Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at GSW

At Georgia Southwestern State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.12%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.16%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 40.52%, and the 2024 yield is 33.78%.

The number of GSW applicants increased by 5.47% (106 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.12%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.16% at Georgia Southwestern State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.94% and women students' rate is 70.62%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.03%	72.21%	65.61%
2014-15	69.64% 1.60%	71.52% -0.69%	68.49% 2.88%
2015-16	71.64% 2.00%	72.85% 1.33%	70.90% 2.41%
2016-17	68.18% -3.46%	70.85% -2.00%	66.59% -4.31%
2017-18	67.47% -0.70%	69.05% -1.80%	66.45% -0.14%
2018-19	69.29% 1.82%	65.97% -3.08%	71.27% 4.82%
2019-20	58.33% -10.96%	61.54% -4.43%	56.71% -14.56%
2020-21	73.40% 15.07%	71.76% 10.22%	74.14% 17.43%
2021-22	86.01% 12.61%	86.00% 14.24%	86.00% 11.86%
2022-23	73.18% -12.83%	72.95% -13.05%	73.29% -12.71%
2023-24	77.16% 3.98%	76.62% 3.66%	77.42% 4.13%
Average	71.12%	71.94%	70.62%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 40.52% where the current academic year yield is 33.78%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	44.39%	45.76%	43.52%
2014-15	47.87% 3.48%	49.22% 3.46%	47.01% 3.49%
2015-16	45.57% -2.29%	47.83% -1.39%	44.16% -2.85%
2016-17	51.21% 5.64%	51.23% 3.40%	51.21% 7.04%
2017-18	52.38% 1.16%	52.87% 1.65%	52.04% 0.83%
2018-19	46.68% -5.69%	46.84% -6.04%	46.60% -5.44%
2019-20	37.69% -8.99%	42.12% -4.72%	35.27% -11.33%
2020-21	25.01% -12.68%	28.52% -13.60%	23.58% -11.69%
2021-22	26.97% 1.96%	32.09% 3.57%	24.97% 1.40%
2022-23	34.18% 7.21%	38.88% 6.78%	32.03% 7.06%
2023-24	33.78% -0.40%	37.35% -1.53%	32.13% 0.10%
Average	40.52%	42.97%	39.32%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,596, the average number of admitted is 1,142, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 434.

The number of GSW applicants increased by 5.47% (106 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,245	847	376
2014-15	1,179 -5.30%	821 -3.07%	393 4.52%
2015-16	1,167 -1.02%	836 1.83%	381 -3.05%
2016-17	1,389 19.02%	947 13.28%	485 27.30%
2017-18	1,279 -7.92%	863 -8.87%	452 -6.80%
2018-19	1,283 0.31%	889 3.01%	415 -8.19%
2019-20	1,783 38.97%	1,040 16.99%	392 -5.54%
2020-21	2,598 45.71%	1,907 83.37%	477 21.68%
2021-22	1,651 -36.45%	1,420 -25.54%	383 -19.71%
2022-23	1,939 17.44%	1,419 -0.07%	485 26.63%
2023-24	2,045 5.47%	1,578 11.21%	533 9.90%
Average	1,596	1,142	434

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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