Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of South Alabama

At University of South Alabama, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.00%. U of South Alabama's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 6 years. The acceptance rate at University of South Alabama have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.53%, and the 2024 yield is 23.01%.

The number of U of South Alabama applicants decreased by 0.34% (43 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.00% at University of South Alabama. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.88% and women students' rate is 78.65%. The acceptance rate at University of South Alabama have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.04%	83.54%	88.03%
2014-15	83.51% -2.54%	79.40% -4.14%	86.78% -1.25%
2015-16	78.16% -5.35%	72.24% -7.16%	83.00% -3.78%
2016-17	80.50% 2.34%	76.68% 4.44%	83.66% 0.66%
2017-18	82.08% 1.58%	79.26% 2.58%	83.81% 0.15%
2018-19	79.31% -2.77%	76.65% -2.62%	81.05% -2.77%
2019-20	78.69% -0.62%	76.18% -0.47%	80.22% -0.82%
2020-21	73.03% -5.66%	70.14% -6.04%	74.71% -5.51%
2021-22	71.00% -2.03%	69.00% -1.14%	72.00% -2.71%
2022-23	65.36% -5.64%	64.64% -4.36%	65.86% -6.14%
2023-24	65.00% -0.37%	65.00% 0.35%	66.00% 0.14%
Average	76.61%	73.88%	78.65%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.53% where the current academic year yield is 23.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.34%	46.21%	44.68%
2014-15	44.22% -1.12%	46.13% -0.08%	42.83% -1.86%
2015-16	40.65% -3.57%	41.96% -4.17%	39.72% -3.10%
2016-17	40.14% -0.51%	43.70% 1.74%	37.44% -2.28%
2017-18	38.96% -1.18%	40.93% -2.77%	37.81% 0.37%
2018-19	36.74% -2.22%	38.76% -2.18%	35.50% -2.31%
2019-20	32.36% -4.38%	33.02% -5.73%	31.98% -3.52%
2020-21	26.73% -5.63%	28.45% -4.58%	25.79% -6.18%
2021-22	21.00% -5.73%	22.99% -5.46%	20.01% -5.78%
2022-23	19.68% -1.33%	20.48% -2.51%	19.27% -0.74%
2023-24	23.01% 3.33%	22.99% 2.51%	23.00% 3.73%
Average	33.53%	35.06%	32.55%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,916, the average number of admitted is 5,882, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,846.

The number of U of South Alabama applicants decreased by 0.34% (43 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,814	4,142	1,878
2014-15	5,614 16.62%	4,688 13.18%	2,073 10.38%
2015-16	6,625 18.01%	5,178 10.45%	2,105 1.54%
2016-17	6,180 -6.72%	4,975 -3.92%	1,997 -5.13%
2017-18	5,898 -4.56%	4,841 -2.69%	1,886 -5.56%
2018-19	6,555 11.14%	5,199 7.40%	1,910 1.27%
2019-20	6,350 -3.13%	4,997 -3.89%	1,617 -15.34%
2020-21	8,084 27.31%	5,904 18.15%	1,578 -2.41%
2021-22	11,817 46.18%	8,390 42.11%	1,762 11.66%
2022-23	12,550 6.20%	8,203 -2.23%	1,614 -8.40%
2023-24	12,593 0.34%	8,185 -0.22%	1,883 16.67%
Average	7,916	5,882	1,846

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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