Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Francis Marion

At Francis Marion University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.11%, and the 2024 yield is 21.99%.

The number of Francis Marion applicants decreased by -0.97% (34 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.00% at Francis Marion University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.37% and women students' rate is 68.70%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.67%	56.25%	56.85%
2014-15	59.11% 2.44%	59.26% 3.01%	59.04% 2.20%
2015-16	58.87% -0.24%	60.56% 1.30%	58.04% -1.01%
2016-17	61.56% 2.69%	59.51% -1.05%	62.46% 4.43%
2017-18	60.05% -1.51%	61.85% 2.34%	59.26% -3.20%
2018-19	64.19% 4.14%	66.02% 4.18%	63.37% 4.11%
2019-20	68.04% 3.85%	66.04% 0.01%	69.00% 5.63%
2020-21	75.25% 7.21%	74.45% 8.41%	75.60% 6.60%
2021-22	86.00% 10.75%	85.98% 11.53%	86.00% 10.40%
2022-23	82.91% -3.09%	80.07% -5.91%	84.14% -1.86%
2023-24	82.00% -0.91%	82.04% 1.97%	81.98% -2.16%
Average	68.60%	68.37%	68.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.11% where the current academic year yield is 21.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.23%	35.16%	32.43%
2014-15	34.07% 0.84%	33.38% -1.78%	34.39% 1.96%
2015-16	34.10% 0.03%	35.55% 2.17%	33.36% -1.03%
2016-17	31.68% -2.42%	30.94% -4.61%	32.00% -1.36%
2017-18	30.34% -1.34%	32.68% 1.74%	29.28% -2.71%
2018-19	28.26% -2.08%	30.92% -1.75%	27.03% -2.26%
2019-20	24.89% -3.38%	27.74% -3.18%	23.57% -3.45%
2020-21	22.65% -2.24%	26.66% -1.08%	20.89% -2.69%
2021-22	27.00% 4.35%	29.04% 2.38%	26.00% 5.12%
2022-23	20.95% -6.05%	25.47% -3.58%	19.09% -6.91%
2023-24	21.99% 1.03%	25.96% 0.49%	19.98% 0.89%
Average	28.11%	30.32%	27.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,789, the average number of admitted is 2,581, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 710.

The number of Francis Marion applicants decreased by -0.97% (34 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,951	2,239	744
2014-15	3,759 -4.86%	2,222 -0.76%	757 1.75%
2015-16	3,681 -2.08%	2,167 -2.48%	739 -2.38%
2016-17	3,738 1.55%	2,301 6.18%	729 -1.35%
2017-18	3,787 1.31%	2,274 -1.17%	690 -5.35%
2018-19	4,200 10.91%	2,696 18.56%	762 10.43%
2019-20	4,252 1.24%	2,893 7.31%	720 -5.51%
2020-21	4,266 0.33%	3,210 10.96%	727 0.97%
2021-22	3,028 -29.02%	2,604 -18.88%	703 -3.30%
2022-23	3,523 16.35%	2,921 12.17%	612 -12.94%
2023-24	3,489 -0.97%	2,861 -2.05%	629 2.78%
Average	3,789	2,581	710

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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