Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at South Carolina State

At South Carolina State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.40%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.00%. South Carolina State's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.80%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of South Carolina State applicants increased by 43.86% (2,997 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.40%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.00% at South Carolina State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.05% and women students' rate is 78.67%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.79%	53.33%	49.09%
2014-15	84.54% 33.75%	81.56% 28.23%	86.85% 37.75%
2015-16	94.89% 10.35%	93.74% 12.18%	95.69% 8.84%
2016-17	86.23% -8.66%	85.22% -8.53%	86.95% -8.74%
2017-18	78.26% -7.97%	76.95% -8.27%	79.76% -7.19%
2018-19	53.24% -25.03%	54.18% -22.77%	52.58% -27.18%
2019-20	66.44% 13.20%	63.17% 8.99%	68.71% 16.13%
2020-21	94.09% 27.65%	93.67% 30.50%	94.33% 25.63%
2021-22	87.99% -6.10%	89.04% -4.63%	86.99% -7.34%
2022-23	83.90% -4.08%	84.72% -4.32%	83.47% -3.52%
2023-24	82.00% -1.90%	82.99% -1.72%	80.99% -2.48%
Average	78.40%	78.05%	78.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.80% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.90%	29.58%	21.51%
2014-15	26.05% 1.14%	31.40% 1.82%	22.16% 0.65%
2015-16	21.29% -4.75%	26.80% -4.60%	17.51% -4.65%
2016-17	25.58% 4.29%	31.21% 4.41%	21.69% 4.18%
2017-18	29.95% 4.37%	37.71% 6.50%	24.23% 2.53%
2018-19	29.76% -0.20%	34.43% -3.28%	26.42% 2.19%
2019-20	21.22% -8.53%	24.52% -9.91%	19.12% -7.30%
2020-21	16.28% -4.95%	17.90% -6.62%	15.31% -3.81%
2021-22	26.99% 10.72%	31.94% 14.04%	23.97% 8.65%
2022-23	15.73% -11.26%	21.64% -10.30%	12.57% -11.40%
2023-24	13.00% -2.73%	16.01% -5.63%	12.00% -0.57%
Average	22.80%	27.56%	19.68%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,960, the average number of admitted is 3,090, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 623.

The number of South Carolina State applicants increased by 43.86% (2,997 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,499	2,285	569
2014-15	2,911 -35.30%	2,461 7.70%	641 12.65%
2015-16	2,445 -16.01%	2,320 -5.73%	494 -22.93%
2016-17	2,847 16.44%	2,455 5.82%	628 27.13%
2017-18	2,521 -11.45%	1,973 -19.63%	591 -5.89%
2018-19	3,415 35.46%	1,818 -7.86%	541 -8.46%
2019-20	2,631 -22.96%	1,748 -3.85%	371 -31.42%
2020-21	3,128 18.89%	2,943 68.36%	479 29.11%
2021-22	2,497 -20.17%	2,197 -25.35%	593 23.80%
2022-23	6,833 173.65%	5,733 160.95%	902 52.11%
2023-24	9,830 43.86%	8,061 40.61%	1,048 16.19%
Average	3,960	3,090	623

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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