Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UHM

At University of Hawaii at Manoa, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Hawaii at Manoa than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.58%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of UHM applicants decreased by 1.25% (237 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at University of Hawaii at Manoa. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.69% and women students' rate is 77.35%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Hawaii at Manoa than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.09%	78.37%	81.34%
2014-15	78.82% -1.27%	75.94% -2.43%	80.71% -0.63%
2015-16	81.42% 2.59%	79.03% 3.09%	82.98% 2.27%
2016-17	84.98% 3.56%	82.98% 3.95%	86.15% 3.17%
2017-18	83.15% -1.82%	81.34% -1.64%	84.37% -1.78%
2018-19	83.52% 0.37%	81.84% 0.50%	84.62% 0.25%
2019-20	58.47% -25.05%	63.19% -18.65%	56.53% -28.09%
2020-21	83.69% 25.22%	82.77% 19.58%	84.09% 27.56%
2021-22	70.00% -13.69%	72.00% -10.77%	69.00% -15.09%
2022-23	72.77% 2.77%	74.14% 2.13%	72.11% 3.11%
2023-24	70.00% -2.77%	72.00% -2.14%	69.00% -3.11%
Average	76.99%	76.69%	77.35%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.58% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.84%	37.30%	34.81%
2014-15	31.14% -4.70%	34.29% -3.00%	29.36% -5.44%
2015-16	30.46% -0.69%	34.81% 0.52%	27.94% -1.42%
2016-17	31.35% 0.89%	35.83% 1.02%	28.70% 0.76%
2017-18	27.84% -3.51%	31.43% -4.40%	25.48% -3.22%
2018-19	28.30% 0.46%	32.88% 1.45%	25.63% 0.15%
2019-20	21.28% -7.02%	26.21% -6.67%	19.01% -6.62%
2020-21	19.71% -1.57%	24.69% -1.52%	17.37% -1.64%
2021-22	21.00% 1.29%	25.99% 1.30%	19.00% 1.63%
2022-23	22.50% 1.50%	27.88% 1.89%	20.04% 1.04%
2023-24	23.00% 0.50%	28.01% 0.13%	20.00% -0.04%
Average	26.58%	30.85%	24.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,240, the average number of admitted is 9,132, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,288.

The number of UHM applicants decreased by 1.25% (237 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,901	5,527	1,981
2014-15	7,532 9.14%	5,937 7.42%	1,849 -6.66%
2015-16	7,690 2.10%	6,261 5.46%	1,907 3.14%
2016-17	7,409 -3.65%	6,296 0.56%	1,974 3.51%
2017-18	8,501 14.74%	7,069 12.28%	1,968 -0.30%
2018-19	9,345 9.93%	7,805 10.41%	2,209 12.25%
2019-20	16,235 73.73%	9,493 21.63%	2,020 -8.56%
2020-21	13,240 -18.45%	11,081 16.73%	2,184 8.12%
2021-22	19,607 48.09%	13,725 23.86%	2,882 31.96%
2022-23	18,974 -3.23%	13,807 0.60%	3,106 7.77%
2023-24	19,211 1.25%	13,448 -2.60%	3,093 -0.42%
Average	12,240	9,132	2,288

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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