Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UAB

At University of Alabama at Birmingham, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.20%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of UAB applicants increased by 9.77% (972 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at University of Alabama at Birmingham. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.83% and women students' rate is 81.38%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.73%	87.80%	86.04%
2014-15	85.69% -1.04%	87.40% -0.41%	84.55% -1.50%
2015-16	60.43% -25.26%	63.66% -23.73%	58.68% -25.86%
2016-17	58.14% -2.29%	58.75% -4.92%	57.77% -0.91%
2017-18	91.81% 33.67%	91.13% 32.39%	92.19% 34.41%
2018-19	92.11% 0.30%	92.24% 1.11%	92.04% -0.15%
2019-20	73.66% -18.45%	77.07% -15.17%	71.77% -20.27%
2020-21	80.60% 6.94%	78.94% 1.87%	81.56% 9.79%
2021-22	89.00% 8.40%	85.00% 6.06%	91.00% 9.44%
2022-23	86.68% -2.32%	83.16% -1.83%	88.55% -2.45%
2023-24	88.00% 1.32%	83.99% 0.83%	90.99% 2.45%
Average	81.17%	80.83%	81.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.20% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.93%	36.88%	35.32%
2014-15	35.72% -0.21%	37.28% 0.39%	34.65% -0.67%
2015-16	34.97% -0.76%	37.37% 0.09%	33.56% -1.09%
2016-17	36.75% 1.79%	36.76% -0.61%	36.75% 3.19%
2017-18	33.15% -3.61%	34.62% -2.14%	32.32% -4.43%
2018-19	31.82% -1.33%	32.62% -2.00%	31.38% -0.94%
2019-20	38.38% 6.57%	39.89% 7.26%	37.49% 6.11%
2020-21	25.72% -12.66%	25.48% -14.40%	25.85% -11.64%
2021-22	23.00% -2.72%	23.99% -1.49%	22.00% -3.85%
2022-23	25.71% 2.71%	26.31% 2.32%	25.42% 3.42%
2023-24	22.00% -3.71%	21.01% -5.30%	22.00% -3.42%
Average	31.20%	32.02%	30.61%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,672, the average number of admitted is 7,040, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,094.

The number of UAB applicants increased by 9.77% (972 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,689	4,934	1,773
2014-15	5,710 0.37%	4,893 -0.83%	1,748 -1.41%
2015-16	7,672 34.36%	4,636 -5.25%	1,621 -7.27%
2016-17	9,459 23.29%	5,499 18.62%	2,021 24.68%
2017-18	7,555 -20.13%	6,936 26.13%	2,299 13.76%
2018-19	7,845 3.84%	7,226 4.18%	2,299
2019-20	8,298 5.77%	6,112 -15.42%	2,346 2.04%
2020-21	10,391 25.22%	8,375 37.03%	2,154 -8.18%
2021-22	11,906 14.58%	10,596 26.52%	2,437 13.14%
2022-23	9,947 -16.45%	8,622 -18.63%	2,217 -9.03%
2023-24	10,919 9.77%	9,609 11.45%	2,114 -4.65%
Average	8,672	7,040	2,094

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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