Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UTC

At The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.14%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga than the previous year. The acceptance rate at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.85%, and the 2024 yield is 33.99%.

The number of UTC applicants increased by 9.00% (751 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.14%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.73% and women students' rate is 80.62%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga than the previous year. The acceptance rate at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	77.57%	76.90%	78.01%
2014-15	77.28% -0.29%	75.46% -1.44%	78.50% 0.50%
2015-16	79.22% 1.94%	78.93% 3.47%	79.42% 0.91%
2016-17	78.26% -0.96%	78.04% -0.89%	78.40% -1.01%
2017-18	82.79% 4.53%	81.92% 3.88%	83.34% 4.94%
2018-19	75.62% -7.18%	76.65% -5.27%	75.00% -8.34%
2019-20	82.05% 6.43%	80.80% 4.15%	83.06% 8.06%
2020-21	83.11% 1.06%	82.45% 1.65%	83.98% 0.92%
2021-22	86.00% 2.89%	83.99% 1.54%	87.01% 3.03%
2022-23	82.65% -3.35%	81.97% -2.02%	83.04% -3.96%
2023-24	77.00% -5.65%	79.99% -1.98%	77.01% -6.03%
Average	80.14%	79.73%	80.62%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.85% where the current academic year yield is 33.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.58%	43.46%	37.09%
2014-15	37.78% -1.81%	40.04% -3.43%	36.32% -0.77%
2015-16	34.87% -2.91%	35.44% -4.59%	34.49% -1.83%
2016-17	34.79% -0.08%	37.16% 1.71%	33.32% -1.16%
2017-18	35.84% 1.05%	37.28% 0.12%	34.96% 1.64%
2018-19	33.88% -1.97%	34.96% -2.31%	33.21% -1.75%
2019-20	34.38% 0.50%	36.90% 1.94%	33.15% -0.06%
2020-21	33.68% -0.70%	35.18% -1.72%	32.81% -0.33%
2021-22	31.99% -1.69%	35.00% -0.18%	30.01% -2.81%
2022-23	32.56% 0.57%	37.36% 2.36%	29.94% -0.07%
2023-24	33.99% 1.43%	38.00% 0.64%	32.00% 2.06%
Average	34.85%	37.34%	33.39%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,879, the average number of admitted is 6,309, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,192.

The number of UTC applicants increased by 9.00% (751 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,628	5,917	2,342
2014-15	7,399 -3.00%	5,718 -3.36%	2,160 -7.77%
2015-16	6,752 -8.74%	5,349 -6.45%	1,865 -13.66%
2016-17	7,628 12.97%	5,970 11.61%	2,077 11.37%
2017-18	7,235 -5.15%	5,990 0.34%	2,147 3.37%
2018-19	8,854 22.38%	6,695 11.77%	2,268 5.64%
2019-20	8,189 -7.51%	6,719 0.36%	2,310 1.85%
2020-21	7,938 -3.07%	6,597 -1.82%	2,222 -3.81%
2021-22	7,607 -4.17%	6,542 -0.83%	2,093 -5.81%
2022-23	8,345 9.70%	6,897 5.43%	2,246 7.31%
2023-24	9,096 9.00%	7,004 1.55%	2,381 6.01%
Average	7,879	6,309	2,192

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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