Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Niagara

At Niagara University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%. Niagara's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Niagara University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.18%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Niagara applicants increased by 8.13% (312 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Niagara University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.29% and women students' rate is 83.17%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Niagara University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.33%	66.44%	66.27%
2014-15	65.86% -0.47%	70.61% 4.17%	63.19% -3.08%
2015-16	84.74% 18.88%	88.82% 18.21%	82.38% 19.19%
2016-17	82.88% -1.86%	86.30% -2.52%	80.92% -1.46%
2017-18	84.20% 1.32%	86.37% 0.07%	82.86% 1.95%
2018-19	86.63% 2.44%	87.58% 1.21%	86.11% 3.24%
2019-20	89.21% 2.57%	90.96% 3.38%	88.24% 2.13%
2020-21	92.41% 3.20%	90.13% -0.83%	93.63% 5.39%
2021-22	92.01% -0.40%	91.02% 0.89%	92.99% -0.64%
2022-23	89.55% -2.46%	88.04% -2.98%	90.34% -2.65%
2023-24	85.00% -4.54%	80.98% -7.06%	87.99% -2.35%
Average	83.53%	84.29%	83.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.18% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.40%	30.56%	27.01%
2014-15	26.32% -2.08%	26.87% -3.69%	25.97% -1.04%
2015-16	25.96% -0.36%	24.97% -1.90%	26.57% 0.60%
2016-17	22.45% -3.51%	23.06% -1.91%	22.07% -4.50%
2017-18	22.60% 0.15%	23.33% 0.27%	22.12% 0.05%
2018-19	19.15% -3.45%	18.81% -4.53%	19.34% -2.79%
2019-20	19.17% 0.03%	19.71% 0.91%	18.86% -0.47%
2020-21	18.06% -1.12%	17.83% -1.89%	18.17% -0.69%
2021-22	18.99% 0.94%	22.03% 4.20%	16.98% -1.19%
2022-23	15.87% -3.13%	16.51% -5.52%	15.54% -1.45%
2023-24	16.00% 0.13%	16.04% -0.47%	17.01% 1.47%
Average	21.18%	21.79%	20.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,526, the average number of admitted is 2,945, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 608.

The number of Niagara applicants increased by 8.13% (312 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,716	2,465	700
2014-15	3,565 -4.06%	2,348 -4.75%	618 -11.71%
2015-16	2,923 -18.01%	2,477 5.49%	643 4.05%
2016-17	3,359 14.92%	2,784 12.39%	625 -2.80%
2017-18	3,101 -7.68%	2,611 -6.21%	590 -5.60%
2018-19	3,105 0.13%	2,690 3.03%	515 -12.71%
2019-20	3,660 17.87%	3,265 21.38%	626 21.55%
2020-21	3,740 2.19%	3,456 5.85%	624 -0.32%
2021-22	3,628 -2.99%	3,338 -3.41%	634 1.60%
2022-23	3,836 5.73%	3,435 2.91%	545 -14.04%
2023-24	4,148 8.13%	3,526 2.65%	564 3.49%
Average	3,526	2,945	608

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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