Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NSU

At Norfolk State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Norfolk State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.19%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of NSU applicants increased by 14.94% (1,327 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at Norfolk State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.84% and women students' rate is 85.55%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Norfolk State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.99%	63.92%	65.62%
2014-15	65.67% 0.69%	62.13% -1.80%	67.97% 2.35%
2015-16	78.94% 13.26%	75.71% 13.58%	81.01% 13.03%
2016-17	85.49% 6.56%	82.11% 6.40%	87.36% 6.36%
2017-18	90.13% 4.64%	87.25% 5.14%	91.52% 4.16%
2018-19	89.69% -0.44%	86.83% -0.42%	91.04% -0.48%
2019-20	91.69% 2.00%	89.56% 2.73%	92.82% 1.78%
2020-21	91.07% -0.62%	87.15% -2.41%	92.86% 0.03%
2021-22	89.00% -2.07%	82.98% -4.17%	90.99% -1.87%
2022-23	89.50% 0.50%	86.57% 3.58%	90.82% -0.17%
2023-24	87.00% -2.49%	84.99% -1.58%	89.00% -1.81%
Average	83.92%	80.84%	85.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.19% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.82%	39.98%	36.56%
2014-15	30.86% -6.95%	38.32% -1.66%	26.44% -10.12%
2015-16	24.61% -6.25%	27.11% -11.21%	23.12% -3.33%
2016-17	27.38% 2.77%	28.10% 0.99%	27.00% 3.89%
2017-18	19.13% -8.25%	22.85% -5.25%	17.41% -9.59%
2018-19	16.45% -2.68%	18.31% -4.54%	15.61% -1.80%
2019-20	18.63% 2.18%	19.76% 1.45%	18.12% 2.51%
2020-21	16.86% -1.77%	17.34% -2.43%	16.65% -1.47%
2021-22	18.99% 2.14%	20.99% 3.65%	17.99% 1.34%
2022-23	16.35% -2.64%	19.67% -1.32%	14.93% -3.07%
2023-24	17.00% 0.65%	18.98% -0.69%	16.00% 1.07%
Average	22.19%	24.67%	20.90%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,020, the average number of admitted is 5,215, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,022.

The number of NSU applicants increased by 14.94% (1,327 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,373	2,192	829
2014-15	2,817 -16.48%	1,850 -15.60%	571 -31.12%
2015-16	2,445 -13.21%	1,930 4.32%	475 -16.81%
2016-17	4,439 81.55%	3,795 96.63%	1,039 118.74%
2017-18	6,008 35.35%	5,415 42.69%	1,036 -0.29%
2018-19	7,442 23.87%	6,675 23.27%	1,098 5.98%
2019-20	7,172 -3.63%	6,576 -1.48%	1,225 11.57%
2020-21	6,944 -3.18%	6,324 -3.83%	1,066 -12.98%
2021-22	6,490 -6.54%	5,776 -8.67%	1,097 2.91%
2022-23	8,884 36.89%	7,951 37.66%	1,300 18.51%
2023-24	10,211 14.94%	8,884 11.73%	1,510 16.15%
Average	6,020	5,215	1,022

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Norfolk State University and similar schools.