Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UT Austin

At The University of Texas at Austin, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.23%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 29.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Texas at Austin than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.02%, and the 2024 yield is 49.00%.

The number of UT Austin applicants increased by 10.08% (6,054 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.23%, and this year's acceptance rate is 29.00% at The University of Texas at Austin. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 31.19% and women students' rate is 39.08%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The University of Texas at Austin than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	40.19%	36.93%	43.21%
2014-15	39.66% -0.53%	36.04% -0.89%	43.25% 0.05%
2015-16	39.24% -0.42%	35.13% -0.91%	43.42% 0.17%
2016-17	40.37% 1.14%	36.33% 1.20%	44.41% 0.98%
2017-18	36.49% -3.89%	32.06% -4.27%	40.78% -3.62%
2018-19	38.52% 2.03%	34.53% 2.47%	42.39% 1.60%
2019-20	31.82% -6.71%	27.94% -6.60%	35.59% -6.80%
2020-21	31.95% 0.14%	27.47% -0.47%	36.14% 0.56%
2021-22	29.00% -2.95%	25.00% -2.47%	32.00% -4.15%
2022-23	31.35% 2.36%	26.65% 1.65%	35.74% 3.74%
2023-24	29.00% -2.35%	25.00% -1.65%	33.00% -2.74%
Average	35.23%	31.19%	39.08%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 47.02% where the current academic year yield is 49.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	47.27%	47.05%	47.45%
2014-15	47.36% 0.09%	48.64% 1.59%	46.30% -1.14%
2015-16	46.55% -0.81%	46.91% -1.73%	46.25% -0.05%
2016-17	45.45% -1.10%	46.28% -0.63%	44.78% -1.48%
2017-18	45.01% -0.44%	45.33% -0.95%	44.77% -0.01%
2018-19	45.99% 0.98%	45.82% 0.49%	46.13% 1.36%
2019-20	47.98% 1.99%	48.39% 2.57%	47.66% 1.54%
2020-21	46.25% -1.73%	45.79% -2.60%	46.58% -1.09%
2021-22	48.00% 1.75%	48.00% 2.21%	48.01% 1.43%
2022-23	48.37% 0.37%	47.60% -0.40%	49.07% 1.06%
2023-24	49.00% 0.62%	49.00% 1.39%	49.00% -0.07%
Average	47.02%	47.16%	46.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 51,951, the average number of admitted is 17,920, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 8,424.

The number of UT Austin applicants increased by 10.08% (6,054 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	38,161	15,335	7,249
2014-15	38,785 1.64%	15,381 0.30%	7,285 0.50%
2015-16	42,392 9.30%	16,633 8.14%	7,743 6.29%
2016-17	47,511 12.08%	19,182 15.32%	8,719 12.60%
2017-18	51,033 7.41%	18,620 -2.93%	8,381 -3.88%
2018-19	50,575 -0.90%	19,482 4.63%	8,960 6.91%
2019-20	53,525 5.83%	17,029 -12.59%	8,170 -8.82%
2020-21	57,241 6.94%	18,290 7.41%	8,459 3.54%
2021-22	66,077 15.44%	19,162 4.77%	9,198 8.74%
2022-23	60,055 -9.11%	18,830 -1.73%	9,109 -0.97%
2023-24	66,109 10.08%	19,172 1.82%	9,394 3.13%
Average	51,951	17,920	8,424

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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