Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UC Riverside

At University of California-Riverside, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.82%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 63.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of California-Riverside than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.45%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of UC Riverside applicants increased by 14.86% (8,124 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.82%, and this year's acceptance rate is 63.00% at University of California-Riverside. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 58.71% and women students' rate is 62.68%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of California-Riverside than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.00%	62.53%	61.56%
2014-15	58.29% -3.71%	56.96% -5.57%	59.40% -2.17%
2015-16	55.60% -2.69%	53.28% -3.68%	57.53% -1.86%
2016-17	66.34% 10.74%	63.26% 9.99%	68.89% 11.36%
2017-18	57.23% -9.11%	55.46% -7.80%	58.62% -10.27%
2018-19	50.57% -6.66%	48.87% -6.59%	51.88% -6.74%
2019-20	56.52% 5.94%	55.06% 6.18%	57.67% 5.79%
2020-21	65.78% 9.26%	64.76% 9.70%	66.59% 8.91%
2021-22	65.00% -0.78%	62.00% -2.75%	68.00% 1.41%
2022-23	68.69% 3.69%	63.60% 1.60%	73.29% 5.29%
2023-24	63.00% -5.69%	60.00% -3.61%	66.00% -7.29%
Average	60.82%	58.71%	62.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.45% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-Riverside from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.41%	22.43%	20.55%
2014-15	20.33% -1.07%	20.87% -1.56%	19.91% -0.65%
2015-16	18.89% -1.45%	20.02% -0.85%	18.02% -1.89%
2016-17	18.95% 0.06%	18.22% -1.80%	19.50% 1.48%
2017-18	18.39% -0.56%	18.88% 0.66%	18.03% -1.47%
2018-19	18.25% -0.14%	19.13% 0.26%	17.60% -0.43%
2019-20	17.03% -1.22%	18.29% -0.85%	16.08% -1.52%
2020-21	14.91% -2.12%	15.04% -3.25%	14.82% -1.26%
2021-22	15.00% 0.09%	16.00% 0.96%	14.00% -0.82%
2022-23	14.84% -0.16%	16.00% 0.00%	13.93% -0.07%
2023-24	14.00% -0.84%	14.00% -2.00%	14.00% 0.07%
Average	17.45%	18.08%	16.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 46,319, the average number of admitted is 28,298, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,792.

The number of UC Riverside applicants increased by 14.86% (8,124 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,391	18,843	4,034
2014-15	36,101 18.79%	21,044 11.68%	4,279 6.07%
2015-16	38,511 6.68%	21,412 1.75%	4,044 -5.49%
2016-17	42,629 10.69%	28,280 32.08%	5,358 32.49%
2017-18	43,682 2.47%	25,001 -11.59%	4,598 -14.18%
2018-19	49,079 12.36%	24,820 -0.72%	4,529 -1.50%
2019-20	49,515 0.89%	27,984 12.75%	4,766 5.23%
2020-21	49,442 -0.15%	32,522 16.22%	4,850 1.76%
2021-22	52,672 6.53%	34,237 5.27%	5,136 5.90%
2022-23	54,683 3.82%	37,563 9.71%	5,573 8.51%
2023-24	62,807 14.86%	39,568 5.34%	5,540 -0.59%
Average	46,319	28,298	4,792

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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