Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Aurora

At Aurora University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.27%, and the 2024 yield is 17.99%.

The number of Aurora applicants increased by 80.15% (2,342 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.99% at Aurora University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.33% and women students' rate is 82.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.95%	77.38%	74.71%
2014-15	81.10% 5.16%	82.81% 5.43%	79.82% 5.11%
2015-16	77.24% -3.86%	76.40% -6.41%	77.82% -2.00%
2016-17	87.72% 10.48%	88.53% 12.12%	87.14% 9.32%
2017-18	87.32% -0.40%	86.95% -1.58%	87.61% 0.47%
2018-19	81.16% -6.17%	81.69% -5.26%	80.81% -6.79%
2019-20	86.73% 5.57%	86.62% 4.93%	86.81% 5.99%
2020-21	83.95% -2.79%	84.32% -2.30%	83.69% -3.12%
2021-22	86.00% 2.06%	86.97% 2.65%	86.00% 2.31%
2022-23	81.90% -4.11%	80.94% -6.03%	82.44% -3.56%
2023-24	84.99% 3.10%	84.02% 3.08%	85.99% 3.55%
Average	83.10%	83.33%	82.98%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.27% where the current academic year yield is 17.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.54%	31.10%	35.73%
2014-15	31.37% -2.17%	32.16% 1.06%	30.75% -4.97%
2015-16	28.69% -2.68%	28.62% -3.54%	28.73% -2.02%
2016-17	28.51% -0.18%	28.67% 0.05%	28.39% -0.35%
2017-18	29.97% 1.46%	31.34% 2.67%	28.94% 0.56%
2018-19	28.49% -1.48%	28.14% -3.20%	28.71% -0.23%
2019-20	32.34% 3.85%	30.38% 2.24%	33.57% 4.86%
2020-21	32.02% -0.32%	30.92% 0.54%	32.79% -0.78%
2021-22	31.01% -1.01%	29.04% -1.88%	31.99% -0.80%
2022-23	28.08% -2.93%	28.77% -0.27%	27.69% -4.30%
2023-24	17.99% -10.09%	18.02% -10.75%	18.99% -8.70%
Average	29.27%	28.83%	29.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,075, the average number of admitted is 2,563, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 727.

The number of Aurora applicants increased by 80.15% (2,342 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,536	1,926	646
2014-15	2,323 -8.40%	1,884 -2.18%	591 -8.51%
2015-16	2,843 22.38%	2,196 16.56%	630 6.60%
2016-17	2,615 -8.02%	2,294 4.46%	654 3.81%
2017-18	3,061 17.06%	2,673 16.52%	801 22.48%
2018-19	3,296 7.68%	2,675 0.07%	762 -4.87%
2019-20	2,902 -11.95%	2,517 -5.91%	814 6.82%
2020-21	2,965 2.17%	2,489 -1.11%	797 -2.09%
2021-22	3,101 4.59%	2,667 7.15%	827 3.76%
2022-23	2,922 -5.77%	2,393 -10.27%	672 -18.74%
2023-24	5,264 80.15%	4,474 86.96%	805 19.79%
Average	3,075	2,563	727

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Aurora University and similar schools.