Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at DU

At University of Denver, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.00%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Denver than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.05%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of DU applicants decreased by -0.66% (128 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.00%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.00% at University of Denver. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.37% and women students' rate is 67.29%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Denver than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.73%	73.50%	79.53%
2014-15	76.49% -0.24%	74.81% 1.31%	77.92% -1.61%
2015-16	72.75% -3.74%	69.93% -4.88%	75.07% -2.86%
2016-17	53.47% -19.27%	52.09% -17.85%	54.56% -20.50%
2017-18	58.05% 4.57%	56.74% 4.65%	59.14% 4.58%
2018-19	56.47% -1.57%	56.00% -0.74%	56.85% -2.30%
2019-20	58.71% 2.23%	57.70% 1.71%	59.47% 2.62%
2020-21	60.67% 1.96%	59.25% 1.54%	61.71% 2.25%
2021-22	64.00% 3.33%	62.00% 2.75%	65.00% 3.29%
2022-23	77.68% 13.68%	76.01% 14.02%	78.90% 13.90%
2023-24	71.00% -6.68%	70.00% -6.02%	72.00% -6.90%
Average	66.00%	64.37%	67.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.05% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13.41%	14.26%	12.72%
2014-15	13.62% 0.21%	14.83% 0.57%	12.62% -0.10%
2015-16	13.04% -0.58%	13.36% -1.47%	12.79% 0.17%
2016-17	12.87% -0.16%	13.42% 0.07%	12.46% -0.33%
2017-18	13.02% 0.14%	13.65% 0.22%	12.51% 0.05%
2018-19	12.77% -0.24%	13.72% 0.07%	12.05% -0.46%
2019-20	10.94% -1.83%	11.11% -2.61%	10.82% -1.23%
2020-21	9.97% -0.97%	10.99% -0.12%	9.26% -1.57%
2021-22	11.00% 1.03%	12.01% 1.02%	11.00% 1.74%
2022-23	10.90% -0.10%	11.63% -0.37%	10.38% -0.62%
2023-24	11.00% 0.10%	11.00% -0.63%	10.00% -0.38%
Average	12.05%	12.73%	11.51%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,922, the average number of admitted is 12,294, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,464.

The number of DU applicants decreased by -0.66% (128 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,735	10,539	1,413
2014-15	13,670 -0.47%	10,456 -0.79%	1,424 0.78%
2015-16	15,036 9.99%	10,938 4.61%	1,426 0.14%
2016-17	20,322 35.16%	10,867 -0.65%	1,399 -1.89%
2017-18	19,904 -2.06%	11,554 6.32%	1,504 7.51%
2018-19	20,475 2.87%	11,563 0.08%	1,477 -1.80%
2019-20	21,028 2.70%	12,345 6.76%	1,351 -8.53%
2020-21	22,723 8.06%	13,785 11.66%	1,375 1.78%
2021-22	22,694 -0.13%	14,524 5.36%	1,598 16.22%
2022-23	19,342 -14.77%	15,024 3.44%	1,638 2.50%
2023-24	19,214 -0.66%	13,642 -9.20%	1,501 -8.36%
Average	18,922	12,294	1,464

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Denver and similar schools.