Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Rice

At Rice University, the average acceptance rate over the past 8 years is 12.62%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.89%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.39%, and the 2021 yield is 38.87%.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 12.62%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.89% at Rice University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 12.40% and women students' rate is 12.85%.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	16.74%	16.53%	16.97%
2014-15	15.10% -1.64%	15.02% -1.51%	15.19% -1.78%
2015-16	15.96% 0.86%	16.16% 1.14%	15.75% 0.56%
2016-17	15.27% -0.69%	14.74% -1.42%	15.84% 0.09%
2017-18	15.86% 0.58%	15.30% 0.57%	16.45% 0.61%
2018-19	11.13% -4.73%	10.83% -4.47%	11.45% -5.00%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	10.89% -	10.65% -	11.15% -
Average	12.62%	12.40%	12.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 8 years is 32.39% where the current academic year yield is 38.87%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Rice University from 2013 to 2021.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.89%	38.95%	36.80%
2014-15	35.45% -2.44%	36.73% -2.22%	34.04% -2.76%
2015-16	33.82% -1.63%	33.91% -2.83%	33.73% -0.31%
2016-17	35.22% 1.40%	35.33% 1.43%	35.12% 1.39%
2017-18	36.59% 1.37%	37.59% 2.25%	35.59% 0.48%
2018-19	41.24% 4.64%	42.39% 4.80%	40.02% 4.42%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	38.87% -	40.75% -	36.97% -
Average	32.39%	33.21%	31.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,471, the average number of admitted is 2,332, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 860.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,415	2,581	978
2014-15	17,728 15.00%	2,677 3.72%	949 -2.97%
2015-16	17,951 1.26%	2,865 7.02%	969 2.11%
2016-17	18,236 1.59%	2,785 -2.79%	981 1.24%
2017-18	18,063 -0.95%	2,864 2.84%	1,048 6.83%
2018-19	20,923 15.83%	2,328 -18.72%	960 -8.40%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	23,455-	2,555-	993-
Average	16,471	2,332	860

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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