The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Utah is 81.87% - 64,194 students accepted out of total 76,558.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 73.96% to 81.87%. The Utah Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 43.62% and the yield is higher than 41.55%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.98% where the current academic year rate is 81.87% at Utah Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.25% and women students' rate is 80.26%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Utah Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
73.96% |
73.53% |
74.76% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
73.14%
-0.82% |
72.73%
-0.79% |
72.33%
-2.43% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
81.59%
8.45% |
76.34%
3.60% |
83.62%
11.29% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
75.24%
-6.35% |
67.77%
-8.57% |
77.63%
-6.00% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
76.19%
0.95% |
79.09%
11.32% |
78.01%
0.38% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
77.01%
0.81% |
76.67%
-2.42% |
78.52%
0.51% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
77.66%
0.66% |
82.01%
5.34% |
78.92%
0.39% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
86.67%
9.01% |
83.95%
1.94% |
87.23%
8.31% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
84.19%
-2.48% |
81.57%
-2.38% |
86.04%
-1.18% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
81.22%
-2.97% |
84.31%
2.74% |
82.27%
-3.78% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
81.87%
0.65% |
82.76%
-1.55% |
83.56%
1.29% |
|---|
| Average |
78.98% |
78.25% |
80.26% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 43.04% where the current academic year yield is 43.62%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Utah Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
41.55% |
45.96% |
39.73% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
47.87%
6.32% |
39.42%
-6.54% |
51.39%
11.66% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
47.42%
-0.46% |
40.00%
0.59% |
47.72%
-3.66% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
45.28%
-2.14% |
44.91%
4.91% |
44.81%
-2.92% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
43.27%
-2.01% |
37.37%
-7.54% |
42.35%
-2.46% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
48.14%
4.88% |
37.48%
0.11% |
48.60%
6.25% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
45.19%
-2.96% |
34.68%
-2.80% |
45.27%
-3.33% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
38.85%
-6.34% |
36.81%
2.13% |
37.92%
-7.35% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
36.13%
-2.72% |
32.85%
-3.96% |
36.77%
-1.14% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
36.13%
0.00% |
33.11%
0.25% |
36.62%
-0.15% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
43.62%
7.49% |
39.61%
6.51% |
43.15%
6.53% |
|---|
| Average |
43.04% |
38.38% |
43.12% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 60,997, the average number of admitted is 47,547, and the average number of enrolled students is 16,454 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Utah Colleges increased by 9.35% (6,546 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Utah Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
43,443 |
30,945 |
13,320 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
45,639
5.05% |
34,028
9.96% |
13,142
-1.34% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
52,883
15.87% |
40,581
19.26% |
15,364
16.91% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
56,105
6.09% |
41,550
2.39% |
15,482
0.77% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
65,109
16.05% |
46,608
12.17% |
16,274
5.12% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
64,654
-0.70% |
48,472
4.00% |
17,150
5.38% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
65,264
0.94% |
48,326
-0.30% |
16,821
-1.92% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
65,507
0.37% |
52,395
8.42% |
18,028
7.18% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
65,793
0.44% |
56,556
7.94% |
18,036
0.04% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
70,012
6.41% |
59,363
4.96% |
18,434
2.21% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
76,558
9.35% |
64,194
8.14% |
18,948
2.79% |
|---|
| Average |
60,997 |
47,547 |
16,454 |
|---|