Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NCC

At North Central College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.54%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into North Central College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.84%, and the 2024 yield is 17.01%.

The number of NCC applicants increased by 2.78% (142 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.54%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at North Central College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.23% and women students' rate is 59.78%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into North Central College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.65%	61.96%	65.09%
2014-15	59.84% -3.80%	56.55% -5.41%	62.41% -2.68%
2015-16	57.16% -2.68%	56.43% -0.11%	57.73% -4.67%
2016-17	59.36% 2.19%	57.44% 1.01%	60.82% 3.08%
2017-18	54.40% -4.95%	53.57% -3.88%	55.01% -5.81%
2018-19	55.68% 1.28%	55.71% 2.15%	55.66% 0.65%
2019-20	53.64% -2.04%	52.56% -3.15%	54.43% -1.24%
2020-21	53.29% -0.36%	54.47% 1.91%	52.42% -2.01%
2021-22	68.01% 14.72%	67.01% 12.54%	69.99% 17.57%
2022-23	60.87% -7.13%	58.77% -8.25%	62.97% -7.02%
2023-24	58.00% -2.87%	55.01% -3.76%	61.01% -1.96%
Average	58.54%	57.23%	59.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.84% where the current academic year yield is 17.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.36%	22.13%	18.92%
2014-15	16.58% -3.79%	18.92% -3.21%	14.92% -4.00%
2015-16	14.34% -2.24%	17.49% -1.43%	11.94% -2.98%
2016-17	14.46% 0.12%	17.74% 0.26%	12.11% 0.17%
2017-18	15.35% 0.89%	17.57% -0.17%	13.79% 1.68%
2018-19	14.91% -0.44%	18.10% 0.53%	12.63% -1.16%
2019-20	15.16% 0.26%	18.75% 0.66%	12.66% 0.03%
2020-21	14.48% -0.68%	16.43% -2.33%	13.00% 0.34%
2021-22	15.99% 1.51%	20.01% 3.59%	13.02% 0.01%
2022-23	15.56% -0.43%	16.92% -3.09%	14.29% 1.28%
2023-24	17.01% 1.45%	19.02% 2.10%	15.02% 0.72%
Average	15.84%	18.46%	13.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,051, the average number of admitted is 3,503, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 548.

The number of NCC applicants increased by 2.78% (142 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,082	2,598	529
2014-15	5,807 42.26%	3,475 33.76%	576 8.88%
2015-16	7,307 25.83%	4,177 20.20%	599 3.99%
2016-17	6,860 -6.12%	4,072 -2.51%	589 -1.67%
2017-18	7,220 5.25%	3,928 -3.54%	603 2.38%
2018-19	6,625 -8.24%	3,689 -6.08%	550 -8.79%
2019-20	6,847 3.35%	3,673 -0.43%	557 1.27%
2020-21	6,919 1.05%	3,687 0.38%	534 -4.13%
2021-22	4,551 -34.22%	3,095 -16.06%	495 -7.30%
2022-23	5,099 12.04%	3,104 0.29%	483 -2.42%
2023-24	5,241 2.78%	3,040 -2.06%	517 7.04%
Average	6,051	3,503	548

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between North Central College and similar schools.