Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SCSU

At Southern Connecticut State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.93%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.52%, and the 2024 yield is 18.01%.

The number of SCSU applicants decreased by -0.16% (13 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.93%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.99% at Southern Connecticut State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.82% and women students' rate is 76.32%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.42%	70.37%	78.46%
2014-15	71.54% -3.88%	65.51% -4.86%	75.03% -3.44%
2015-16	64.60% -6.94%	59.20% -6.31%	68.43% -6.60%
2016-17	63.52% -1.08%	59.00% -0.20%	66.61% -1.81%
2017-18	64.92% 1.39%	60.02% 1.02%	68.44% 1.82%
2018-19	66.23% 1.31%	60.61% 0.59%	70.20% 1.77%
2019-20	69.36% 3.14%	63.03% 2.43%	73.63% 3.43%
2020-21	79.68% 10.32%	74.70% 11.67%	82.86% 9.23%
2021-22	83.00% 3.32%	77.99% 3.29%	86.01% 3.14%
2022-23	82.92% -0.08%	78.59% 0.60%	85.82% -0.18%
2023-24	80.99% -1.93%	76.99% -1.60%	84.00% -1.82%
Average	72.93%	67.82%	76.32%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.52% where the current academic year yield is 18.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.57%	35.66%	38.60%
2014-15	39.35% 1.78%	39.87% 4.21%	39.09% 0.49%
2015-16	26.87% -12.49%	26.10% -13.77%	27.33% -11.76%
2016-17	25.63% -1.24%	25.04% -1.07%	25.98% -1.35%
2017-18	23.81% -1.82%	24.49% -0.55%	23.38% -2.60%
2018-19	25.52% 1.71%	25.52% 1.03%	25.51% 2.13%
2019-20	23.98% -1.54%	24.70% -0.82%	23.57% -1.95%
2020-21	15.95% -8.03%	14.70% -10.00%	16.68% -6.89%
2021-22	17.00% 1.04%	17.02% 2.33%	17.01% 0.33%
2022-23	16.04% -0.96%	17.37% 0.35%	15.27% -1.74%
2023-24	18.01% 1.97%	17.99% 0.62%	18.01% 2.74%
Average	24.52%	24.41%	24.58%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,787, the average number of admitted is 5,655, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,302.

The number of SCSU applicants decreased by -0.16% (13 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,870	3,673	1,380
2014-15	4,568 -6.20%	3,268 -11.03%	1,286 -6.81%
2015-16	8,113 77.61%	5,241 60.37%	1,408 9.49%
2016-17	8,625 6.31%	5,479 4.54%	1,404 -0.28%
2017-18	8,922 3.44%	5,792 5.71%	1,379 -1.78%
2018-19	8,983 0.68%	5,949 2.71%	1,518 10.08%
2019-20	9,156 1.93%	6,351 6.76%	1,523 0.33%
2020-21	8,504 -7.12%	6,776 6.69%	1,081 -29.02%
2021-22	7,294 -14.23%	6,054 -10.66%	1,029 -4.81%
2022-23	8,316 14.01%	6,896 13.91%	1,106 7.48%
2023-24	8,303 -0.16%	6,725 -2.48%	1,211 9.49%
Average	7,787	5,655	1,302

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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