Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SUNO

At Southern University at New Orleans, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 47.47%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 60.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southern University at New Orleans than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 41.48%, and the 2024 yield is 9.02%.

The number of SUNO applicants increased by 214.66% (1,992 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 47.47%, and this year's acceptance rate is 60.00% at Southern University at New Orleans. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 46.39% and women students' rate is 47.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southern University at New Orleans than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.88%	48.12%	49.24%
2014-15	20.70% -28.18%	18.42% -29.70%	21.86% -27.38%
2015-16	21.45% 0.75%	21.44% 3.02%	21.45% -0.41%
2016-17	11.54% -9.91%	11.85% -9.59%	11.44% -10.02%
2017-18	24.67% 13.13%	27.02% 15.18%	23.51% 12.07%
2018-19	30.09% 5.42%	31.79% 4.77%	29.24% 5.74%
2019-20	60.33% 30.25%	56.36% 24.57%	62.24% 33.00%
2020-21	72.00% 11.67%	66.92% 10.56%	74.07% 11.82%
2021-22	78.98% 6.98%	78.87% 11.95%	79.02% 4.96%
2022-23	93.53% 14.55%	90.49% 11.63%	94.85% 15.83%
2023-24	60.00% -33.53%	59.05% -31.45%	60.98% -33.87%
Average	47.47%	46.39%	47.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 41.48% where the current academic year yield is 9.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	89.53%	88.89%	89.83%
2014-15	45.35% -44.18%	44.00% -44.89%	46.52% -43.31%
2015-16	54.81% 9.46%	45.00% 1.00%	60.41% 13.89%
2016-17	65.45% 10.65%	70.59% 25.59%	63.16% 2.75%
2017-18	53.56% -11.89%	63.95% -6.64%	47.69% -15.47%
2018-19	63.81% 10.25%	60.00% -3.95%	65.85% 18.16%
2019-20	36.22% -27.59%	44.62% -15.38%	32.55% -33.30%
2020-21	12.10% -24.11%	13.50% -31.12%	11.59% -20.97%
2021-22	11.05% -1.05%	12.08% -1.43%	10.05% -1.54%
2022-23	15.44% 4.39%	19.33% 7.25%	14.47% 4.42%
2023-24	9.02% -6.42%	14.09% -5.23%	6.97% -7.50%
Average	41.48%	43.28%	40.83%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,638, the average number of admitted is 757, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 221.

The number of SUNO applicants increased by 214.66% (1,992 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,563	764	684
2014-15	1,609 2.94%	333 -56.41%	151 -77.92%
2015-16	1,795 11.56%	385 15.62%	211 39.74%
2016-17	1,907 6.24%	220 -42.86%	144 -31.75%
2017-18	1,650 -13.48%	407 85.00%	218 51.39%
2018-19	1,047 -36.55%	315 -22.60%	201 -7.80%
2019-20	1,016 -2.96%	613 94.60%	222 10.45%
2020-21	2,261 122.54%	1,628 165.58%	197 -11.26%
2021-22	1,318 -41.71%	1,041 -36.06%	115 -41.62%
2022-23	928 -29.59%	868 -16.62%	134 16.52%
2023-24	2,920 214.66%	1,752 101.84%	158 17.91%
Average	1,638	757	221

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Southern University at New Orleans and similar schools.