Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Georgia Southern

At Georgia Southern University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 49.32%, and the 2024 yield is 37.00%.

The number of Georgia Southern applicants decreased by -1.84% (270 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at Georgia Southern University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.03% and women students' rate is 70.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.00%	48.39%	56.32%
2014-15	63.10% 11.10%	67.83% 19.45%	59.09% 2.77%
2015-16	60.23% -2.87%	64.94% -2.89%	56.26% -2.83%
2016-17	64.55% 4.32%	68.12% 3.18%	61.69% 5.43%
2017-18	68.29% 3.74%	71.06% 2.94%	66.03% 4.34%
2018-19	67.67% -0.62%	71.17% 0.11%	65.14% -0.89%
2019-20	54.47% -13.20%	57.70% -13.47%	52.35% -12.79%
2020-21	91.17% 36.70%	88.61% 30.91%	92.77% 40.42%
2021-22	91.00% -0.17%	88.00% -0.61%	92.00% -0.77%
2022-23	88.89% -2.11%	88.50% 0.51%	89.16% -2.84%
2023-24	90.00% 1.11%	88.99% 0.49%	90.00% 0.83%
Average	71.94%	73.03%	70.98%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 49.32% where the current academic year yield is 37.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	65.85%	66.14%	65.56%
2014-15	57.28% -8.57%	58.46% -7.68%	56.13% -9.42%
2015-16	57.46% 0.19%	59.22% 0.76%	55.76% -0.38%
2016-17	56.71% -0.75%	58.23% -0.99%	55.36% -0.39%
2017-18	55.82% -0.89%	58.38% 0.15%	53.57% -1.79%
2018-19	55.75% -0.07%	58.59% 0.21%	53.51% -0.06%
2019-20	56.34% 0.59%	56.67% -1.92%	56.10% 2.58%
2020-21	33.96% -22.38%	37.81% -18.86%	31.67% -24.43%
2021-22	33.00% -0.96%	37.00% -0.81%	31.00% -0.67%
2022-23	33.39% 0.39%	38.07% 1.06%	30.44% -0.56%
2023-24	37.00% 3.61%	41.01% 2.94%	34.00% 3.56%
Average	49.32%	51.78%	47.55%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,691, the average number of admitted is 9,478, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,215.

The number of Georgia Southern applicants decreased by -1.84% (270 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,525	5,473	3,604
2014-15	9,679 -8.04%	6,107 11.58%	3,498 -2.94%
2015-16	10,098 4.33%	6,082 -0.41%	3,495 -0.09%
2016-17	9,834 -2.61%	6,348 4.37%	3,600 3.00%
2017-18	9,202 -6.43%	6,284 -1.01%	3,508 -2.56%
2018-19	11,522 25.21%	7,797 24.08%	4,347 23.92%
2019-20	13,858 20.27%	7,549 -3.18%	4,253 -2.16%
2020-21	17,250 24.48%	15,727 108.33%	5,341 25.58%
2021-22	18,541 7.48%	16,872 7.28%	5,568 4.25%
2022-23	14,680 -20.82%	13,049 -22.66%	4,357 -21.75%
2023-24	14,410 -1.84%	12,969 -0.61%	4,799 10.14%
Average	12,691	9,478	4,215

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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