Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.84%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.05%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale applicants increased by 6.45% (630 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.84%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.50% and women students' rate is 81.61%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.87%	80.58%	78.19%
2014-15	81.53% 2.65%	82.90% 2.31%	80.63% 2.44%
2015-16	80.64% -0.88%	81.52% -1.38%	80.24% -0.39%
2016-17	76.65% -3.99%	78.09% -3.42%	75.75% -4.49%
2017-18	76.01% -0.64%	76.84% -1.26%	75.63% -0.11%
2018-19	71.85% -4.15%	73.89% -2.95%	70.40% -5.23%
2019-20	66.38% -5.48%	69.06% -4.83%	64.62% -5.78%
2020-21	91.78% 25.40%	90.58% 21.51%	92.71% 28.09%
2021-22	95.01% 3.23%	94.01% 3.43%	95.99% 3.29%
2022-23	91.50% -3.51%	90.05% -3.96%	92.50% -3.49%
2023-24	90.00% -1.49%	90.01% -0.04%	91.00% -1.50%
Average	81.84%	82.50%	81.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.05% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.47%	31.18%	26.10%
2014-15	31.24% 2.77%	33.09% 1.91%	29.63% 3.53%
2015-16	25.31% -5.93%	27.66% -5.43%	23.38% -6.24%
2016-17	23.08% -2.23%	25.87% -1.79%	20.74% -2.65%
2017-18	23.05% -0.03%	24.82% -1.05%	21.61% 0.87%
2018-19	25.30% 2.25%	28.84% 4.03%	22.34% 0.73%
2019-20	29.06% 3.75%	31.77% 2.93%	26.73% 4.39%
2020-21	24.05% -5.00%	27.21% -4.56%	21.91% -4.82%
2021-22	21.00% -3.05%	25.98% -1.23%	18.01% -3.90%
2022-23	16.98% -4.02%	19.33% -6.66%	15.37% -2.64%
2023-24	17.00% 0.02%	18.99% -0.33%	15.99% 0.62%
Average	24.05%	26.79%	21.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,654, the average number of admitted is 7,121, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,691.

The number of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale applicants increased by 6.45% (630 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,634	9,176	2,612
2014-15	10,896 -6.34%	8,883 -3.19%	2,775 6.24%
2015-16	10,667 -2.10%	8,602 -3.16%	2,177 -21.55%
2016-17	9,106 -14.63%	6,980 -18.86%	1,611 -26.00%
2017-18	7,961 -12.57%	6,051 -13.31%	1,395 -13.41%
2018-19	6,232 -21.72%	4,478 -26.00%	1,133 -18.78%
2019-20	5,377 -13.72%	3,569 -20.30%	1,037 -8.47%
2020-21	6,165 14.66%	5,658 58.53%	1,361 31.24%
2021-22	6,987 13.33%	6,638 17.32%	1,394 2.42%
2022-23	9,771 39.85%	8,940 34.68%	1,518 8.90%
2023-24	10,401 6.45%	9,361 4.71%	1,591 4.81%
Average	8,654	7,121	1,691

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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