Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at South Carolina

At University of South Carolina-Columbia, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.26%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 61.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of South Carolina-Columbia than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.59%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of South Carolina applicants increased by 10.65% (4,494 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.26%, and this year's acceptance rate is 61.00% at University of South Carolina-Columbia. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.44% and women students' rate is 65.10%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of South Carolina-Columbia than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.60%	61.40%	60.02%
2014-15	65.20% 4.60%	66.72% 5.33%	64.10% 4.08%
2015-16	64.53% -0.67%	67.34% 0.62%	62.56% -1.54%
2016-17	68.14% 3.60%	71.08% 3.74%	66.15% 3.59%
2017-18	72.31% 4.17%	72.56% 1.48%	72.13% 5.98%
2018-19	63.06% -9.24%	64.69% -7.88%	61.91% -10.22%
2019-20	68.65% 5.58%	69.68% 4.99%	67.92% 6.01%
2020-21	68.35% -0.29%	70.11% 0.43%	67.12% -0.79%
2021-22	62.00% -6.35%	60.00% -10.11%	62.00% -5.12%
2022-23	64.05% 2.05%	59.28% -0.72%	67.21% 5.21%
2023-24	61.00% -3.05%	57.00% -2.28%	65.00% -2.21%
Average	65.26%	65.44%	65.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.59% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.57%	33.34%	31.99%
2014-15	32.74% 0.17%	34.56% 1.22%	31.37% -0.62%
2015-16	31.30% -1.44%	32.83% -1.73%	30.15% -1.22%
2016-17	29.93% -1.37%	30.21% -2.62%	27.91% -2.24%
2017-18	31.25% 1.32%	33.69% 3.48%	29.54% 1.63%
2018-19	30.05% -1.20%	32.63% -1.06%	28.13% -1.41%
2019-20	29.29% -0.77%	31.20% -1.43%	27.90% -0.23%
2020-21	24.03% -5.26%	25.43% -5.78%	23.01% -4.89%
2021-22	24.00% -0.03%	24.99% -0.43%	23.00% -0.01%
2022-23	24.33% 0.33%	25.99% 0.99%	23.36% 0.36%
2023-24	25.00% 0.67%	26.00% 0.01%	25.00% 1.64%
Average	28.59%	30.08%	27.40%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 31,965, the average number of admitted is 20,756, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,784.

The number of South Carolina applicants increased by 10.65% (4,494 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	23,429	14,199	4,625
2014-15	23,342 -0.37%	15,219 7.18%	4,983 7.74%
2015-16	25,740 10.27%	16,611 9.15%	5,199 4.33%
2016-17	25,057 -2.65%	17,073 2.78%	5,110 -1.71%
2017-18	26,015 3.82%	18,811 10.18%	5,879 15.05%
2018-19	30,889 18.74%	19,480 3.56%	5,854 -0.43%
2019-20	31,268 1.23%	21,464 10.18%	6,286 7.38%
2020-21	34,957 11.80%	23,894 11.32%	5,742 -8.65%
2021-22	42,045 20.28%	26,068 9.10%	6,256 8.95%
2022-23	42,188 0.34%	27,022 3.66%	6,574 5.08%
2023-24	46,682 10.65%	28,476 5.38%	7,119 8.29%
Average	31,965	20,756	5,784

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of South Carolina-Columbia and similar schools.