Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southern University and A & M

At Southern University and A & M College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 53.72%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 50.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southern University and A & M College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 42.05%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of Southern University and A & M applicants increased by 15.19% (1,612 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 53.72%, and this year's acceptance rate is 50.00% at Southern University and A & M College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.20% and women students' rate is 52.63%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southern University and A & M College than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Southern University and A & M College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	35.90%	35.86%	35.93%
2014-15	53.65% 17.74%	57.61% 21.75%	51.28% 15.35%
2015-16	78.56% 24.92%	78.02% 20.40%	79.00% 27.73%
2016-17	98.79% 20.23%	99.92% 21.90%	98.63% 19.62%
2017-18	45.47% -53.33%	54.50% -45.42%	41.04% -57.58%
2018-19	37.24% -8.23%	39.44% -15.06%	36.27% -4.77%
2019-20	34.90% -2.34%	35.54% -3.90%	34.62% -1.65%
2020-21	43.45% 8.54%	45.19% 9.66%	42.94% 8.32%
2021-22	59.00% 15.55%	69.02% 23.82%	55.00% 12.06%
2022-23	53.90% -5.10%	53.08% -15.93%	54.22% -0.78%
2023-24	50.00% -3.89%	50.01% -3.07%	50.00% -4.22%
Average	53.72%	56.20%	52.63%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 42.05% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southern University and A & M College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	58.46%	60.58%	57.11%
2014-15	59.34% 0.88%	60.90% 0.32%	58.30% 1.19%
2015-16	61.94% 2.60%	57.27% -3.62%	65.66% 7.36%
2016-17	28.41% -33.53%	33.94% -23.33%	25.65% -40.01%
2017-18	51.26% 22.86%	50.68% 16.74%	51.64% 25.99%
2018-19	32.00% -19.27%	35.69% -15.00%	30.22% -21.42%
2019-20	36.29% 4.29%	41.44% 5.75%	33.94% 3.72%
2020-21	45.47% 9.18%	49.90% 8.46%	43.42% 9.48%
2021-22	31.99% -13.48%	36.96% -12.93%	30.00% -13.42%
2022-23	29.35% -2.65%	34.48% -2.48%	27.36% -2.63%
2023-24	28.00% -1.35%	32.97% -1.51%	26.99% -0.37%
Average	42.05%	44.98%	40.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,134, the average number of admitted is 3,533, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,301.

The number of Southern University and A & M applicants increased by 15.19% (1,612 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Southern University and A & M College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,721	1,336	781
2014-15	3,003 -19.30%	1,611 20.58%	956 22.41%
2015-16	2,505 -16.58%	1,968 22.16%	1,219 27.51%
2016-17	3,816 52.34%	3,770 91.57%	1,071 -12.14%
2017-18	5,307 39.07%	2,413 -35.99%	1,237 15.50%
2018-19	11,245 111.89%	4,188 73.56%	1,340 8.33%
2019-20	10,563 -6.06%	3,687 -11.96%	1,338 -0.15%
2020-21	6,935 -34.35%	3,013 -18.28%	1,370 2.39%
2021-22	8,551 23.30%	5,045 67.44%	1,614 17.81%
2022-23	10,609 24.07%	5,718 13.34%	1,678 3.97%
2023-24	12,221 15.19%	6,111 6.87%	1,711 1.97%
Average	7,134	3,533	1,301

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Southern University and A & M College and similar schools.