Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UCF

At University of Central Florida, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 45.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 40.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.38%, and the 2024 yield is 34.00%.

The number of UCF applicants increased by 10.28% (5,650 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 45.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 40.00% at University of Central Florida. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 45.88% and women students' rate is 44.49%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.94%	50.40%	47.88%
2014-15	49.61% 0.67%	51.59% 1.18%	48.18% 0.30%
2015-16	48.57% -1.03%	49.53% -2.06%	47.88% -0.30%
2016-17	49.99% 1.42%	51.05% 1.52%	49.24% 1.35%
2017-18	49.90% -0.09%	50.47% -0.58%	49.48% 0.24%
2018-19	42.53% -7.37%	41.82% -8.65%	43.06% -6.42%
2019-20	44.36% 1.83%	44.23% 2.42%	44.46% 1.40%
2020-21	45.17% 0.80%	46.07% 1.84%	44.52% 0.06%
2021-22	36.00% -9.17%	37.00% -9.07%	36.00% -8.52%
2022-23	41.04% 5.04%	41.48% 4.48%	40.72% 4.72%
2023-24	40.00% -1.04%	41.00% -0.48%	38.00% -2.72%
Average	45.10%	45.88%	44.49%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.38% where the current academic year yield is 34.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.97%	40.66%	37.68%
2014-15	39.25% 0.29%	41.88% 1.22%	37.22% -0.46%
2015-16	37.92% -1.33%	40.99% -0.89%	35.62% -1.60%
2016-17	36.79% -1.14%	39.73% -1.26%	34.59% -1.02%
2017-18	36.57% -0.22%	39.89% 0.16%	34.03% -0.56%
2018-19	40.67% 4.10%	45.13% 5.24%	37.49% 3.46%
2019-20	36.59% -4.08%	39.55% -5.58%	34.42% -3.07%
2020-21	37.13% 0.55%	39.12% -0.43%	35.66% 1.24%
2021-22	40.00% 2.87%	43.00% 3.88%	38.00% 2.34%
2022-23	33.31% -6.69%	37.09% -5.91%	30.55% -7.45%
2023-24	34.00% 0.69%	38.00% 0.92%	31.00% 0.46%
Average	37.38%	40.46%	35.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 42,966, the average number of admitted is 19,043, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 7,072.

The number of UCF applicants increased by 10.28% (5,650 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	31,820	15,572	6,068
2014-15	33,226 4.42%	16,483 5.85%	6,470 6.62%
2015-16	35,572 7.06%	17,279 4.83%	6,553 1.28%
2016-17	34,886 -1.93%	17,441 0.94%	6,416 -2.09%
2017-18	37,693 8.05%	18,810 7.85%	6,879 7.22%
2018-19	41,816 10.94%	17,786 -5.44%	7,233 5.15%
2019-20	45,118 7.90%	20,016 12.54%	7,323 1.24%
2020-21	47,957 6.29%	21,661 8.22%	8,043 9.83%
2021-22	48,929 2.03%	17,614 -18.68%	7,046 -12.40%
2022-23	54,977 12.36%	22,560 28.08%	7,515 6.66%
2023-24	60,627 10.28%	24,251 7.50%	8,245 9.71%
Average	42,966	19,043	7,072

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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