Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Air Force

At United States Air Force Academy, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 14.02%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 14.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into United States Air Force Academy than the previous year. United States Air Force Academy has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 83.36%, and the 2024 yield is 78.97%.

The number of Air Force applicants increased by 14.25% (1,190 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 14.02%, and this year's acceptance rate is 14.00% at United States Air Force Academy. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 14.27% and women students' rate is 13.57%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into United States Air Force Academy than the previous year. United States Air Force Academy has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at United States Air Force Academy over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	15.42%	15.35%	15.66%
2014-15	16.55% 1.13%	16.85% 1.50%	15.67% 0.01%
2015-16	17.09% 0.54%	16.74% -0.11%	18.07% 2.40%
2016-17	15.08% -2.01%	14.90% -1.84%	15.53% -2.55%
2017-18	11.92% -3.16%	12.24% -2.66%	11.14% -4.39%
2018-19	11.39% -0.53%	12.26% 0.02%	9.38% -1.76%
2019-20	11.08% -0.31%	11.62% -0.65%	9.90% 0.52%
2020-21	13.43% 2.35%	13.73% 2.11%	12.78% 2.88%
2021-22	12.00% -1.43%	13.00% -0.72%	12.00% -0.78%
2022-23	16.23% 4.24%	16.29% 3.28%	16.10% 4.10%
2023-24	14.00% -2.23%	13.99% -2.30%	12.99% -3.11%
Average	14.02%	14.27%	13.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 83.36% where the current academic year yield is 78.97%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at United States Air Force Academy from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	77.66%	78.84%	73.96%
2014-15	80.51% 2.85%	82.27% 3.43%	74.79% 0.83%
2015-16	79.67% -0.84%	81.37% -0.90%	75.29% 0.50%
2016-17	74.73% -4.93%	75.10% -6.28%	73.86% -1.42%
2017-18	97.04% 22.31%	96.83% 21.73%	97.60% 23.74%
2018-19	98.39% 1.35%	97.97% 1.15%	99.66% 2.06%
2019-20	98.69% 0.30%	98.79% 0.82%	98.45% -1.21%
2020-21	78.45% -20.24%	78.88% -19.90%	77.45% -21.00%
2021-22	75.04% -3.41%	76.95% -1.94%	70.93% -6.52%
2022-23	77.88% 2.84%	78.40% 1.46%	76.59% 5.67%
2023-24	78.97% 1.09%	80.96% 2.56%	74.94% -1.65%
Average	83.36%	84.21%	81.23%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,906, the average number of admitted is 1,374, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,135.

The number of Air Force applicants increased by 14.25% (1,190 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at United States Air Force Academy from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,634	1,486	1,154
2014-15	9,050 -6.06%	1,498 0.81%	1,206 4.51%
2015-16	9,122 0.80%	1,559 4.07%	1,242 2.99%
2016-17	9,894 8.46%	1,492 -4.30%	1,115 -10.23%
2017-18	10,202 3.11%	1,216 -18.50%	1,180 5.83%
2018-19	10,376 1.71%	1,182 -2.80%	1,163 -1.44%
2019-20	10,354 -0.21%	1,147 -2.96%	1,132 -2.67%
2020-21	10,747 3.80%	1,443 25.81%	1,132
2021-22	11,687 8.75%	1,402 -2.84%	1,052 -7.07%
2022-23	8,353 -28.53%	1,356 -3.28%	1,056 0.38%
2023-24	9,543 14.25%	1,336 -1.47%	1,055 -0.09%
Average	9,906	1,374	1,135

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