Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NCSU

At North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 47.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 39.85%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into North Carolina State University at Raleigh than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.25%, and the 2024 yield is 35.89%.

The number of NCSU applicants increased by 12.60% (4,481 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 47.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 39.85% at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 44.60% and women students' rate is 50.63%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into North Carolina State University at Raleigh than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.01%	49.11%	51.01%
2014-15	51.60% 1.58%	49.62% 0.51%	53.79% 2.78%
2015-16	50.43% -1.17%	47.90% -1.72%	53.20% -0.59%
2016-17	47.51% -2.92%	45.85% -2.05%	49.30% -3.91%
2017-18	51.36% 3.84%	48.94% 3.09%	53.85% 4.56%
2018-19	46.85% -4.51%	44.32% -4.62%	49.46% -4.40%
2019-20	45.13% -1.72%	42.36% -1.96%	47.90% -1.56%
2020-21	46.22% 1.09%	43.06% 0.70%	49.28% 1.38%
2021-22	47.00% 0.78%	42.00% -1.06%	53.00% 3.72%
2022-23	47.17% 0.17%	42.57% 0.57%	51.61% -1.39%
2023-24	39.85% -7.33%	34.91% -7.67%	44.48% -7.13%
Average	47.56%	44.60%	50.63%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.25% where the current academic year yield is 35.89%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.48%	45.45%	39.34%
2014-15	42.65% 0.17%	46.63% 1.18%	38.58% -0.76%
2015-16	40.50% -2.15%	43.33% -3.30%	37.72% -0.86%
2016-17	34.91% -5.59%	38.29% -5.04%	31.54% -6.17%
2017-18	34.62% -0.29%	37.74% -0.55%	31.69% 0.14%
2018-19	34.83% 0.21%	37.21% -0.53%	32.62% 0.94%
2019-20	34.68% -0.14%	37.15% -0.06%	32.50% -0.12%
2020-21	32.62% -2.06%	35.53% -1.62%	30.15% -2.35%
2021-22	32.00% -0.62%	36.00% 0.47%	29.00% -1.15%
2022-23	33.54% 1.54%	36.68% 0.68%	31.03% 2.03%
2023-24	35.89% 2.36%	39.70% 3.02%	33.09% 2.06%
Average	36.25%	39.43%	33.39%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 28,865, the average number of admitted is 13,561, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,849.

The number of NCSU applicants increased by 12.60% (4,481 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	20,700	10,353	4,398
2014-15	20,443 -1.24%	10,548 1.88%	4,499 2.30%
2015-16	21,364 4.51%	10,774 2.14%	4,364 -3.00%
2016-17	26,451 23.81%	12,568 16.65%	4,388 0.55%
2017-18	26,980 2.00%	13,856 10.25%	4,797 9.32%
2018-19	30,350 12.49%	14,219 2.62%	4,952 3.23%
2019-20	31,130 2.57%	14,050 -1.19%	4,873 -1.60%
2020-21	31,487 1.15%	14,553 3.58%	4,747 -2.59%
2021-22	32,998 4.80%	15,509 6.57%	4,963 4.55%
2022-23	35,568 7.79%	16,779 8.19%	5,627 13.38%
2023-24	40,049 12.60%	15,958 -4.89%	5,728 1.79%
Average	28,865	13,561	4,849

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between North Carolina State University at Raleigh and similar schools.