Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at North Carolina Central

At North Carolina Central University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into North Carolina Central University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.60%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of North Carolina Central applicants increased by 68.49% (5,769 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at North Carolina Central University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.63% and women students' rate is 71.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into North Carolina Central University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.33%	46.38%	52.42%
2014-15	43.22% -7.11%	40.25% -6.13%	44.78% -7.64%
2015-16	65.87% 22.66%	62.98% 22.73%	67.38% 22.60%
2016-17	66.69% 0.82%	63.92% 0.94%	68.05% 0.67%
2017-18	82.81% 16.12%	77.99% 14.07%	85.14% 17.09%
2018-19	46.64% -36.17%	43.55% -34.44%	48.18% -36.97%
2019-20	67.98% 21.34%	63.35% 19.80%	70.14% 21.97%
2020-21	87.42% 19.44%	83.08% 19.73%	89.31% 19.17%
2021-22	75.99% -11.43%	71.98% -11.10%	78.00% -11.31%
2022-23	84.38% 8.38%	81.45% 9.47%	85.65% 7.65%
2023-24	90.00% 5.63%	87.00% 5.55%	92.00% 6.35%
Average	69.21%	65.63%	71.01%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.60% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at North Carolina Central University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.46%	34.31%	30.12%
2014-15	19.03% -12.43%	21.51% -12.81%	17.86% -12.27%
2015-16	21.98% 2.95%	23.09% 1.58%	21.45% 3.59%
2016-17	20.09% -1.89%	20.67% -2.42%	19.82% -1.62%
2017-18	23.08% 2.99%	23.57% 2.90%	22.86% 3.04%
2018-19	18.82% -4.26%	18.95% -4.63%	18.77% -4.09%
2019-20	18.18% -0.65%	18.93% -0.02%	17.86% -0.91%
2020-21	18.80% 0.62%	20.52% 1.59%	18.10% 0.24%
2021-22	18.00% -0.80%	19.03% -1.49%	18.01% -0.10%
2022-23	15.18% -2.82%	16.25% -2.78%	14.74% -3.27%
2023-24	11.00% -4.18%	11.99% -4.26%	11.00% -3.74%
Average	19.60%	20.80%	19.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,341, the average number of admitted is 6,369, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,171.

The number of North Carolina Central applicants increased by 68.49% (5,769 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,886	4,472	1,407
2014-15	11,246 26.56%	4,860 8.68%	925 -34.26%
2015-16	7,651 -31.97%	5,040 3.70%	1,108 19.78%
2016-17	8,613 12.57%	5,744 13.97%	1,154 4.15%
2017-18	6,671 -22.55%	5,524 -3.83%	1,275 10.49%
2018-19	13,019 95.16%	6,072 9.92%	1,143 -10.35%
2019-20	8,311 -36.16%	5,650 -6.95%	1,027 -10.15%
2020-21	7,496 -9.81%	6,553 15.98%	1,232 19.96%
2021-22	8,244 9.98%	6,265 -4.39%	1,128 -8.44%
2022-23	8,423 2.17%	7,107 13.44%	1,079 -4.34%
2023-24	14,192 68.49%	12,773 79.72%	1,405 30.21%
Average	9,341	6,369	1,171

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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