Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at FAU

At Florida Atlantic University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Florida Atlantic University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.47%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of FAU applicants increased by 13.78% (3,344 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.00% at Florida Atlantic University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.70% and women students' rate is 67.74%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Florida Atlantic University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.73%	45.95%	49.06%
2014-15	66.03% 18.29%	65.32% 19.37%	66.52% 17.46%
2015-16	67.68% 1.65%	66.32% 1.00%	68.64% 2.12%
2016-17	59.78% -7.90%	57.59% -8.74%	61.31% -7.34%
2017-18	60.01% 0.23%	58.74% 1.15%	60.91% -0.40%
2018-19	59.32% -0.69%	57.97% -0.78%	60.26% -0.65%
2019-20	63.28% 3.95%	61.26% 3.29%	64.60% 4.35%
2020-21	74.78% 11.50%	73.14% 11.88%	75.76% 11.16%
2021-22	78.00% 3.22%	75.00% 1.86%	80.00% 4.24%
2022-23	81.32% 3.32%	78.47% 3.47%	83.11% 3.11%
2023-24	73.00% -8.32%	72.00% -6.47%	75.00% -8.11%
Average	66.45%	64.70%	67.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.47% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.28%	31.77%	27.55%
2014-15	31.01% 1.73%	33.27% 1.50%	29.46% 1.91%
2015-16	32.39% 1.38%	34.73% 1.46%	30.79% 1.32%
2016-17	33.56% 1.17%	34.80% 0.07%	32.74% 1.95%
2017-18	30.65% -2.91%	33.74% -1.07%	28.53% -4.21%
2018-19	31.14% 0.50%	33.19% -0.55%	29.79% 1.25%
2019-20	27.52% -3.63%	30.42% -2.76%	25.70% -4.08%
2020-21	22.47% -5.04%	23.78% -6.64%	21.72% -3.98%
2021-22	20.00% -2.47%	23.00% -0.77%	18.00% -3.72%
2022-23	22.15% 2.15%	23.49% 0.48%	21.35% 3.35%
2023-24	22.00% -0.15%	22.99% -0.49%	21.00% -0.35%
Average	27.47%	29.56%	26.06%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,460, the average number of admitted is 13,782, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,584.

The number of FAU applicants increased by 13.78% (3,344 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	24,889	11,880	3,479
2014-15	14,944 -39.96%	9,867 -16.94%	3,060 -12.04%
2015-16	15,847 6.04%	10,725 8.70%	3,474 13.53%
2016-17	15,907 0.38%	9,509 -11.34%	3,191 -8.15%
2017-18	15,176 -4.60%	9,107 -4.23%	2,791 -12.54%
2018-19	17,120 12.81%	10,156 11.52%	3,163 13.33%
2019-20	18,854 10.13%	11,930 17.47%	3,283 3.79%
2020-21	25,300 34.19%	18,919 58.58%	4,252 29.52%
2021-22	25,148 -0.60%	19,615 3.68%	3,923 -7.74%
2022-23	24,268 -3.50%	19,734 0.61%	4,371 11.42%
2023-24	27,612 13.78%	20,157 2.14%	4,435 1.46%
Average	20,460	13,782	3,584

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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