Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at HU

At Howard University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 40.72%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 35.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Howard University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.71%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of HU applicants increased by 58.13% (11,154 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 40.72%, and this year's acceptance rate is 35.00% at Howard University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 39.45% and women students' rate is 41.25%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Howard University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	49.30%	48.80%	49.53%
2014-15	48.41% -0.89%	47.44% -1.36%	48.84% -0.70%
2015-16	49.04% 0.63%	49.01% 1.57%	49.06% 0.22%
2016-17	30.00% -19.04%	30.79% -18.22%	29.68% -19.38%
2017-18	41.42% 11.41%	37.97% 7.18%	42.89% 13.21%
2018-19	31.59% -9.82%	30.62% -7.35%	31.98% -10.91%
2019-20	36.08% 4.48%	33.96% 3.34%	36.94% 4.95%
2020-21	38.64% 2.56%	39.35% 5.39%	38.35% 1.41%
2021-22	35.00% -3.63%	34.00% -5.35%	36.00% -2.35%
2022-23	53.43% 18.43%	50.07% 16.07%	54.54% 18.54%
2023-24	35.00% -18.43%	31.99% -18.07%	36.00% -18.54%
Average	40.72%	39.45%	41.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.71% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.19%	24.06%	24.25%
2014-15	22.20% -1.99%	23.41% -0.65%	21.68% -2.57%
2015-16	22.54% 0.34%	22.58% -0.84%	22.52% 0.84%
2016-17	16.48% -6.06%	17.41% -5.17%	16.08% -6.44%
2017-18	29.85% 13.38%	29.18% 11.77%	30.11% 14.03%
2018-19	22.68% -7.17%	23.26% -5.91%	22.46% -7.65%
2019-20	25.40% 2.72%	24.20% 0.94%	25.85% 3.39%
2020-21	25.11% -0.29%	23.78% -0.42%	25.67% -0.19%
2021-22	27.00% 1.89%	25.01% 1.23%	28.00% 2.34%
2022-23	24.31% -2.68%	22.28% -2.73%	26.09% -1.92%
2023-24	21.00% -3.32%	19.99% -2.28%	22.00% -4.09%
Average	23.71%	23.20%	24.06%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,078, the average number of admitted is 7,913, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,892.

The number of HU applicants increased by 58.13% (11,154 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,687	5,762	1,394
2014-15	13,760 17.74%	6,661 15.60%	1,479 6.10%
2015-16	15,163 10.20%	7,436 11.63%	1,676 13.32%
2016-17	18,225 20.19%	5,468 -26.47%	901 -46.24%
2017-18	16,815 -7.74%	6,964 27.36%	2,079 130.74%
2018-19	20,946 24.57%	6,617 -4.98%	1,501 -27.80%
2019-20	21,006 0.29%	7,578 14.52%	1,925 28.25%
2020-21	24,325 15.80%	9,398 24.02%	2,360 22.60%
2021-22	29,396 20.85%	10,289 9.48%	2,778 17.71%
2022-23	19,188 -34.73%	10,253 -0.35%	2,493 -10.26%
2023-24	30,342 58.13%	10,620 3.58%	2,230 -10.55%
Average	20,078	7,913	1,892

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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