Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at JCSU

At Johnson C Smith University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 42.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 42.99%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Johnson C Smith University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.66%, and the 2024 yield is 15.02%.

The number of JCSU applicants increased by 85.30% (1,967 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 42.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 42.99% at Johnson C Smith University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 45.29% and women students' rate is 46.27%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Johnson C Smith University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	36.68%	31.55%	39.42%
2014-15	42.25% 5.58%	40.55% 9.00%	43.22% 3.80%
2015-16	45.63% 3.38%	42.51% 1.96%	47.65% 4.43%
2016-17	45.30% -0.33%	42.24% -0.27%	47.19% -0.46%
2017-18	38.10% -7.21%	38.11% -4.12%	38.09% -9.10%
2018-19	45.83% 7.74%	45.85% 7.74%	45.82% 7.73%
2019-20	46.98% 1.15%	46.99% 1.14%	46.98% 1.16%
2020-21	49.20% 2.22%	49.20% 2.21%	49.21% 2.22%
2021-22	44.99% -4.22%	83.98% 34.78%	85.01% 35.81%
2022-23	25.28% -19.71%	33.22% -50.76%	24.35% -60.66%
2023-24	42.99% 17.71%	44.00% 10.78%	42.00% 17.65%
Average	42.11%	45.29%	46.27%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.66% where the current academic year yield is 15.02%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Johnson C Smith University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13.24%	17.87%	11.26%
2014-15	16.69% 3.45%	20.71% 2.84%	14.53% 3.28%
2015-16	16.84% 0.16%	20.52% -0.19%	14.72% 0.19%
2016-17	11.41% -5.43%	13.60% -6.92%	10.21% -4.51%
2017-18	13.37% 1.95%	15.09% 1.49%	12.44% 2.23%
2018-19	11.99% -1.38%	14.87% -0.22%	10.44% -2.00%
2019-20	11.32% -0.67%	15.58% 0.71%	9.02% -1.41%
2020-21	6.73% -4.59%	6.97% -8.61%	6.59% -2.43%
2021-22	21.01% 14.29%	26.10% 19.12%	18.96% 12.37%
2022-23	45.63% 24.61%	50.88% 24.79%	40.80% 21.84%
2023-24	15.02% -30.60%	18.97% -31.91%	14.04% -26.76%
Average	16.66%	20.11%	14.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,939, the average number of admitted is 2,133, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 289.

The number of JCSU applicants increased by 85.30% (1,967 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,777	1,752	232
2014-15	3,801 -20.43%	1,606 -8.33%	268 15.52%
2015-16	4,346 14.34%	1,983 23.47%	334 24.63%
2016-17	5,841 34.40%	2,646 33.43%	302 -9.58%
2017-18	6,657 13.97%	2,536 -4.16%	339 12.25%
2018-19	6,369 -4.33%	2,919 15.10%	350 3.24%
2019-20	6,168 -3.16%	2,898 -0.72%	328 -6.29%
2020-21	7,160 16.08%	3,523 21.57%	237 -27.74%
2021-22	2,634 -63.21%	1,185 -66.36%	249 5.06%
2022-23	2,306 -12.45%	583 -50.80%	266 6.83%
2023-24	4,273 85.30%	1,837 215.09%	276 3.76%
Average	4,939	2,133	289

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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