Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UNCSA

At University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 37.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 33.03%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 55.18%, and the 2024 yield is 47.02%.

The number of UNCSA applicants increased by 24.93% (284 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 37.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 33.03% at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 37.98% and women students' rate is 36.39%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	45.21%	50.68%	41.19%
2014-15	43.20% -2.00%	42.52% -8.15%	43.64% 2.45%
2015-16	34.39% -8.82%	36.78% -5.75%	32.45% -11.19%
2016-17	54.42% 20.04%	56.75% 19.97%	52.65% 20.20%
2017-18	32.64% -21.79%	34.19% -22.56%	31.74% -20.91%
2018-19	38.23% 5.59%	38.30% 4.11%	38.18% 6.45%
2019-20	28.91% -9.32%	28.05% -10.25%	29.42% -8.77%
2020-21	36.34% 7.43%	35.06% 7.01%	37.05% 7.63%
2021-22	29.98% -6.36%	29.03% -6.03%	30.04% -7.01%
2022-23	31.78% 1.81%	33.42% 4.39%	30.96% 0.92%
2023-24	33.03% 1.25%	33.06% -0.36%	32.98% 2.02%
Average	37.10%	37.98%	36.39%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 55.18% where the current academic year yield is 47.02%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of North Carolina School of the Arts from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	54.43%	59.33%	50.00%
2014-15	58.40% 3.97%	64.14% 4.80%	54.78% 4.78%
2015-16	65.25% 6.85%	66.44% 2.30%	64.15% 9.37%
2016-17	58.68% -6.57%	64.63% -1.80%	53.77% -10.38%
2017-18	55.45% -3.23%	55.83% -8.80%	55.21% 1.44%
2018-19	53.64% -1.81%	61.68% 5.84%	48.95% -6.26%
2019-20	52.70% -0.94%	50.31% -11.37%	54.06% 5.11%
2020-21	50.34% -2.36%	54.36% 4.05%	48.25% -5.81%
2021-22	53.03% 2.69%	56.93% 2.57%	50.98% 2.73%
2022-23	58.01% 4.98%	66.18% 9.24%	53.10% 2.12%
2023-24	47.02% -10.99%	44.03% -22.15%	48.06% -5.03%
Average	55.18%	58.53%	52.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,080, the average number of admitted is 385, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 210.

The number of UNCSA applicants increased by 24.93% (284 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	699	316	172
2014-15	868 24.18%	375 18.67%	219 27.33%
2015-16	887 2.19%	305 -18.67%	199 -9.13%
2016-17	667 -24.80%	363 19.02%	213 7.04%
2017-18	956 43.33%	312 -14.05%	173 -18.78%
2018-19	1,185 23.95%	453 45.19%	243 40.46%
2019-20	1,536 29.62%	444 -1.99%	234 -3.70%
2020-21	1,197 -22.07%	435 -2.03%	219 -6.41%
2021-22	1,321 10.36%	396 -8.97%	210 -4.11%
2022-23	1,139 -13.78%	362 -8.59%	210
2023-24	1,423 24.93%	470 29.83%	221 5.24%
Average	1,080	385	210

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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