Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at VSU

At Valdosta State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.84%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.49%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Valdosta State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 39.54%, and the 2024 yield is 28.99%.

The number of VSU applicants decreased by -5.75% (286 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.84%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.49% at Valdosta State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.58% and women students' rate is 68.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Valdosta State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.22%	54.88%	55.45%
2014-15	54.14% -1.08%	54.88%	53.66% -1.79%
2015-16	50.43% -3.71%	50.36% -4.52%	50.47% -3.18%
2016-17	65.13% 14.70%	64.71% 14.35%	65.36% 14.89%
2017-18	74.17% 9.03%	75.42% 10.71%	73.49% 8.12%
2018-19	62.60% -11.56%	62.67% -12.75%	62.57% -10.91%
2019-20	57.17% -5.43%	60.13% -2.54%	55.82% -6.75%
2020-21	78.45% 21.27%	76.84% 16.71%	79.18% 23.36%
2021-22	76.00% -2.45%	73.01% -3.83%	78.01% -1.17%
2022-23	89.47% 13.47%	87.81% 14.80%	90.14% 12.13%
2023-24	83.49% -5.97%	82.70% -5.12%	83.84% -6.30%
Average	67.84%	67.58%	68.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 39.54% where the current academic year yield is 28.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	55.08%	57.54%	53.44%
2014-15	55.45% 0.36%	58.12% 0.58%	53.68% 0.23%
2015-16	49.43% -6.02%	53.91% -4.21%	46.76% -6.92%
2016-17	42.74% -6.69%	47.45% -6.47%	40.24% -6.52%
2017-18	40.55% -2.19%	42.83% -4.62%	39.29% -0.95%
2018-19	40.49% -0.07%	43.53% 0.71%	38.99% -0.30%
2019-20	36.15% -4.34%	39.99% -3.55%	34.25% -4.74%
2020-21	33.74% -2.41%	36.65% -3.33%	32.45% -1.80%
2021-22	27.00% -6.74%	31.01% -5.64%	25.01% -7.45%
2022-23	25.32% -1.68%	30.61% -0.40%	23.23% -1.78%
2023-24	28.99% 3.67%	34.65% 4.04%	26.59% 3.36%
Average	39.54%	43.30%	37.63%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,311, the average number of admitted is 4,298, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,604.

The number of VSU applicants decreased by -5.75% (286 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,701	3,148	1,734
2014-15	5,427 -4.81%	2,938 -6.67%	1,629 -6.06%
2015-16	5,564 2.52%	2,806 -4.49%	1,387 -14.86%
2016-17	5,108 -8.20%	3,327 18.57%	1,422 2.52%
2017-18	5,303 3.82%	3,933 18.21%	1,595 12.17%
2018-19	6,557 23.65%	4,105 4.37%	1,662 4.20%
2019-20	7,563 15.34%	4,324 5.33%	1,563 -5.96%
2020-21	9,887 30.73%	7,756 79.37%	2,617 67.43%
2021-22	8,650 -12.51%	6,574 -15.24%	1,775 -32.17%
2022-23	4,975 -42.49%	4,451 -32.29%	1,127 -36.51%
2023-24	4,689 -5.75%	3,915 -12.04%	1,135 0.71%
Average	6,311	4,298	1,604

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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