Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of South Carolina-Upstate

At University of South Carolina-Upstate, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.73%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of South Carolina-Upstate than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.43%, and the 2024 yield is 26.99%.

The number of U of South Carolina-Upstate applicants increased by 15.11% (467 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.73%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at University of South Carolina-Upstate. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.85% and women students' rate is 62.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of South Carolina-Upstate than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.22%	64.19%	64.24%
2014-15	46.82% -17.40%	46.63% -17.56%	47.54% -16.70%
2015-16	56.04% 9.22%	56.53% 9.90%	57.51% 9.97%
2016-17	54.63% -1.41%	52.64% -3.89%	55.63% -1.88%
2017-18	57.84% 3.21%	59.34% 6.70%	57.06% 1.43%
2018-19	57.19% -0.65%	54.11% -5.23%	58.64% 1.58%
2019-20	58.13% 0.94%	56.54% 2.43%	58.93% 0.29%
2020-21	59.54% 1.41%	53.59% -2.95%	62.24% 3.31%
2021-22	76.01% 16.47%	71.96% 18.37%	77.01% 14.77%
2022-23	78.58% 2.57%	75.82% 3.86%	79.96% 2.95%
2023-24	70.00% -8.57%	66.98% -8.84%	71.00% -8.96%
Average	61.73%	59.85%	62.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.43% where the current academic year yield is 26.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.93%	39.02%	41.89%
2014-15	42.05% 1.11%	43.03% 4.00%	42.18% 0.29%
2015-16	36.74% -5.31%	37.78% -5.24%	36.48% -5.70%
2016-17	36.79% 0.06%	39.58% 1.80%	35.47% -1.01%
2017-18	39.90% 3.11%	40.16% 0.58%	39.76% 4.29%
2018-19	36.58% -3.32%	36.36% -3.79%	36.67% -3.09%
2019-20	34.48% -2.10%	35.35% -1.01%	34.07% -2.60%
2020-21	28.88% -5.60%	28.55% -6.80%	29.00% -5.06%
2021-22	27.01% -1.87%	28.01% -0.54%	27.01% -2.00%
2022-23	28.34% 1.32%	29.72% 1.71%	27.68% 0.67%
2023-24	26.99% -1.35%	29.03% -0.69%	26.00% -1.68%
Average	34.43%	35.15%	34.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,813, the average number of admitted is 2,315, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 789.

The number of U of South Carolina-Upstate applicants increased by 15.11% (467 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-Upstate from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,066	1,969	806
2014-15	4,069 32.71%	1,905 -3.25%	801 -0.62%
2015-16	4,056 -0.32%	2,273 19.32%	835 4.24%
2016-17	3,791 -6.53%	2,071 -8.89%	762 -8.74%
2017-18	3,809 0.47%	2,203 6.37%	879 15.35%
2018-19	4,833 26.88%	2,764 25.47%	1,011 15.02%
2019-20	4,395 -9.06%	2,555 -7.56%	881 -12.86%
2020-21	4,385 -0.23%	2,611 2.19%	754 -14.42%
2021-22	2,893 -34.03%	2,199 -15.78%	594 -21.22%
2022-23	3,090 6.81%	2,428 10.41%	688 15.82%
2023-24	3,557 15.11%	2,490 2.55%	672 -2.33%
Average	3,813	2,315	789

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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