Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at The University of Alabama

At The University of Alabama, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.84%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Alabama than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.11%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of The University of Alabama applicants increased by 8.04% (4,346 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.84%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at The University of Alabama. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.98% and women students' rate is 65.79%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Alabama than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.55%	56.04%	56.90%
2014-15	51.05% -5.50%	51.62% -4.41%	50.66% -6.23%
2015-16	53.59% 2.54%	53.24% 1.62%	53.80% 3.13%
2016-17	52.59% -1.00%	52.67% -0.58%	52.53% -1.26%
2017-18	53.30% 0.71%	54.35% 1.68%	52.63% 0.10%
2018-19	59.06% 5.77%	59.94% 5.59%	58.51% 5.88%
2019-20	82.68% 23.61%	83.15% 23.21%	82.39% 23.88%
2020-21	80.39% -2.28%	81.25% -1.90%	79.88% -2.51%
2021-22	79.00% -1.39%	79.00% -2.25%	79.00% -0.88%
2022-23	80.06% 1.06%	79.48% 0.48%	80.44% 1.44%
2023-24	76.00% -4.06%	75.00% -4.49%	77.00% -3.44%
Average	65.84%	65.98%	65.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.11% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.85%	40.03%	34.69%
2014-15	39.63% 2.78%	42.23% 2.20%	37.86% 3.17%
2015-16	37.17% -2.46%	41.08% -1.16%	34.79% -3.07%
2016-17	37.59% 0.42%	41.63% 0.55%	35.03% 0.24%
2017-18	36.45% -1.14%	39.63% -2.00%	34.39% -0.64%
2018-19	30.24% -6.21%	33.50% -6.13%	28.13% -6.26%
2019-20	21.25% -9.00%	23.61% -9.88%	19.77% -8.36%
2020-21	20.46% -0.79%	22.72% -0.89%	19.07% -0.70%
2021-22	23.00% 2.54%	26.00% 3.27%	21.00% 1.93%
2022-23	18.57% -4.43%	20.37% -5.62%	17.38% -3.62%
2023-24	19.00% 0.44%	20.00% -0.37%	18.00% 0.62%
Average	29.11%	31.89%	27.28%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 40,687, the average number of admitted is 27,403, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 7,234.

The number of The University of Alabama applicants increased by 8.04% (4,346 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,975	17,515	6,454
2014-15	33,736 8.91%	17,221 -1.68%	6,824 5.73%
2015-16	36,203 7.31%	19,400 12.65%	7,211 5.67%
2016-17	38,237 5.62%	20,107 3.64%	7,559 4.83%
2017-18	38,129 -0.28%	20,321 1.06%	7,407 -2.01%
2018-19	37,302 -2.17%	22,032 8.42%	6,663 -10.04%
2019-20	38,505 3.23%	31,835 44.49%	6,764 1.52%
2020-21	39,560 2.74%	31,804 -0.10%	6,507 -3.80%
2021-22	42,421 7.23%	33,513 5.37%	7,708 18.46%
2022-23	54,072 27.47%	43,290 29.17%	8,037 4.27%
2023-24	58,418 8.04%	44,398 2.56%	8,436 4.96%
Average	40,687	27,403	7,234

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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