Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NCU

At Bushnell University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.96%. NCU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.48%, and the 2024 yield is 17.07%.

The number of NCU applicants increased by 36.78% (203 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.96% at Bushnell University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.22% and women students' rate is 69.31%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	70.44%	63.74%	73.13%
2014-15	71.91% 1.47%	69.05% 5.31%	73.48% 0.35%
2015-16	68.02% -3.89%	74.80% 5.76%	64.46% -9.02%
2016-17	66.74% -1.28%	63.58% -11.22%	68.68% 4.22%
2017-18	68.80% 2.05%	69.17% 5.59%	68.61% -0.07%
2018-19	62.42% -6.37%	59.07% -10.11%	64.69% -3.93%
2019-20	65.82% 3.40%	66.32% 7.25%	65.49% 0.81%
2020-21	68.19% 2.37%	66.87% 0.55%	69.08% 3.58%
2021-22	67.98% -0.21%	61.97% -4.90%	72.84% 3.76%
2022-23	66.85% -1.13%	63.03% 1.06%	70.90% -1.94%
2023-24	65.96% -0.89%	59.87% -3.15%	71.10% 0.21%
Average	67.56%	65.22%	69.31%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.48% where the current academic year yield is 17.07%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.61%	25.86%	40.36%
2014-15	30.47% -6.14%	29.89% 4.02%	30.77% -9.59%
2015-16	33.47% 3.00%	32.63% 2.75%	33.97% 3.21%
2016-17	28.42% -5.05%	30.10% -2.53%	27.47% -6.50%
2017-18	36.43% 8.01%	38.04% 7.95%	35.64% 8.17%
2018-19	33.44% -2.98%	30.70% -7.34%	35.14% -0.50%
2019-20	36.22% 2.77%	34.92% 4.22%	37.10% 1.96%
2020-21	31.45% -4.77%	28.83% -6.09%	33.14% -3.96%
2021-22	27.10% -4.35%	33.33% 4.50%	24.29% -8.85%
2022-23	24.66% -2.44%	27.37% -5.96%	22.11% -2.19%
2023-24	17.07% -7.59%	23.04% -4.34%	12.90% -9.20%
Average	30.48%	30.43%	30.26%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 455, the average number of admitted is 306, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 90.

The number of NCU applicants increased by 36.78% (203 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	318	224	82
2014-15	356 11.95%	256 14.29%	78 -4.88%
2015-16	369 3.65%	251 -1.95%	84 7.69%
2016-17	427 15.72%	285 13.55%	81 -3.57%
2017-18	407 -4.68%	280 -1.75%	102 25.93%
2018-19	479 17.69%	299 6.79%	100 -1.96%
2019-20	474 -1.04%	312 4.35%	113 13.00%
2020-21	415 -12.45%	283 -9.29%	89 -21.24%
2021-22	456 9.88%	310 9.54%	84 -5.62%
2022-23	552 21.05%	369 19.03%	91 8.33%
2023-24	755 36.78%	498 34.96%	85 -6.59%
Average	455	306	90

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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