Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Central Arkansas

At University of Central Arkansas, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.33%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. U of Central Arkansas's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 40.06%, and the 2024 yield is 29.01%.

The number of U of Central Arkansas applicants decreased by 1.03% (67 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.33%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at University of Central Arkansas. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.21% and women students' rate is 92.67%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.97%	88.08%	91.31%
2014-15	94.26% 4.29%	92.46% 4.37%	95.41% 4.10%
2015-16	92.18% -2.09%	89.14% -3.32%	94.04% -1.37%
2016-17	89.78% -2.40%	86.75% -2.39%	91.68% -2.37%
2017-18	89.95% 0.17%	86.78% 0.03%	91.77% 0.09%
2018-19	91.10% 1.15%	89.25% 2.47%	92.10% 0.33%
2019-20	90.42% -0.68%	87.99% -1.26%	91.79% -0.31%
2020-21	93.78% 3.36%	91.32% 3.33%	95.21% 3.42%
2021-22	91.99% -1.79%	90.99% -0.34%	93.01% -2.20%
2022-23	91.21% -0.78%	89.54% -1.44%	92.07% -0.94%
2023-24	90.00% -1.22%	88.99% -0.56%	91.01% -1.06%
Average	91.33%	89.21%	92.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 40.06% where the current academic year yield is 29.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	65.52%	68.01%	63.82%
2014-15	45.89% -19.63%	48.78% -19.23%	44.11% -19.71%
2015-16	43.80% -2.09%	45.13% -3.65%	43.02% -1.09%
2016-17	42.54% -1.25%	43.88% -1.25%	41.75% -1.27%
2017-18	40.16% -2.38%	42.47% -1.41%	38.90% -2.85%
2018-19	40.27% 0.11%	42.94% 0.47%	38.88% -0.03%
2019-20	37.70% -2.57%	40.00% -2.94%	36.46% -2.42%
2020-21	32.41% -5.29%	34.53% -5.47%	31.23% -5.23%
2021-22	33.00% 0.59%	34.01% -0.52%	32.98% 1.75%
2022-23	30.31% -2.70%	32.30% -1.71%	29.32% -3.66%
2023-24	29.01% -1.30%	31.02% -1.28%	28.01% -1.31%
Average	40.06%	42.10%	38.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,447, the average number of admitted is 4,976, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,927.

The number of U of Central Arkansas applicants decreased by 1.03% (67 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,659	3,292	2,157
2014-15	5,160 41.02%	4,864 47.75%	2,232 3.48%
2015-16	5,063 -1.88%	4,667 -4.05%	2,044 -8.42%
2016-17	4,922 -2.78%	4,419 -5.31%	1,880 -8.02%
2017-18	5,362 8.94%	4,823 9.14%	1,937 3.03%
2018-19	5,541 3.34%	5,048 4.67%	2,033 4.96%
2019-20	5,397 -2.60%	4,880 -3.33%	1,840 -9.49%
2020-21	5,642 4.54%	5,291 8.42%	1,715 -6.79%
2021-22	6,057 7.36%	5,572 5.31%	1,839 7.23%
2022-23	6,522 7.68%	5,949 6.77%	1,803 -1.96%
2023-24	6,589 1.03%	5,930 -0.32%	1,720 -4.60%
Average	5,447	4,976	1,927

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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