Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at TCU

At Texas Christian University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 46.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 43.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Texas Christian University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.80%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of TCU applicants increased by 26.67% (4,320 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 46.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 43.00% at Texas Christian University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 42.89% and women students' rate is 48.10%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Texas Christian University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.39%	43.87%	49.67%
2014-15	48.87% 1.48%	46.37% 2.50%	50.42% 0.75%
2015-16	43.28% -5.59%	39.94% -6.44%	45.59% -4.83%
2016-17	37.58% -5.70%	36.73% -3.21%	38.19% -7.40%
2017-18	41.08% 3.50%	39.53% 2.81%	42.16% 3.97%
2018-19	40.73% -0.35%	38.58% -0.95%	42.29% 0.13%
2019-20	47.12% 6.39%	44.13% 5.55%	49.29% 7.00%
2020-21	48.03% 0.91%	46.54% 2.41%	48.96% -0.33%
2021-22	54.00% 5.97%	48.99% 2.46%	56.00% 7.05%
2022-23	56.10% 2.10%	49.12% 0.13%	60.50% 4.50%
2023-24	43.00% -13.10%	38.00% -11.12%	46.00% -14.50%
Average	46.11%	42.89%	48.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.80% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.02%	22.74%	21.61%
2014-15	22.72% 0.70%	23.69% 0.95%	22.17% 0.56%
2015-16	26.06% 3.34%	26.72% 3.03%	25.66% 3.49%
2016-17	25.15% -0.91%	25.28% -1.44%	25.07% -0.59%
2017-18	24.11% -1.05%	25.82% 0.54%	22.99% -2.08%
2018-19	26.72% 2.62%	27.13% 1.31%	26.45% 3.46%
2019-20	24.08% -2.64%	24.53% -2.60%	23.80% -2.65%
2020-21	22.52% -1.56%	23.14% -1.39%	22.15% -1.65%
2021-22	24.00% 1.48%	25.00% 1.86%	24.00% 1.85%
2022-23	27.41% 3.41%	27.80% 2.80%	27.21% 3.21%
2023-24	28.00% 0.59%	29.00% 1.20%	28.00% 0.79%
Average	24.80%	25.53%	24.47%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 19,140, the average number of admitted is 8,784, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,174.

The number of TCU applicants increased by 26.67% (4,320 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	18,551	8,791	1,936
2014-15	17,029 -8.20%	8,322 -5.34%	1,891 -2.32%
2015-16	18,423 8.19%	7,974 -4.18%	2,078 9.89%
2016-17	19,972 8.41%	7,506 -5.87%	1,888 -9.14%
2017-18	19,740 -1.16%	8,110 8.05%	1,955 3.55%
2018-19	20,156 2.11%	8,210 1.23%	2,194 12.23%
2019-20	19,028 -5.60%	8,966 9.21%	2,159 -1.60%
2020-21	21,145 11.13%	10,155 13.26%	2,287 5.93%
2021-22	19,782 -6.45%	10,682 5.19%	2,564 12.11%
2022-23	16,197 -18.12%	9,087 -14.93%	2,491 -2.85%
2023-24	20,517 26.67%	8,822 -2.92%	2,470 -0.84%
Average	19,140	8,784	2,174

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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