Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NKU

At Northern Kentucky University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.39%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northern Kentucky University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.35%, and the 2024 yield is 21.01%.

The number of NKU applicants decreased by -7.07% (488 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.39%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Northern Kentucky University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 86.42% and women students' rate is 84.77%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northern Kentucky University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	46.70%	51.15%	43.90%
2014-15	90.72% 44.02%	93.10% 41.95%	89.26% 45.37%
2015-16	91.89% 1.17%	91.80% -1.30%	91.94% 2.68%
2016-17	91.09% -0.80%	91.14% -0.66%	91.06% -0.89%
2017-18	90.38% -0.71%	90.65% -0.49%	90.21% -0.85%
2018-19	89.26% -1.12%	89.23% -1.42%	89.28% -0.93%
2019-20	90.18% 0.92%	91.37% 2.14%	89.47% 0.19%
2020-21	87.03% -3.15%	88.34% -3.03%	86.28% -3.19%
2021-22	80.01% -7.03%	81.99% -6.35%	79.00% -7.28%
2022-23	86.01% 6.00%	85.83% 3.84%	86.11% 7.11%
2023-24	96.00% 9.98%	96.00% 10.17%	95.99% 9.88%
Average	85.39%	86.42%	84.77%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.35% where the current academic year yield is 21.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	63.87%	67.93%	60.88%
2014-15	38.41% -25.45%	44.83% -23.10%	34.31% -26.57%
2015-16	33.34% -5.07%	41.44% -3.40%	28.44% -5.87%
2016-17	38.92% 5.58%	43.23% 1.79%	36.24% 7.80%
2017-18	40.56% 1.64%	45.40% 2.17%	37.48% 1.24%
2018-19	37.00% -3.55%	40.95% -4.46%	34.67% -2.81%
2019-20	35.56% -1.44%	40.00% -0.95%	32.84% -1.83%
2020-21	31.55% -4.01%	34.48% -5.52%	29.83% -3.01%
2021-22	32.00% 0.44%	35.99% 1.51%	29.00% -0.83%
2022-23	27.58% -4.42%	33.25% -2.74%	24.44% -4.56%
2023-24	21.01% -6.57%	23.99% -9.26%	19.00% -5.44%
Average	36.35%	41.05%	33.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,490, the average number of admitted is 5,516, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,932.

The number of NKU applicants decreased by -7.07% (488 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,064	3,299	2,107
2014-15	6,293 -10.91%	5,709 73.05%	2,193 4.08%
2015-16	7,397 17.54%	6,797 19.06%	2,266 3.33%
2016-17	6,059 -18.09%	5,519 -18.80%	2,148 -5.21%
2017-18	5,852 -3.42%	5,289 -4.17%	2,145 -0.14%
2018-19	5,995 2.44%	5,351 1.17%	1,980 -7.69%
2019-20	6,080 1.42%	5,483 2.47%	1,950 -1.52%
2020-21	6,686 9.97%	5,819 6.13%	1,836 -5.85%
2021-22	6,637 -0.73%	5,310 -8.75%	1,699 -7.46%
2022-23	6,905 4.04%	5,939 11.85%	1,638 -3.59%
2023-24	6,417 -7.07%	6,160 3.72%	1,294 -21.00%
Average	6,490	5,516	1,932

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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