Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SVU

At Southern Virginia University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.50%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 41.40%, and the 2024 yield is 26.98%.

The number of SVU applicants decreased by 1.01% (11 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.50%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Southern Virginia University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.24% and women students' rate is 80.37%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	99.87%	99.68%	100.00%
2014-15	47.07% -52.80%	38.04% -61.64%	55.07% -44.93%
2015-16	38.29% -8.78%	28.35% -9.69%	47.19% -7.88%
2016-17	45.32% 7.02%	37.24% 8.89%	52.99% 5.80%
2017-18	56.16% 10.84%	58.06% 20.83%	54.23% 1.24%
2018-19	69.25% 13.09%	61.83% 3.77%	76.39% 22.16%
2019-20	98.03% 28.78%	96.17% 34.33%	99.50% 23.11%
2020-21	99.03% 1.00%	98.99% 2.83%	99.07% -0.42%
2021-22	100.00% 0.97%	99.04% 0.05%	100.00% 0.93%
2022-23	99.45% -0.55%	99.24% 0.20%	99.65% -0.35%
2023-24	100.00% 0.55%	100.00% 0.76%	100.00% 0.35%
Average	77.50%	74.24%	80.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 41.40% where the current academic year yield is 26.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.66%	29.87%	29.52%
2014-15	38.71% 9.05%	46.15% 16.28%	34.15% 4.64%
2015-16	37.05% -1.65%	50.64% 4.48%	29.75% -4.40%
2016-17	47.37% 10.31%	53.52% 2.88%	43.26% 13.51%
2017-18	63.65% 16.29%	63.33% 9.81%	64.00% 20.74%
2018-19	46.98% -16.67%	47.24% -16.09%	46.77% -17.23%
2019-20	43.25% -3.73%	49.17% 1.93%	38.73% -8.04%
2020-21	58.74% 15.50%	55.25% 6.08%	63.55% 24.82%
2021-22	28.00% -30.74%	29.92% -25.33%	25.95% -37.60%
2022-23	35.06% 7.05%	35.25% 5.33%	34.88% 8.92%
2023-24	26.98% -8.08%	30.00% -5.25%	23.08% -11.80%
Average	41.40%	44.58%	39.42%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,081, the average number of admitted is 778, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 300.

The number of SVU applicants decreased by 1.01% (11 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	763	762	226
2014-15	1,674 119.40%	788 3.41%	305 34.96%
2015-16	1,755 4.84%	672 -14.72%	249 -18.36%
2016-17	1,174 -33.11%	532 -20.83%	252 1.20%
2017-18	926 -21.12%	520 -2.26%	331 31.35%
2018-19	956 3.24%	662 27.31%	311 -6.04%
2019-20	710 -25.73%	696 5.14%	301 -3.22%
2020-21	514 -27.61%	509 -26.87%	299 -0.66%
2021-22	1,232 139.69%	1,232 142.04%	345 15.38%
2022-23	1,090 -11.53%	1,084 -12.01%	380 10.14%
2023-24	1,101 1.01%	1,101 1.57%	297 -21.84%
Average	1,081	778	300

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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