Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WSSU

At Winston-Salem State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Winston-Salem State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.78%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of WSSU applicants increased by 21.57% (1,645 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.00% at Winston-Salem State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.57% and women students' rate is 68.22%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Winston-Salem State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.65%	51.50%	57.57%
2014-15	60.16% 4.51%	55.66% 4.15%	62.07% 4.50%
2015-16	58.53% -1.63%	56.98% 1.32%	59.22% -2.85%
2016-17	63.26% 4.73%	60.76% 3.79%	64.32% 5.10%
2017-18	66.57% 3.31%	63.24% 2.48%	67.92% 3.61%
2018-19	65.31% -1.26%	62.63% -0.61%	66.35% -1.57%
2019-20	67.59% 2.28%	62.86% 0.23%	69.32% 2.97%
2020-21	72.52% 4.93%	65.35% 2.48%	75.08% 5.76%
2021-22	80.99% 8.47%	74.01% 8.66%	83.99% 8.92%
2022-23	73.39% -7.61%	70.29% -3.72%	74.62% -9.38%
2023-24	69.00% -4.39%	65.02% -5.27%	70.00% -4.61%
Average	66.63%	62.57%	68.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.78% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.83%	22.38%	24.43%
2014-15	31.87% 8.04%	33.02% 10.63%	31.44% 7.00%
2015-16	33.84% 1.97%	33.21% 0.19%	34.11% 2.67%
2016-17	29.35% -4.50%	29.59% -3.62%	29.25% -4.86%
2017-18	32.77% 3.43%	31.09% 1.50%	33.41% 4.16%
2018-19	35.87% 3.09%	34.52% 3.43%	36.36% 2.95%
2019-20	29.98% -5.89%	29.85% -4.67%	30.02% -6.35%
2020-21	26.80% -3.18%	25.51% -4.35%	27.20% -2.82%
2021-22	21.01% -5.79%	17.97% -7.54%	20.99% -6.20%
2022-23	15.27% -5.73%	14.76% -3.21%	15.47% -5.52%
2023-24	14.00% -1.27%	12.98% -1.78%	14.00% -1.47%
Average	26.78%	25.90%	26.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,433, the average number of admitted is 3,658, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 899.

The number of WSSU applicants increased by 21.57% (1,645 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,164	2,874	685
2014-15	4,433 -14.16%	2,667 -7.20%	850 24.09%
2015-16	4,478 1.02%	2,621 -1.72%	887 4.35%
2016-17	5,128 14.52%	3,244 23.77%	952 7.33%
2017-18	4,295 -16.24%	2,859 -11.87%	937 -1.58%
2018-19	3,992 -7.05%	2,607 -8.81%	935 -0.21%
2019-20	4,773 19.56%	3,226 23.74%	967 3.42%
2020-21	5,182 8.57%	3,758 16.49%	1,007 4.14%
2021-22	5,419 4.57%	4,389 16.79%	922 -8.44%
2022-23	7,628 40.76%	5,598 27.55%	855 -7.27%
2023-24	9,273 21.57%	6,398 14.29%	896 4.80%
Average	5,433	3,658	899

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Winston-Salem State University and similar schools.