Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Shaw

At Shaw University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 56.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 30.00%. Shaw's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Shaw University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 10.32%, and the 2024 yield is 6.01%.

The number of Shaw applicants increased by 339.38% (8,264 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 56.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 30.00% at Shaw University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.49% and women students' rate is 58.08%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Shaw University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.49%	55.38%	53.97%
2014-15	59.35% 4.86%	56.36% 0.98%	61.29% 7.32%
2015-16	60.48% 1.13%	56.03% -0.33%	63.34% 2.05%
2016-17	48.87% -11.61%	44.62% -11.41%	51.58% -11.76%
2017-18	52.86% 4.00%	48.49% 3.87%	55.44% 3.87%
2018-19	52.36% -0.50%	48.06% -0.44%	54.80% -0.65%
2019-20	63.40% 11.04%	59.00% 10.94%	66.00% 11.20%
2020-21	70.56% 7.16%	67.60% 8.59%	72.24% 6.24%
2021-22	65.01% -5.55%	63.04% -4.56%	66.99% -5.25%
2022-23	61.03% -3.98%	59.83% -3.21%	62.21% -4.78%
2023-24	30.00% -31.02%	30.01% -29.82%	31.00% -31.21%
Average	56.22%	53.49%	58.08%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 10.32% where the current academic year yield is 6.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.99%	19.67%	12.19%
2014-15	13.71% -1.29%	17.89% -1.78%	11.20% -0.99%
2015-16	13.22% -0.49%	16.20% -1.69%	11.51% 0.31%
2016-17	13.70% 0.48%	17.22% 1.03%	11.74% 0.23%
2017-18	7.73% -5.96%	9.29% -7.93%	6.93% -4.82%
2018-19	6.14% -1.59%	7.89% -1.40%	5.27% -1.65%
2019-20	9.29% 3.15%	12.04% 4.15%	7.84% 2.57%
2020-21	6.30% -3.00%	8.84% -3.20%	4.95% -2.89%
2021-22	8.97% 2.67%	11.98% 3.14%	7.04% 2.09%
2022-23	13.46% 4.49%	19.68% 7.70%	8.93% 1.89%
2023-24	6.01% -7.45%	9.01% -10.68%	4.01% -4.92%
Average	10.32%	13.61%	8.33%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,013, the average number of admitted is 3,712, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 362.

The number of Shaw applicants increased by 339.38% (8,264 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,207	3,382	507
2014-15	5,766 -7.10%	3,422 1.18%	469 -7.50%
2015-16	5,030 -12.76%	3,042 -11.10%	402 -14.29%
2016-17	9,608 91.01%	4,695 54.34%	643 59.95%
2017-18	12,060 25.52%	6,375 35.78%	493 -23.33%
2018-19	12,157 0.80%	6,365 -0.16%	391 -20.69%
2019-20	4,311 -64.54%	2,733 -57.06%	254 -35.04%
2020-21	6,437 49.32%	4,542 66.19%	286 12.60%
2021-22	2,435 -62.17%	1,583 -65.15%	142 -50.35%
2022-23	2,435	1,486 -6.13%	200 40.85%
2023-24	10,699 339.38%	3,210 116.02%	193 -3.50%
Average	7,013	3,712	362

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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