Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at DePaul

At DePaul University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.31%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.47%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of DePaul applicants decreased by 1.23% (391 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.31%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.00% at DePaul University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.35% and women students' rate is 71.24%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.87%	57.68%	61.34%
2014-15	69.88% 10.01%	67.50% 9.82%	71.46% 10.12%
2015-16	71.98% 2.11%	69.21% 1.71%	73.88% 2.43%
2016-17	69.75% -2.23%	66.83% -2.38%	71.71% -2.18%
2017-18	71.74% 1.99%	69.29% 2.46%	73.40% 1.69%
2018-19	67.53% -4.21%	64.01% -5.28%	69.87% -3.53%
2019-20	68.22% 0.69%	64.69% 0.69%	70.51% 0.64%
2020-21	70.24% 2.02%	68.55% 3.85%	71.35% 0.84%
2021-22	69.00% -1.24%	65.00% -3.54%	72.00% 0.65%
2022-23	70.17% 1.16%	67.08% 2.07%	72.10% 0.10%
2023-24	74.00% 3.83%	70.00% 2.93%	76.00% 3.90%
Average	69.31%	66.35%	71.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.47% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.30%	21.94%	19.26%
2014-15	18.64% -1.66%	20.38% -1.56%	17.55% -1.71%
2015-16	17.83% -0.81%	19.93% -0.45%	16.48% -1.07%
2016-17	15.67% -2.16%	17.18% -2.76%	14.72% -1.76%
2017-18	16.39% 0.73%	18.46% 1.28%	15.08% 0.35%
2018-19	14.57% -1.82%	15.92% -2.54%	13.75% -1.32%
2019-20	14.32% -0.25%	16.64% 0.72%	12.93% -0.82%
2020-21	14.17% -0.15%	16.23% -0.42%	12.87% -0.06%
2021-22	13.00% -1.17%	14.00% -2.22%	12.00% -0.88%
2022-23	13.31% 0.31%	14.63% 0.63%	12.54% 0.54%
2023-24	12.00% -1.31%	14.00% -0.63%	11.00% -1.53%
Average	15.47%	17.21%	14.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 25,473, the average number of admitted is 17,706, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,652.

The number of DePaul applicants decreased by 1.23% (391 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,957	11,948	2,425
2014-15	19,533 -2.12%	13,649 14.24%	2,544 4.91%
2015-16	19,628 0.49%	14,129 3.52%	2,519 -0.98%
2016-17	22,502 14.64%	15,695 11.08%	2,459 -2.38%
2017-18	21,613 -3.95%	15,506 -1.20%	2,542 3.38%
2018-19	26,169 21.08%	17,673 13.98%	2,575 1.30%
2019-20	26,895 2.77%	18,348 3.82%	2,627 2.02%
2020-21	27,869 3.62%	19,575 6.69%	2,774 5.60%
2021-22	32,075 15.09%	22,132 13.06%	2,877 3.71%
2022-23	31,785 -0.90%	22,302 0.77%	2,968 3.16%
2023-24	32,176 1.23%	23,810 6.76%	2,857 -3.74%
Average	25,473	17,706	2,652

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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