Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UB

At University at Buffalo, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.97%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.39%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of UB applicants increased by 23.50% (7,271 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.97%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.00% at University at Buffalo. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.71% and women students' rate is 61.28%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.52%	57.74%	55.27%
2014-15	57.81% 1.28%	58.68% 0.94%	56.88% 1.62%
2015-16	59.99% 2.18%	62.38% 3.69%	57.37% 0.49%
2016-17	59.38% -0.61%	61.03% -1.35%	57.67% 0.30%
2017-18	57.34% -2.04%	58.55% -2.48%	56.01% -1.66%
2018-19	55.85% -1.49%	57.36% -1.19%	54.34% -1.68%
2019-20	61.08% 5.23%	62.52% 5.16%	59.69% 5.35%
2020-21	66.95% 5.87%	70.00% 7.48%	64.09% 4.41%
2021-22	70.00% 3.05%	68.00% -2.00%	72.00% 7.91%
2022-23	67.71% -2.29%	65.52% -2.48%	69.75% -2.25%
2023-24	69.00% 1.29%	68.00% 2.49%	71.00% 1.25%
Average	61.97%	62.71%	61.28%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.39% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.11%	29.47%	26.64%
2014-15	24.93% -3.18%	26.79% -2.68%	22.90% -3.74%
2015-16	25.55% 0.62%	28.13% 1.34%	22.46% -0.45%
2016-17	26.57% 1.03%	29.35% 1.22%	23.52% 1.06%
2017-18	26.22% -0.36%	28.09% -1.26%	24.06% 0.54%
2018-19	24.47% -1.75%	26.39% -1.70%	22.44% -1.62%
2019-20	23.48% -0.98%	26.05% -0.33%	20.86% -1.58%
2020-21	21.80% -1.68%	23.12% -2.94%	20.45% -0.41%
2021-22	20.00% -1.80%	23.00% -0.12%	18.00% -2.45%
2022-23	20.12% 0.12%	22.42% -0.58%	18.11% 0.11%
2023-24	16.00% -4.12%	18.00% -4.42%	14.00% -4.11%
Average	23.39%	25.53%	21.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 28,744, the average number of admitted is 17,955, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,072.

The number of UB applicants increased by 23.50% (7,271 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	23,093	13,053	3,669
2014-15	24,423 5.76%	14,118 8.16%	3,519 -4.09%
2015-16	23,629 -3.25%	14,175 0.40%	3,621 2.90%
2016-17	26,001 10.04%	15,440 8.92%	4,103 13.31%
2017-18	27,798 6.91%	15,940 3.24%	4,179 1.85%
2018-19	31,196 12.22%	17,423 9.30%	4,263 2.01%
2019-20	29,900 -4.15%	18,264 4.83%	4,289 0.61%
2020-21	30,247 1.16%	20,251 10.88%	4,415 2.94%
2021-22	30,750 1.66%	21,525 6.29%	4,305 -2.49%
2022-23	30,939 0.61%	20,948 -2.68%	4,215 -2.09%
2023-24	38,210 23.50%	26,365 25.86%	4,218 0.07%
Average	28,744	17,955	4,072

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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