Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Radford

At Radford University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.16%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Radford University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.89%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of Radford applicants decreased by -3.23% (370 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.16%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Radford University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.14% and women students' rate is 83.32%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Radford University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.31%	77.09%	79.20%
2014-15	78.91% 0.59%	78.25% 1.16%	79.35% 0.15%
2015-16	83.08% 4.17%	82.46% 4.22%	83.47% 4.12%
2016-17	81.20% -1.88%	78.59% -3.87%	82.84% -0.63%
2017-18	74.32% -6.88%	70.33% -8.26%	76.60% -6.24%
2018-19	74.58% 0.26%	70.77% 0.44%	76.70% 0.10%
2019-20	75.32% 0.74%	71.76% 0.99%	77.29% 0.59%
2020-21	78.68% 3.36%	75.60% 3.84%	80.35% 3.06%
2021-22	95.00% 16.31%	94.00% 18.40%	96.00% 15.65%
2022-23	93.34% -1.66%	92.66% -1.34%	93.73% -2.27%
2023-24	91.00% -2.34%	90.01% -2.65%	91.01% -2.73%
Average	82.16%	80.14%	83.32%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.89% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.62%	34.22%	31.50%
2014-15	33.01% 0.38%	35.07% 0.85%	31.63% 0.14%
2015-16	31.01% -2.00%	32.53% -2.54%	30.03% -1.60%
2016-17	28.96% -2.05%	30.78% -1.75%	27.87% -2.17%
2017-18	17.01% -11.95%	19.46% -11.32%	15.72% -12.14%
2018-19	16.68% -0.32%	20.29% 0.83%	14.83% -0.89%
2019-20	13.69% -3.00%	14.36% -5.93%	13.35% -1.49%
2020-21	11.32% -2.36%	11.34% -3.02%	11.32% -2.03%
2021-22	12.00% 0.67%	13.99% 2.66%	10.99% -0.32%
2022-23	11.48% -0.52%	12.24% -1.76%	11.05% 0.05%
2023-24	11.00% -0.48%	10.01% -2.23%	12.00% 0.95%
Average	19.89%	21.30%	19.12%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,288, the average number of admitted is 9,212, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,630.

The number of Radford applicants decreased by -3.23% (370 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,774	6,088	1,986
2014-15	7,737 -0.48%	6,105 0.28%	2,015 1.46%
2015-16	7,617 -1.55%	6,328 3.65%	1,962 -2.63%
2016-17	7,447 -2.23%	6,047 -4.44%	1,751 -10.75%
2017-18	14,620 96.32%	10,866 79.69%	1,848 5.54%
2018-19	14,161 -3.14%	10,561 -2.81%	1,762 -4.65%
2019-20	16,013 13.08%	12,061 14.20%	1,651 -6.30%
2020-21	14,994 -6.36%	11,798 -2.18%	1,336 -19.08%
2021-22	11,291 -24.70%	10,726 -9.09%	1,287 -3.67%
2022-23	11,442 1.34%	10,680 -0.43%	1,226 -4.74%
2023-24	11,072 -3.23%	10,076 -5.66%	1,108 -9.62%
Average	11,288	9,212	1,630

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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