Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Chicago

At University of Chicago, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 7.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 4.79%. U of Chicago's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. University of Chicago has beep kept its acceptance rate definitely low and it is very hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 72.44%, and the 2024 yield is 87.94%.

The number of U of Chicago applicants increased by 2.96% (1,109 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 7.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 4.79% at University of Chicago. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 7.99% and women students' rate is 6.66%. University of Chicago has beep kept its acceptance rate definitely low and it is very hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	8.81%	9.71%	8.01%
2014-15	8.76% -0.05%	9.15% -0.56%	8.40% 0.40%
2015-16	8.38% -0.38%	9.19% 0.04%	7.70% -0.71%
2016-17	7.94% -0.45%	8.45% -0.74%	7.50% -0.19%
2017-18	8.73% 0.80%	9.42% 0.96%	8.13% 0.62%
2018-19	7.26% -1.47%	7.93% -1.48%	6.67% -1.45%
2019-20	6.17% -1.09%	6.78% -1.15%	5.65% -1.02%
2020-21	7.31% 1.14%	8.26% 1.48%	6.50% 0.85%
2021-22	6.00% -1.31%	7.00% -1.26%	6.00% -0.50%
2022-23	5.43% -0.56%	6.32% -0.68%	4.72% -1.28%
2023-24	4.79% -0.65%	5.72% -0.60%	4.02% -0.69%
Average	7.24%	7.99%	6.66%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 72.44% where the current academic year yield is 87.94%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53.41%	56.11%	50.47%
2014-15	59.98% 6.58%	60.72% 4.61%	59.26% 8.79%
2015-16	60.97% 0.98%	61.85% 1.14%	60.06% 0.81%
2016-17	63.67% 2.70%	65.10% 3.25%	62.31% 2.24%
2017-18	71.77% 8.10%	73.07% 7.96%	70.42% 8.11%
2018-19	76.97% 5.21%	77.48% 4.41%	76.44% 6.02%
2019-20	80.77% 3.80%	83.72% 6.24%	77.78% 1.34%
2020-21	73.59% -7.18%	75.29% -8.43%	71.77% -6.01%
2021-22	83.01% 9.43%	84.99% 9.70%	81.99% 10.22%
2022-23	84.80% 1.79%	87.97% 2.98%	81.33% -0.66%
2023-24	87.94% 3.14%	89.03% 1.06%	86.67% 5.33%
Average	72.44%	74.12%	70.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 32,950, the average number of admitted is 2,334, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,669.

The number of U of Chicago applicants increased by 2.96% (1,109 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,304	2,670	1,426
2014-15	27,500 -9.25%	2,409 -9.78%	1,445 1.33%
2015-16	30,069 9.34%	2,521 4.65%	1,537 6.37%
2016-17	31,484 4.71%	2,499 -0.87%	1,591 3.51%
2017-18	27,694 -12.04%	2,419 -3.20%	1,736 9.11%
2018-19	32,283 16.57%	2,345 -3.06%	1,805 3.97%
2019-20	34,641 7.30%	2,137 -8.87%	1,726 -4.38%
2020-21	34,350 -0.84%	2,510 17.45%	1,847 7.01%
2021-22	37,974 10.55%	2,278 -9.24%	1,891 2.38%
2022-23	37,522 -1.19%	2,039 -10.49%	1,729 -8.57%
2023-24	38,631 2.96%	1,849 -9.32%	1,626 -5.96%
Average	32,950	2,334	1,669

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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