Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UCCS

At University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Colorado Colorado Springs than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.45%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of UCCS applicants decreased by -11.17% (1,648 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.00% at University of Colorado Colorado Springs. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 90.38% and women students' rate is 92.24%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Colorado Colorado Springs than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	91.00%	89.85%	91.89%
2014-15	92.40% 1.40%	91.04% 1.19%	93.46% 1.57%
2015-16	92.06% -0.34%	90.36% -0.68%	93.36% -0.09%
2016-17	92.86% 0.80%	91.67% 1.32%	93.73% 0.37%
2017-18	92.81% -0.05%	90.98% -0.70%	94.14% 0.41%
2018-19	91.18% -1.63%	90.09% -0.89%	91.94% -2.21%
2019-20	87.19% -3.99%	86.30% -3.79%	87.85% -4.08%
2020-21	89.61% 2.43%	89.53% 3.23%	89.67% 1.81%
2021-22	95.00% 5.39%	95.01% 5.48%	96.00% 6.33%
2022-23	84.77% -10.23%	83.35% -11.65%	85.63% -10.36%
2023-24	97.00% 12.23%	96.00% 12.64%	97.00% 11.37%
Average	91.45%	90.38%	92.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.45% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.25%	29.35%	22.15%
2014-15	24.86% -0.39%	28.25% -1.10%	22.31% 0.16%
2015-16	21.62% -3.24%	26.89% -1.36%	17.72% -4.59%
2016-17	23.16% 1.54%	27.08% 0.20%	20.35% 2.63%
2017-18	22.15% -1.01%	25.57% -1.52%	19.76% -0.59%
2018-19	22.26% 0.11%	27.68% 2.11%	18.60% -1.16%
2019-20	30.21% 7.95%	33.16% 5.48%	28.03% 9.44%
2020-21	16.28% -13.93%	19.52% -13.64%	14.12% -13.91%
2021-22	12.00% -4.28%	14.99% -4.53%	11.00% -3.12%
2022-23	13.20% 1.19%	16.72% 1.73%	11.10% 0.10%
2023-24	14.00% 0.80%	17.00% 0.28%	11.99% 0.90%
Average	20.45%	24.20%	17.92%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,828, the average number of admitted is 8,992, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,733.

The number of UCCS applicants decreased by -11.17% (1,648 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,034	6,401	1,616
2014-15	7,636 8.56%	7,056 10.23%	1,754 8.54%
2015-16	8,291 8.58%	7,633 8.18%	1,650 -5.93%
2016-17	9,695 16.93%	9,003 17.95%	2,085 26.36%
2017-18	9,909 2.21%	9,197 2.15%	2,037 -2.30%
2018-19	10,116 2.09%	9,224 0.29%	2,053 0.79%
2019-20	6,728 -33.49%	5,866 -36.41%	1,772 -13.69%
2020-21	8,944 32.94%	8,015 36.63%	1,305 -26.35%
2021-22	11,900 33.05%	11,305 41.05%	1,357 3.98%
2022-23	14,751 23.96%	12,504 10.61%	1,650 21.59%
2023-24	13,103 -11.17%	12,710 1.65%	1,779 7.82%
Average	9,828	8,992	1,733

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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