Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UD

At University of Delaware, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.82%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Delaware than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.36%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of UD applicants increased by 6.58% (2,328 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.82%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.00% at University of Delaware. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.11% and women students' rate is 70.51%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Delaware than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.68%	60.77%	67.55%
2014-15	67.83% 3.15%	63.96% 3.19%	70.73% 3.18%
2015-16	66.59% -1.24%	64.35% 0.39%	68.22% -2.51%
2016-17	69.50% 2.91%	66.15% 1.81%	71.95% 3.73%
2017-18	62.89% -6.62%	58.84% -7.32%	65.93% -6.03%
2018-19	66.39% 3.50%	62.22% 3.38%	69.41% 3.49%
2019-20	71.36% 4.98%	67.60% 5.38%	74.05% 4.64%
2020-21	65.99% -5.37%	62.67% -4.94%	68.27% -5.77%
2021-22	72.00% 6.01%	69.00% 6.33%	75.00% 6.73%
2022-23	73.81% 1.81%	69.67% 0.67%	76.47% 1.47%
2023-24	65.00% -8.81%	60.00% -9.67%	68.00% -8.47%
Average	67.82%	64.11%	70.51%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.36% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.65%	26.69%	24.97%
2014-15	26.46% 0.80%	26.94% 0.26%	26.12% 1.15%
2015-16	27.08% 0.63%	28.22% 1.27%	26.30% 0.18%
2016-17	25.78% -1.30%	27.26% -0.95%	24.78% -1.52%
2017-18	26.72% 0.94%	28.43% 1.17%	25.57% 0.79%
2018-19	25.59% -1.12%	27.20% -1.23%	24.55% -1.02%
2019-20	24.08% -1.51%	25.21% -1.99%	23.34% -1.21%
2020-21	18.79% -5.29%	19.86% -5.36%	18.12% -5.22%
2021-22	19.00% 0.20%	19.00% -0.86%	18.00% -0.13%
2022-23	18.80% -0.20%	19.97% 0.97%	18.11% 0.11%
2023-24	19.00% 0.20%	18.00% -1.97%	19.00% 0.89%
Average	23.36%	24.25%	22.62%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 29,379, the average number of admitted is 19,957, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,546.

The number of UD applicants increased by 6.58% (2,328 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	25,458	16,467	4,224
2014-15	25,194 -1.04%	17,089 3.78%	4,521 7.03%
2015-16	24,881 -1.24%	16,569 -3.04%	4,487 -0.75%
2016-17	24,456 -1.71%	16,998 2.59%	4,382 -2.34%
2017-18	27,803 13.69%	17,484 2.86%	4,671 6.60%
2018-19	27,691 -0.40%	18,383 5.14%	4,705 0.73%
2019-20	26,866 -2.98%	19,172 4.29%	4,617 -1.87%
2020-21	33,656 25.27%	22,209 15.84%	4,174 -9.59%
2021-22	34,111 1.35%	24,560 10.59%	4,666 11.79%
2022-23	35,362 3.67%	26,101 6.27%	4,906 5.14%
2023-24	37,690 6.58%	24,499 -6.14%	4,655 -5.12%
Average	29,379	19,957	4,546

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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