Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Union

At Union University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 47.18%. Union's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Union University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.62%, and the 2024 yield is 22.73%.

The number of Union applicants increased by 6.09% (173 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 47.18% at Union University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.53% and women students' rate is 59.14%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Union University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.12%	77.55%	72.43%
2014-15	68.58% -5.54%	69.49% -8.06%	68.13% -4.30%
2015-16	69.13% 0.54%	64.30% -5.19%	71.77% 3.64%
2016-17	62.57% -6.55%	65.28% 0.99%	61.21% -10.56%
2017-18	59.98% -2.59%	58.89% -6.40%	60.50% -0.71%
2018-19	57.42% -2.57%	57.64% -1.24%	57.32% -3.18%
2019-20	52.72% -4.69%	52.98% -4.67%	52.62% -4.70%
2020-21	57.53% 4.81%	55.66% 2.69%	58.29% 5.67%
2021-22	53.01% -4.52%	56.03% 0.37%	52.00% -6.29%
2022-23	52.55% -0.45%	56.65% 0.62%	50.80% -1.20%
2023-24	47.18% -5.38%	51.32% -5.34%	45.49% -5.32%
Average	59.53%	60.53%	59.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.62% where the current academic year yield is 22.73%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.56%	33.81%	30.38%
2014-15	24.63% -6.93%	25.22% -8.59%	24.33% -6.05%
2015-16	27.04% 2.40%	32.21% 6.99%	24.50% 0.17%
2016-17	26.93% -0.11%	27.50% -4.71%	26.62% 2.12%
2017-18	21.77% -5.15%	23.74% -3.76%	20.87% -5.75%
2018-19	25.31% 3.54%	27.61% 3.87%	24.32% 3.45%
2019-20	21.38% -3.93%	25.92% -1.69%	19.53% -4.79%
2020-21	22.15% 0.78%	26.30% 0.39%	20.54% 1.01%
2021-22	24.96% 2.81%	30.99% 4.69%	23.00% 2.46%
2022-23	22.39% -2.58%	28.90% -2.09%	19.29% -3.71%
2023-24	22.73% 0.34%	27.23% -1.67%	20.66% 1.37%
Average	24.62%	28.13%	23.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,449, the average number of admitted is 1,427, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 350.

The number of Union applicants increased by 6.09% (173 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,932	1,432	452
2014-15	1,983 2.64%	1,360 -5.03%	335 -25.88%
2015-16	1,830 -7.72%	1,265 -6.99%	342 2.09%
2016-17	2,012 9.95%	1,259 -0.47%	339 -0.88%
2017-18	2,634 30.91%	1,580 25.50%	344 1.47%
2018-19	2,663 1.10%	1,529 -3.23%	387 12.50%
2019-20	2,866 7.62%	1,511 -1.18%	323 -16.54%
2020-21	2,503 -12.67%	1,440 -4.70%	319 -1.24%
2021-22	2,660 6.27%	1,410 -2.08%	352 10.34%
2022-23	2,839 6.73%	1,492 5.82%	334 -5.11%
2023-24	3,012 6.09%	1,421 -4.76%	323 -3.29%
Average	2,449	1,427	350

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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