Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CU Boulder

At University of Colorado Boulder, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.48%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of CU Boulder applicants increased by 4.25% (2,288 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at University of Colorado Boulder. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.59% and women students' rate is 84.21%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	87.71%	85.89%	89.79%
2014-15	84.16% -3.54%	82.14% -3.74%	86.56% -3.23%
2015-16	79.62% -4.54%	76.70% -5.45%	82.93% -3.63%
2016-17	76.62% -3.00%	74.11% -2.58%	79.44% -3.49%
2017-18	79.84% 3.22%	77.26% 3.14%	82.66% 3.22%
2018-19	81.54% 1.70%	79.85% 2.60%	83.30% 0.64%
2019-20	78.35% -3.19%	76.38% -3.47%	80.29% -3.01%
2020-21	84.20% 5.85%	82.78% 6.40%	85.61% 5.32%
2021-22	80.00% -4.20%	75.00% -7.78%	83.00% -2.60%
2022-23	80.73% 0.73%	75.40% 0.40%	85.75% 2.75%
2023-24	83.00% 2.27%	79.00% 3.60%	87.00% 1.25%
Average	81.43%	78.59%	84.21%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.48% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.66%	30.66%	28.56%
2014-15	24.17% -5.49%	25.71% -4.95%	22.43% -6.13%
2015-16	24.89% 0.72%	26.11% 0.40%	23.62% 1.18%
2016-17	24.68% -0.21%	26.66% 0.55%	22.61% -1.01%
2017-18	22.76% -1.92%	24.04% -2.63%	21.46% -1.15%
2018-19	22.45% -0.31%	23.80% -0.23%	21.10% -0.36%
2019-20	22.32% -0.13%	23.40% -0.40%	21.30% 0.20%
2020-21	17.00% -5.32%	18.15% -5.25%	15.90% -5.40%
2021-22	16.00% -1.00%	19.00% 0.85%	13.00% -2.90%
2022-23	16.37% 0.37%	18.34% -0.66%	14.73% 1.73%
2023-24	16.00% -0.37%	17.00% -1.34%	15.00% 0.27%
Average	21.48%	22.99%	19.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 39,903, the average number of admitted is 32,416, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,603.

The number of CU Boulder applicants increased by 4.25% (2,288 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	22,473	19,710	5,846
2014-15	28,852 28.39%	24,282 23.20%	5,869 0.39%
2015-16	31,325 8.57%	24,941 2.71%	6,208 5.78%
2016-17	34,047 8.69%	26,087 4.59%	6,439 3.72%
2017-18	36,148 6.17%	28,861 10.63%	6,569 2.02%
2018-19	36,604 1.26%	29,848 3.42%	6,700 1.99%
2019-20	40,677 11.13%	31,872 6.78%	7,113 6.16%
2020-21	44,203 8.67%	37,221 16.78%	6,326 -11.06%
2021-22	54,756 23.87%	43,805 17.69%	7,009 10.80%
2022-23	53,781 -1.78%	43,416 -0.89%	7,106 1.38%
2023-24	56,069 4.25%	46,537 7.19%	7,446 4.78%
Average	39,903	32,416	6,603

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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