Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at VSU

At Virginia State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.39%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. VSU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.19%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of VSU applicants increased by 28.52% (2,347 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.39%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Virginia State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.60% and women students' rate is 91.87%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	94.59%	92.60%	95.66%
2014-15	80.06% -14.53%	80.08% -12.52%	80.05% -15.61%
2015-16	76.98% -3.08%	72.67% -7.40%	79.47% -0.58%
2016-17	94.48% 17.50%	88.03% 15.36%	98.42% 18.95%
2017-18	91.11% -3.37%	86.78% -1.25%	93.44% -4.99%
2018-19	91.09% -0.01%	87.55% 0.77%	92.96% -0.47%
2019-20	95.05% 3.95%	91.85% 4.30%	96.60% 3.63%
2020-21	96.26% 1.21%	94.92% 3.07%	96.92% 0.32%
2021-22	96.00% -0.26%	95.99% 1.08%	96.01% -0.91%
2022-23	89.72% -6.28%	87.18% -8.82%	91.02% -4.99%
2023-24	89.00% -0.72%	86.00% -1.18%	90.01% -1.01%
Average	90.39%	87.60%	91.87%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.19% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.96%	24.96%	21.92%
2014-15	19.13% -3.83%	19.82% -5.14%	18.66% -3.25%
2015-16	14.94% -4.18%	19.31% -0.51%	12.63% -6.03%
2016-17	18.94% 4.00%	22.28% 2.97%	17.12% 4.48%
2017-18	19.93% 0.99%	23.32% 1.04%	18.23% 1.11%
2018-19	14.57% -5.36%	17.10% -6.22%	13.31% -4.91%
2019-20	14.54% -0.03%	18.87% 1.77%	12.54% -0.77%
2020-21	9.32% -5.22%	10.84% -8.03%	8.58% -3.96%
2021-22	10.00% 0.68%	9.01% -1.84%	10.00% 1.42%
2022-23	18.72% 8.72%	23.51% 14.51%	16.38% 6.37%
2023-24	15.00% -3.72%	18.99% -4.53%	14.00% -2.38%
Average	16.19%	18.91%	14.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,614, the average number of admitted is 6,915, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,066.

The number of VSU applicants increased by 28.52% (2,347 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,729	5,419	1,244
2014-15	5,923 3.39%	4,742 -12.49%	907 -27.09%
2015-16	6,650 12.27%	5,119 7.95%	765 -15.66%
2016-17	5,722 -13.95%	5,406 5.61%	1,024 33.86%
2017-18	6,307 10.22%	5,746 6.29%	1,145 11.82%
2018-19	7,007 11.10%	6,383 11.09%	930 -18.78%
2019-20	7,715 10.10%	7,333 14.88%	1,066 14.62%
2020-21	9,912 28.48%	9,541 30.11%	889 -16.60%
2021-22	9,978 0.67%	9,579 0.40%	958 7.76%
2022-23	8,230 -17.52%	7,384 -22.91%	1,382 44.26%
2023-24	10,577 28.52%	9,414 27.49%	1,412 2.17%
Average	7,614	6,915	1,066

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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