Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Akron Main Campus

At University of Akron Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Akron Main Campus than the previous year. The acceptance rate at University of Akron Main Campus have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.51%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of U of Akron Main Campus applicants increased by 21.98% (2,700 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.00% at University of Akron Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.76% and women students' rate is 86.25%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Akron Main Campus than the previous year. The acceptance rate at University of Akron Main Campus have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	96.49%	96.03%	96.92%
2014-15	95.71% -0.79%	94.70% -1.33%	96.65% -0.26%
2015-16	96.60% 0.89%	95.50% 0.80%	97.64% 0.99%
2016-17	95.92% -0.68%	95.00% -0.50%	96.72% -0.92%
2017-18	92.55% -3.37%	92.83% -2.17%	92.31% -4.41%
2018-19	68.93% -23.62%	69.01% -23.81%	68.86% -23.45%
2019-20	73.04% 4.11%	72.55% 3.54%	73.44% 4.59%
2020-21	73.04%	72.55%	81.83% 8.39%
2021-22	85.00% 11.96%	84.01% 11.46%	85.99% 4.16%
2022-23	82.87% -2.13%	82.26% -1.75%	83.41% -2.58%
2023-24	71.00% -11.87%	66.99% -15.26%	75.01% -8.41%
Average	84.65%	83.76%	86.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.51% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Akron Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.36%	41.41%	33.68%
2014-15	28.73% -8.62%	31.49% -9.92%	26.19% -7.48%
2015-16	26.75% -1.98%	29.38% -2.11%	24.30% -1.89%
2016-17	23.16% -3.59%	27.90% -1.48%	19.07% -5.23%
2017-18	24.60% 1.44%	27.63% -0.28%	22.02% 2.94%
2018-19	25.39% 0.78%	28.50% 0.87%	22.75% 0.73%
2019-20	25.77% 0.38%	29.75% 1.25%	22.47% -0.28%
2020-21	26.03% 0.26%	29.86% 0.10%	22.87% 0.40%
2021-22	22.00% -4.03%	26.01% -3.85%	19.00% -3.87%
2022-23	20.78% -1.22%	23.70% -2.31%	18.23% -0.77%
2023-24	20.00% -0.78%	20.99% -2.71%	18.01% -0.22%
Average	25.51%	28.78%	22.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,787, the average number of admitted is 11,593, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,959.

The number of U of Akron Main Campus applicants increased by 21.98% (2,700 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,575	10,204	3,812
2014-15	13,109 23.96%	12,546 22.95%	3,605 -5.43%
2015-16	15,166 15.69%	14,650 16.77%	3,919 8.71%
2016-17	13,911 -8.28%	13,343 -8.92%	3,090 -21.15%
2017-18	15,109 8.61%	13,983 4.80%	3,440 11.33%
2018-19	16,088 6.48%	11,089 -20.70%	2,815 -18.17%
2019-20	14,553 -9.54%	10,629 -4.15%	2,739 -2.70%
2020-21	14,553	10,629	2,767 1.02%
2021-22	11,332 -22.13%	9,632 -9.38%	2,119 -23.42%
2022-23	12,282 8.38%	10,178 5.67%	2,115 -0.19%
2023-24	14,982 21.98%	10,637 4.51%	2,127 0.57%
Average	13,787	11,593	2,959

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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