Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Florida Gulf Coast

At Florida Gulf Coast University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.98%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of Florida Gulf Coast applicants increased by 2.51% (393 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at Florida Gulf Coast University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.23% and women students' rate is 68.97%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.79%	63.48%	67.34%
2014-15	58.88% -6.91%	56.40% -7.08%	60.69% -6.65%
2015-16	60.58% 1.70%	59.94% 3.54%	61.04% 0.35%
2016-17	56.15% -4.43%	55.87% -4.07%	56.34% -4.70%
2017-18	64.26% 8.12%	64.07% 8.20%	64.40% 8.06%
2018-19	64.92% 0.66%	65.08% 1.01%	64.82% 0.42%
2019-20	66.67% 1.75%	64.93% -0.15%	67.78% 2.96%
2020-21	77.49% 10.82%	78.60% 13.67%	76.82% 9.04%
2021-22	89.00% 11.51%	87.99% 9.40%	90.00% 13.18%
2022-23	74.39% -14.61%	76.23% -11.77%	73.46% -16.55%
2023-24	77.00% 2.61%	78.00% 1.77%	76.00% 2.55%
Average	68.65%	68.23%	68.97%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.98% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.84%	42.47%	36.54%
2014-15	34.22% -4.63%	37.28% -5.20%	32.15% -4.39%
2015-16	32.73% -1.49%	35.04% -2.24%	31.10% -1.05%
2016-17	29.98% -2.74%	31.61% -3.42%	28.85% -2.25%
2017-18	29.54% -0.44%	31.71% 0.10%	28.06% -0.79%
2018-19	30.40% 0.86%	33.52% 1.81%	28.37% 0.31%
2019-20	30.29% -0.11%	33.06% -0.45%	28.60% 0.24%
2020-21	21.70% -8.59%	23.41% -9.65%	20.67% -7.94%
2021-22	24.00% 2.30%	26.99% 3.58%	22.99% 2.33%
2022-23	24.07% 0.07%	27.25% 0.25%	22.09% -0.90%
2023-24	23.00% -1.06%	25.01% -2.24%	20.99% -1.10%
Average	28.98%	31.58%	27.31%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,291, the average number of admitted is 9,854, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,765.

The number of Florida Gulf Coast applicants increased by 2.51% (393 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,804	7,108	2,761
2014-15	13,773 27.48%	8,110 14.10%	2,775 0.51%
2015-16	13,608 -1.20%	8,244 1.65%	2,698 -2.77%
2016-17	15,153 11.35%	8,508 3.20%	2,551 -5.45%
2017-18	13,832 -8.72%	8,889 4.48%	2,626 2.94%
2018-19	14,702 6.29%	9,545 7.38%	2,902 10.51%
2019-20	13,735 -6.58%	9,157 -4.06%	2,774 -4.41%
2020-21	15,430 12.34%	11,956 30.57%	2,595 -6.45%
2021-22	14,462 -6.27%	12,871 7.65%	3,089 19.04%
2022-23	15,657 8.26%	11,647 -9.51%	2,803 -9.26%
2023-24	16,050 2.51%	12,359 6.11%	2,843 1.43%
Average	14,291	9,854	2,765

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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