Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Nicholls State

At Nicholls State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.66%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Nicholls State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 49.17%, and the 2024 yield is 36.99%.

The number of Nicholls State applicants increased by 45.04% (1,031 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.66%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.99% at Nicholls State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 90.72% and women students' rate is 92.11%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Nicholls State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.94%	87.11%	86.83%
2014-15	88.37% 1.43%	86.57% -0.53%	89.48% 2.66%
2015-16	90.20% 1.84%	87.55% 0.98%	91.86% 2.38%
2016-17	82.66% -7.54%	83.58% -3.97%	81.09% -10.78%
2017-18	93.74% 11.08%	91.43% 7.85%	95.13% 14.04%
2018-19	93.70% -0.04%	92.33% 0.90%	94.59% -0.54%
2019-20	87.99% -5.71%	88.88% -3.45%	86.28% -8.31%
2020-21	93.29% 5.30%	91.65% 2.77%	94.15% 7.88%
2021-22	97.00% 3.71%	96.04% 4.39%	98.01% 3.86%
2022-23	98.43% 1.43%	97.81% 1.77%	98.77% 0.76%
2023-24	95.99% -2.43%	94.98% -2.83%	97.01% -1.77%
Average	91.66%	90.72%	92.11%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 49.17% where the current academic year yield is 36.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	59.47%	60.89%	58.54%
2014-15	56.49% -2.98%	58.19% -2.70%	55.46% -3.07%
2015-16	56.01% -0.48%	56.24% -1.95%	55.87% 0.40%
2016-17	50.35% -5.65%	29.42% -26.82%	87.18% 31.31%
2017-18	50.54% 0.19%	52.48% 23.06%	49.41% -37.77%
2018-19	52.38% 1.84%	52.13% -0.35%	52.53% 3.12%
2019-20	50.14% -2.23%	25.50% -26.63%	99.04% 46.50%
2020-21	40.34% -9.81%	41.98% 16.48%	39.49% -59.55%
2021-22	45.00% 4.67%	46.00% 4.01%	44.97% 5.48%
2022-23	43.14% -1.86%	45.21% -0.79%	42.00% -2.97%
2023-24	36.99% -6.15%	39.03% -6.18%	35.00% -7.00%
Average	49.17%	46.10%	56.32%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,633, the average number of admitted is 2,413, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,169.

The number of Nicholls State applicants increased by 45.04% (1,031 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,404	2,090	1,243
2014-15	2,424 0.83%	2,142 2.49%	1,210 -2.65%
2015-16	2,399 -1.03%	2,164 1.03%	1,212 0.17%
2016-17	2,734 13.96%	2,260 4.44%	1,138 -6.11%
2017-18	2,571 -5.96%	2,410 6.64%	1,218 7.03%
2018-19	2,651 3.11%	2,484 3.07%	1,301 6.81%
2019-20	2,815 6.19%	2,477 -0.28%	1,242 -4.53%
2020-21	3,189 13.29%	2,975 20.10%	1,200 -3.38%
2021-22	2,167 -32.05%	2,102 -29.34%	946 -21.17%
2022-23	2,289 5.63%	2,253 7.18%	972 2.75%
2023-24	3,320 45.04%	3,187 41.46%	1,179 21.30%
Average	2,633	2,413	1,169

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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