Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NAU

At Northern Arizona University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.39%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northern Arizona University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.10%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of NAU applicants decreased by -15.72% (7,050 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.39%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Northern Arizona University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.89% and women students' rate is 83.99%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northern Arizona University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	91.37%	88.99%	92.87%
2014-15	81.00% -10.38%	78.32% -10.68%	82.78% -10.09%
2015-16	76.87% -4.13%	73.03% -5.28%	79.43% -3.34%
2016-17	78.05% 1.18%	73.70% 0.67%	80.90% 1.47%
2017-18	80.85% 2.80%	77.55% 3.85%	82.86% 1.95%
2018-19	82.62% 1.77%	80.33% 2.79%	83.92% 1.06%
2019-20	84.89% 2.27%	82.41% 2.08%	86.25% 2.33%
2020-21	81.64% -3.25%	78.95% -3.46%	83.08% -3.17%
2021-22	78.00% -3.64%	77.00% -1.95%	79.00% -4.08%
2022-23	79.99% 1.99%	78.51% 1.51%	80.77% 1.78%
2023-24	91.00% 11.01%	90.00% 11.49%	92.00% 11.23%
Average	82.39%	79.89%	83.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.10% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.37%	17.12%	14.31%
2014-15	19.93% 4.57%	21.83% 4.71%	18.74% 4.43%
2015-16	22.95% 3.02%	23.35% 1.52%	22.70% 3.97%
2016-17	19.68% -3.27%	20.78% -2.57%	19.02% -3.69%
2017-18	19.79% 0.11%	20.57% -0.21%	19.35% 0.33%
2018-19	19.29% -0.50%	20.45% -0.12%	18.65% -0.70%
2019-20	17.46% -1.83%	19.15% -1.30%	16.57% -2.09%
2020-21	17.09% -0.37%	17.87% -1.29%	16.70% 0.13%
2021-22	16.00% -1.09%	18.00% 0.13%	15.00% -1.70%
2022-23	15.54% -0.46%	17.30% -0.70%	14.64% -0.36%
2023-24	16.00% 0.46%	17.00% -0.30%	15.00% 0.37%
Average	18.10%	19.40%	17.33%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 36,761, the average number of admitted is 30,274, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,404.

The number of NAU applicants decreased by -15.72% (7,050 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	33,989	31,057	4,772
2014-15	30,855 -9.22%	24,991 -19.53%	4,981 4.38%
2015-16	29,583 -4.12%	22,739 -9.01%	5,218 4.76%
2016-17	36,511 23.42%	28,495 25.31%	5,607 7.45%
2017-18	36,875 1.00%	29,812 4.62%	5,900 5.23%
2018-19	36,831 -0.12%	30,428 2.07%	5,869 -0.53%
2019-20	36,810 -0.06%	31,248 2.69%	5,455 -7.05%
2020-21	37,386 1.56%	30,523 -2.32%	5,217 -4.36%
2021-22	42,872 14.67%	33,440 9.56%	5,350 2.55%
2022-23	44,855 4.63%	35,881 7.30%	5,575 4.21%
2023-24	37,805 -15.72%	34,403 -4.12%	5,504 -1.27%
Average	36,761	30,274	5,404

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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