Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at IU

At Indiana University-Bloomington, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Indiana University-Bloomington than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.35%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of IU applicants increased by 8.38% (4,199 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.00% at Indiana University-Bloomington. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.22% and women students' rate is 78.41%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Indiana University-Bloomington than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.17%	72.40%	71.98%
2014-15	76.09% 3.92%	83.21% 10.81%	75.31% 3.32%
2015-16	77.99% 1.90%	78.48% -4.73%	77.57% 2.27%
2016-17	78.72% 0.73%	79.07% 0.59%	78.42% 0.84%
2017-18	76.01% -2.71%	76.13% -2.93%	75.90% -2.52%
2018-19	76.91% 0.90%	78.21% 2.08%	75.79% -0.11%
2019-20	77.91% 1.00%	78.42% 0.20%	77.48% 1.69%
2020-21	80.38% 2.47%	80.80% 2.39%	80.01% 2.53%
2021-22	85.00% 4.62%	84.00% 3.20%	86.00% 6.00%
2022-23	82.41% -2.59%	81.71% -2.28%	83.04% -2.96%
2023-24	80.00% -2.41%	79.00% -2.71%	81.00% -2.04%
Average	78.51%	79.22%	78.41%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.35% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.85%	31.15%	25.10%
2014-15	27.89% 0.03%	30.56% -0.59%	25.67% 0.57%
2015-16	29.28% 1.40%	31.44% 0.88%	27.45% 1.78%
2016-17	28.14% -1.15%	30.50% -0.94%	26.09% -1.36%
2017-18	25.10% -3.04%	26.75% -3.75%	23.58% -2.51%
2018-19	23.84% -1.26%	25.42% -1.33%	22.43% -1.15%
2019-20	24.80% 0.97%	26.88% 1.46%	23.01% 0.58%
2020-21	22.35% -2.45%	23.25% -3.63%	21.56% -1.44%
2021-22	24.00% 1.65%	26.00% 2.75%	22.00% 0.44%
2022-23	23.59% -0.41%	25.29% -0.71%	22.09% 0.09%
2023-24	22.00% -1.59%	22.00% -3.29%	22.00% -0.09%
Average	25.35%	27.20%	23.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 42,483, the average number of admitted is 33,463, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 8,360.

The number of IU applicants increased by 8.38% (4,199 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	37,826	27,300	7,604
2014-15	36,362 -3.87%	27,668 1.35%	7,716 1.47%
2015-16	34,483 -5.17%	26,892 -2.80%	7,875 2.06%
2016-17	34,646 0.47%	27,272 1.41%	7,673 -2.57%
2017-18	41,939 21.05%	31,878 16.89%	8,001 4.27%
2018-19	44,169 5.32%	33,970 6.56%	8,097 1.20%
2019-20	42,902 -2.87%	33,425 -1.60%	8,291 2.40%
2020-21	44,129 2.86%	35,469 6.12%	7,928 -4.38%
2021-22	46,498 5.37%	39,523 11.43%	9,486 19.65%
2022-23	50,080 7.70%	41,272 4.43%	9,736 2.64%
2023-24	54,279 8.38%	43,423 5.21%	9,553 -1.88%
Average	42,483	33,463	8,360

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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