021-22	18.99% -1.12%	22.01% 0.47%	17.01% -2.55%
2022-23	23.50% 4.51%	24.48% 2.47%	23.09% 6.08%
2023-24	20.01% -3.50%	21.00% -3.48%	19.00% -4.08%
Average	22.88%	25.79%	21.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,311, the average number of admitted is 2,959, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 664.

The number of Fayetteville State applicants increased by 22.52% (927 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,010	2,204	612
2014-15	4,110 2.49%	2,068 -6.17%	476 -22.22%
2015-16	3,943 -4.06%	2,381 15.14%	631 32.56%
2016-17	4,611 16.94%	2,733 14.78%	647 2.54%
2017-18	3,859 -16.31%	2,607 -4.61%	670 3.55%
2018-19	4,130 7.02%	2,803 7.52%	618 -7.76%
2019-20	4,858 17.63%	3,328 18.73%	678 9.71%
2020-21	4,611 -5.08%	3,660 9.98%	736 8.55%
2021-22	4,135 -10.32%	3,391 -7.35%	644 -12.50%
2022-23	4,116 -0.46%	3,344 -1.39%	786 22.05%
2023-24	5,043 22.52%	4,034 20.63%	807 2.67%
Average	4,311	2,959	664

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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