Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Dubuque

At University of Dubuque, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.72%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.51%, and the 2024 yield is 24.02%.

The number of U of Dubuque applicants decreased by -1.20% (19 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.72%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.99% at University of Dubuque. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.39% and women students' rate is 78.37%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	77.42%	76.56%	78.94%
2014-15	77.88% 0.46%	77.96% 1.40%	77.73% -1.20%
2015-16	77.42% -0.46%	76.56% -1.40%	78.94% 1.20%
2016-17	75.69% -1.73%	74.70% -1.86%	77.18% -1.76%
2017-18	74.16% -1.53%	73.33% -1.37%	75.52% -1.65%
2018-19	73.03% -1.13%	72.80% -0.52%	73.30% -2.22%
2019-20	72.69% -0.34%	72.03% -0.77%	73.59% 0.29%
2020-21	78.63% 5.95%	79.98% 7.95%	76.27% 2.68%
2021-22	76.01% -2.62%	77.01% -2.98%	76.02% -0.25%
2022-23	85.05% 9.04%	85.37% 8.37%	84.49% 8.47%
2023-24	86.99% 1.93%	85.04% -0.33%	90.06% 5.57%
Average	77.72%	77.39%	78.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.51% where the current academic year yield is 24.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.63%	38.62%	41.35%
2014-15	39.47% -0.16%	39.62% 0.99%	39.20% -2.15%
2015-16	39.63% 0.16%	38.62% -0.99%	41.35% 2.15%
2016-17	35.21% -4.41%	39.78% 1.16%	28.60% -12.75%
2017-18	40.20% 4.98%	41.88% 2.09%	37.55% 8.95%
2018-19	26.86% -13.34%	28.90% -12.98%	24.47% -13.08%
2019-20	25.85% -1.01%	28.66% -0.24%	22.10% -2.37%
2020-21	29.10% 3.25%	32.37% 3.72%	23.09% 0.99%
2021-22	23.00% -6.11%	23.02% -9.36%	23.93% 0.84%
2022-23	23.68% 0.68%	23.08% 0.06%	24.74% 0.81%
2023-24	24.02% 0.35%	25.98% 2.91%	21.07% -3.67%
Average	31.51%	32.78%	29.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,763, the average number of admitted is 1,363, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 420.

The number of U of Dubuque applicants decreased by -1.20% (19 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,457	1,128	447
2014-15	1,451 -0.41%	1,130 0.18%	446 -0.22%
2015-16	1,457 0.41%	1,128 -0.18%	447 0.22%
2016-17	1,662 14.07%	1,258 11.52%	443 -0.89%
2017-18	1,761 5.96%	1,306 3.82%	525 18.51%
2018-19	2,666 51.39%	1,947 49.08%	523 -0.38%
2019-20	2,054 -22.96%	1,493 -23.32%	386 -26.20%
2020-21	1,844 -10.22%	1,450 -2.88%	422 9.33%
2021-22	1,905 3.31%	1,448 -0.14%	333 -21.09%
2022-23	1,579 -17.11%	1,343 -7.25%	318 -4.50%
2023-24	1,560 -1.20%	1,357 1.04%	326 2.52%
Average	1,763	1,363	420

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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