Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Charleston

At University of Charleston, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Charleston than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.23%, and the 2024 yield is 23.99%.

The number of U of Charleston applicants increased by 4.07% (64 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.02% at University of Charleston. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.46% and women students' rate is 59.69%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Charleston than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.05%	67.62%	70.00%
2014-15	60.77% -8.28%	61.50% -6.13%	60.27% -9.73%
2015-16	52.44% -8.34%	53.99% -7.50%	51.49% -8.78%
2016-17	51.86% -0.58%	56.13% 2.14%	49.62% -1.87%
2017-18	64.49% 12.63%	64.70% 8.57%	64.39% 14.77%
2018-19	50.42% -14.07%	52.92% -11.78%	49.30% -15.08%
2019-20	50.04% -0.38%	52.52% -0.39%	48.90% -0.40%
2020-21	61.48% 11.43%	64.74% 12.22%	59.87% 10.97%
2021-22	70.01% 8.53%	72.07% 7.33%	68.97% 9.09%
2022-23	67.73% -2.28%	67.95% -4.12%	67.78% -1.19%
2023-24	65.02% -2.71%	61.93% -6.01%	65.99% -1.79%
Average	60.30%	61.46%	59.69%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.23% where the current academic year yield is 23.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.02%	32.29%	28.57%
2014-15	30.85% 0.82%	35.40% 3.10%	27.60% -0.97%
2015-16	31.21% 0.37%	34.34% -1.06%	29.21% 1.61%
2016-17	32.55% 1.33%	38.22% 3.88%	29.18% -0.03%
2017-18	19.43% -13.11%	25.40% -12.82%	16.67% -12.51%
2018-19	26.50% 7.07%	33.87% 8.47%	22.98% 6.31%
2019-20	22.96% -3.53%	28.82% -5.05%	20.07% -2.91%
2020-21	17.04% -5.92%	25.09% -3.73%	13.05% -7.02%
2021-22	18.00% 0.96%	21.04% -4.04%	16.06% 3.01%
2022-23	25.00% 7.00%	27.76% 6.72%	23.62% 7.56%
2023-24	23.99% -1.01%	29.97% 2.21%	20.95% -2.68%
Average	25.23%	30.20%	22.54%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,029, the average number of admitted is 1,212, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 293.

The number of U of Charleston applicants increased by 4.07% (64 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,312	906	272
2014-15	1,787 36.20%	1,086 19.87%	335 23.16%
2015-16	1,949 9.07%	1,022 -5.89%	319 -4.78%
2016-17	1,801 -7.59%	934 -8.61%	304 -4.70%
2017-18	2,737 51.97%	1,765 88.97%	343 12.83%
2018-19	2,283 -16.59%	1,151 -34.79%	305 -11.08%
2019-20	2,454 7.49%	1,228 6.69%	282 -7.54%
2020-21	2,806 14.34%	1,725 40.47%	294 4.26%
2021-22	1,984 -29.29%	1,389 -19.48%	250 -14.97%
2022-23	1,571 -20.82%	1,064 -23.40%	266 6.40%
2023-24	1,635 4.07%	1,063 -0.09%	255 -4.14%
Average	2,029	1,212	293

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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