Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UTK

At The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 46.00%. UTK's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Tennessee-Knoxville than the previous year. The acceptance rate at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.91%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of UTK applicants increased by 39.12% (14,198 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 46.00% at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.44% and women students' rate is 73.21%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Tennessee-Knoxville than the previous year. The acceptance rate at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.49%	71.61%	73.17%
2014-15	74.83% 2.34%	75.15% 3.54%	74.58% 1.41%
2015-16	76.30% 1.47%	76.10% 0.95%	76.45% 1.87%
2016-17	77.22% 0.93%	77.31% 1.21%	77.15% 0.70%
2017-18	76.97% -0.25%	77.10% -0.21%	76.87% -0.28%
2018-19	77.78% 0.81%	78.04% 0.94%	77.60% 0.73%
2019-20	78.85% 1.06%	79.38% 1.33%	78.48% 0.88%
2020-21	78.15% -0.70%	77.91% -1.47%	78.30% -0.18%
2021-22	75.00% -3.15%	72.00% -5.91%	77.00% -1.30%
2022-23	68.41% -6.59%	66.26% -5.75%	69.74% -7.26%
2023-24	46.00% -22.41%	46.00% -20.25%	46.00% -23.74%
Average	72.91%	72.44%	73.21%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.91% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.98%	46.17%	37.00%
2014-15	40.68% -0.29%	45.96% -0.22%	36.51% -0.50%
2015-16	36.21% -4.47%	40.00% -5.96%	33.21% -3.30%
2016-17	35.73% -0.48%	40.28% 0.28%	32.27% -0.94%
2017-18	33.70% -2.03%	36.93% -3.35%	31.22% -1.05%
2018-19	32.77% -0.92%	36.63% -0.30%	30.04% -1.18%
2019-20	30.62% -2.16%	35.58% -1.05%	27.13% -2.91%
2020-21	27.74% -2.87%	30.27% -5.31%	26.09% -1.04%
2021-22	27.00% -0.74%	30.00% -0.27%	24.00% -2.09%
2022-23	27.58% 0.57%	31.15% 1.15%	25.48% 1.48%
2023-24	29.00% 1.42%	32.00% 0.85%	26.00% 0.52%
Average	32.91%	36.82%	29.90%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 24,337, the average number of admitted is 16,959, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,369.

The number of UTK applicants increased by 39.12% (14,198 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-Knoxville from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,396	10,435	4,276
2014-15	15,442 7.27%	11,555 10.73%	4,701 9.94%
2015-16	17,081 10.61%	13,032 12.78%	4,719 0.38%
2016-17	17,583 2.94%	13,578 4.19%	4,851 2.80%
2017-18	18,872 7.33%	14,526 6.98%	4,895 0.91%
2018-19	20,457 8.40%	15,912 9.54%	5,215 6.54%
2019-20	21,764 6.39%	17,160 7.84%	5,254 0.75%
2020-21	25,423 16.81%	19,867 15.78%	5,512 4.91%
2021-22	29,909 17.65%	22,432 12.91%	6,057 9.89%
2022-23	36,290 21.33%	24,826 10.67%	6,846 13.03%
2023-24	50,488 39.12%	23,224 -6.45%	6,735 -1.62%
Average	24,337	16,959	5,369

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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