Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Temple

At Temple University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.98%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%. Temple's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 7 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.86%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Temple applicants decreased by -5.86% (2,267 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.98%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at Temple University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.12% and women students' rate is 65.67%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.87%	63.28%	64.34%
2014-15	61.73% -2.14%	62.05% -1.22%	61.47% -2.87%
2015-16	55.68% -6.05%	55.44% -6.61%	55.86% -5.61%
2016-17	52.19% -3.49%	51.83% -3.62%	52.47% -3.39%
2017-18	56.67% 4.48%	56.00% 4.18%	57.17% 4.70%
2018-19	58.51% 1.84%	57.15% 1.15%	59.47% 2.30%
2019-20	60.04% 1.54%	58.62% 1.47%	61.01% 1.54%
2020-21	71.42% 11.38%	70.37% 11.75%	72.14% 11.14%
2021-22	72.00% 0.58%	70.00% -0.38%	74.00% 1.86%
2022-23	79.70% 7.70%	78.52% 8.53%	80.46% 6.46%
2023-24	83.00% 3.30%	82.00% 3.47%	84.00% 3.55%
Average	64.98%	64.12%	65.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.86% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.53%	38.55%	34.97%
2014-15	27.42% -9.12%	27.98% -10.56%	26.95% -8.01%
2015-16	30.50% 3.08%	32.17% 4.18%	29.25% 2.30%
2016-17	29.85% -0.66%	30.66% -1.51%	29.22% -0.03%
2017-18	25.43% -4.42%	26.39% -4.26%	24.72% -4.50%
2018-19	24.22% -1.22%	25.18% -1.21%	23.56% -1.16%
2019-20	23.24% -0.98%	24.21% -0.97%	22.60% -0.96%
2020-21	20.13% -3.11%	20.57% -3.64%	19.83% -2.77%
2021-22	18.00% -2.13%	20.00% -0.57%	17.00% -2.83%
2022-23	15.13% -2.86%	16.68% -3.31%	14.16% -2.84%
2023-24	12.00% -3.14%	13.00% -3.68%	12.00% -2.16%
Average	23.86%	25.04%	23.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 32,796, the average number of admitted is 21,496, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,739.

The number of Temple applicants decreased by -5.86% (2,267 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	18,813	12,016	4,390
2014-15	26,496 40.84%	16,357 36.13%	4,485 2.16%
2015-16	28,886 9.02%	16,084 -1.67%	4,906 9.39%
2016-17	33,139 14.72%	17,295 7.53%	5,162 5.22%
2017-18	35,880 8.27%	20,333 17.57%	5,171 0.17%
2018-19	35,501 -1.06%	20,771 2.15%	5,030 -2.73%
2019-20	35,599 0.28%	21,375 2.91%	4,967 -1.25%
2020-21	33,805 -5.04%	24,144 12.95%	4,860 -2.15%
2021-22	37,571 11.14%	27,051 12.04%	4,869 0.19%
2022-23	38,666 2.91%	30,817 13.92%	4,664 -4.21%
2023-24	36,399 -5.86%	30,211 -1.97%	3,625 -22.28%
Average	32,796	21,496	4,739

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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