Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NSU

At Northwestern State University of Louisiana, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.52%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northwestern State University of Louisiana than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 43.09%, and the 2024 yield is 35.01%.

The number of NSU applicants increased by 10.02% (291 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.52%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.99% at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.86% and women students' rate is 84.68%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northwestern State University of Louisiana than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.00%	81.44%	85.41%
2014-15	72.98% -11.01%	73.36% -8.08%	72.80% -12.61%
2015-16	83.97% 10.98%	82.47% 9.11%	84.78% 11.98%
2016-17	61.80% -22.17%	61.73% -20.73%	61.83% -22.96%
2017-18	80.29% 18.49%	79.07% 17.34%	80.90% 19.07%
2018-19	81.98% 1.69%	82.94% 3.87%	79.35% -1.55%
2019-20	81.98% 0.01%	82.36% -0.58%	81.89% 2.55%
2020-21	94.85% 12.87%	94.16% 11.79%	95.17% 13.27%
2021-22	95.99% 1.14%	95.97% 1.81%	96.00% 0.83%
2022-23	97.93% 1.95%	96.89% 0.92%	98.40% 2.40%
2023-24	93.99% -3.94%	92.05% -4.84%	95.00% -3.40%
Average	84.52%	83.86%	84.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 43.09% where the current academic year yield is 35.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52.12%	55.51%	50.32%
2014-15	52.91% 0.79%	55.56% 0.04%	51.62% 1.29%
2015-16	46.92% -5.99%	49.25% -6.30%	45.70% -5.92%
2016-17	45.67% -1.25%	45.27% -3.98%	45.87% 0.17%
2017-18	43.56% -2.11%	44.46% -0.81%	43.12% -2.75%
2018-19	42.82% -0.74%	43.14% -1.32%	43.85% 0.73%
2019-20	45.80% 2.98%	44.25% 1.10%	46.53% 2.68%
2020-21	37.31% -8.49%	38.18% -6.07%	36.91% -9.62%
2021-22	36.01% -1.30%	37.00% -1.18%	36.01% -0.90%
2022-23	35.88% -0.13%	42.61% 5.61%	32.89% -3.11%
2023-24	35.01% -0.87%	40.00% -2.61%	33.01% 0.11%
Average	43.09%	45.02%	42.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,757, the average number of admitted is 3,138, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,332.

The number of NSU applicants increased by 10.02% (291 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,812	2,362	1,231
2014-15	3,087 9.78%	2,253 -4.61%	1,192 -3.17%
2015-16	3,231 4.66%	2,713 20.42%	1,273 6.80%
2016-17	5,180 60.32%	3,201 17.99%	1,462 14.85%
2017-18	4,409 -14.88%	3,540 10.59%	1,542 5.47%
2018-19	4,444 0.79%	3,643 2.91%	1,560 1.17%
2019-20	4,035 -9.20%	3,308 -9.20%	1,515 -2.88%
2020-21	4,290 6.32%	4,069 23.00%	1,518 0.20%
2021-22	3,738 -12.87%	3,588 -11.82%	1,292 -14.89%
2022-23	2,903 -22.34%	2,843 -20.76%	1,020 -21.05%
2023-24	3,194 10.02%	3,002 5.59%	1,051 3.04%
Average	3,757	3,138	1,332

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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