Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at BYU

At Brigham Young University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.54%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 79.69%, and the 2024 yield is 80.00%.

The number of BYU applicants increased by 4.23% (447 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.54%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.00% at Brigham Young University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 54.33% and women students' rate is 61.82%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	49.42%	44.14%	52.29%
2014-15	47.00% -2.41%	40.64% -3.50%	50.85% -1.44%
2015-16	48.05% 1.05%	46.02% 5.39%	49.66% -1.18%
2016-17	51.18% 3.13%	50.37% 4.35%	51.81% 2.14%
2017-18	52.40% 1.22%	51.27% 0.90%	53.28% 1.48%
2018-19	64.47% 12.07%	61.76% 10.50%	66.61% 13.33%
2019-20	67.49% 3.01%	63.67% 1.90%	70.46% 3.85%
2020-21	69.25% 1.77%	65.37% 1.70%	72.70% 2.24%
2021-22	59.00% -10.25%	53.99% -11.37%	64.01% -8.70%
2022-23	66.67% 7.67%	58.40% 4.40%	73.37% 9.37%
2023-24	69.00% 2.33%	62.01% 3.61%	75.01% 1.64%
Average	58.54%	54.33%	61.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 79.69% where the current academic year yield is 80.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	78.42%	75.69%	79.68%
2014-15	78.20% -0.22%	74.40% -1.29%	80.04% 0.36%
2015-16	79.77% 1.57%	80.93% 6.53%	78.92% -1.12%
2016-17	80.46% 0.69%	83.03% 2.10%	78.54% -0.38%
2017-18	80.74% 0.28%	83.13% 0.10%	78.95% 0.42%
2018-19	79.44% -1.29%	80.37% -2.76%	78.77% -0.19%
2019-20	80.88% 1.43%	82.96% 2.59%	79.41% 0.65%
2020-21	80.68% -0.20%	81.59% -1.37%	79.95% 0.54%
2021-22	78.99% -1.69%	82.02% 0.43%	76.99% -2.96%
2022-23	79.05% 0.06%	80.86% -1.16%	77.88% 0.89%
2023-24	80.00% 0.95%	80.00% -0.86%	79.99% 2.11%
Average	79.69%	80.45%	79.01%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,604, the average number of admitted is 6,741, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,376.

The number of BYU applicants increased by 4.23% (447 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,423	5,645	4,427
2014-15	11,078 -3.02%	5,207 -7.76%	4,072 -8.02%
2015-16	13,376 20.74%	6,427 23.43%	5,127 25.91%
2016-17	12,739 -4.76%	6,520 1.45%	5,246 2.32%
2017-18	12,858 0.93%	6,738 3.34%	5,440 3.70%
2018-19	11,205 -12.86%	7,224 7.21%	5,739 5.50%
2019-20	10,500 -6.29%	7,086 -1.91%	5,731 -0.14%
2020-21	11,292 7.54%	7,820 10.36%	6,309 10.09%
2021-22	11,608 2.80%	6,849 -12.42%	5,410 -14.25%
2022-23	10,559 -9.04%	7,040 2.79%	5,565 2.87%
2023-24	11,006 4.23%	7,594 7.87%	6,075 9.16%
Average	11,604	6,741	5,376

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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