Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Dayton

At University of Dayton, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.57%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 62.00%. U of Dayton's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Dayton than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.76%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of U of Dayton applicants increased by 20.58% (3,883 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.57%, and this year's acceptance rate is 62.00% at University of Dayton. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.61% and women students' rate is 70.58%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Dayton than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.97%	50.75%	55.22%
2014-15	59.01% 6.04%	56.59% 5.85%	61.60% 6.38%
2015-16	57.52% -1.49%	55.10% -1.49%	60.16% -1.45%
2016-17	60.35% 2.83%	58.81% 3.71%	61.93% 1.78%
2017-18	71.68% 11.33%	69.97% 11.16%	73.49% 11.56%
2018-19	71.54% -0.14%	70.47% 0.50%	72.64% -0.85%
2019-20	72.03% 0.49%	70.72% 0.25%	73.39% 0.75%
2020-21	81.11% 9.08%	75.07% 4.35%	87.51% 14.12%
2021-22	81.00% -0.11%	77.00% 1.93%	84.00% -3.51%
2022-23	74.05% -6.95%	70.27% -6.73%	78.41% -5.59%
2023-24	62.00% -12.05%	56.00% -14.27%	68.00% -10.42%
Average	67.57%	64.61%	70.58%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.76% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.15%	22.33%	20.05%
2014-15	21.69% 0.54%	20.59% -1.74%	22.78% 2.73%
2015-16	21.96% 0.27%	22.62% 2.03%	21.29% -1.48%
2016-17	17.49% -4.46%	18.15% -4.47%	16.85% -4.45%
2017-18	19.48% 1.99%	19.96% 1.81%	18.99% 2.15%
2018-19	18.31% -1.17%	19.17% -0.79%	17.46% -1.53%
2019-20	16.18% -2.13%	16.62% -2.55%	15.73% -1.72%
2020-21	15.84% -0.34%	16.28% -0.34%	15.45% -0.29%
2021-22	15.00% -0.85%	17.00% 0.72%	14.01% -1.44%
2022-23	14.29% -0.71%	15.47% -1.53%	13.20% -0.81%
2023-24	14.00% -0.29%	13.99% -1.47%	12.99% -0.20%
Average	17.76%	18.38%	17.16%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,529, the average number of admitted is 11,836, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,053.

The number of U of Dayton applicants increased by 20.58% (3,883 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,719	8,327	1,761
2014-15	16,976 8.00%	10,018 20.31%	2,173 23.40%
2015-16	16,968 -0.05%	9,760 -2.58%	2,143 -1.38%
2016-17	17,477 3.00%	10,547 8.06%	1,845 -13.91%
2017-18	15,942 -8.78%	11,427 8.34%	2,226 20.65%
2018-19	16,793 5.34%	12,014 5.14%	2,200 -1.17%
2019-20	17,462 3.98%	12,578 4.69%	2,035 -7.50%
2020-21	16,606 -4.90%	13,469 7.08%	2,134 4.86%
2021-22	17,262 3.95%	13,982 3.81%	2,097 -1.73%
2022-23	18,864 9.28%	13,969 -0.09%	1,996 -4.82%
2023-24	22,747 20.58%	14,103 0.96%	1,974 -1.10%
Average	17,529	11,836	2,053

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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