Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UHCL

At University of Houston-Clear Lake, the average acceptance rate over the past 10 years is 71.89%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 75.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Houston-Clear Lake than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.88%, and the 2024 yield is 24.99%.

The number of UHCL applicants increased by 18.29% (363 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.89%, and this year's acceptance rate is 75.00% at University of Houston-Clear Lake. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.97% and women students' rate is 72.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Houston-Clear Lake than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of Houston-Clear Lake over the past 10 years (2014-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2014-15	57.36%	57.51%	57.27%
2015-16	65.38% 8.02%	70.23% 12.72%	62.32% 5.04%
2016-17	64.71% -0.67%	64.96% -5.27%	64.53% 2.21%
2017-18	72.25% 7.54%	71.06% 6.10%	73.06% 8.53%
2018-19	69.42% -2.83%	69.53% -1.53%	69.34% -3.72%
2019-20	73.61% 4.19%	75.62% 6.09%	72.26% 2.92%
2020-21	80.73% 7.12%	82.59% 6.97%	79.40% 7.14%
2021-22	91.02% 10.29%	92.01% 9.42%	90.96% 11.56%
2022-23	69.37% -21.65%	64.27% -27.74%	72.86% -18.10%
2023-24	75.00% 5.63%	71.98% 7.71%	77.99% 5.13%
Average	71.89%	71.97%	72.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 10 years is 31.88% where the current academic year yield is 24.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Houston-Clear Lake from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	39.00%	33.19%	42.51%
2015-16	37.25% -1.75%	40.58% 7.39%	34.88% -7.63%
2016-17	38.60% 1.34%	41.58% 1.00%	36.39% 1.50%
2017-18	37.09% -1.51%	36.42% -5.16%	37.53% 1.14%
2018-19	36.70% -0.38%	40.17% 3.74%	34.11% -3.42%
2019-20	32.56% -4.14%	37.18% -2.99%	29.32% -4.78%
2020-21	26.99% -5.57%	26.66% -10.52%	27.24% -2.09%
2021-22	19.98% -7.01%	22.03% -4.63%	19.00% -8.24%
2022-23	25.64% 5.66%	28.19% 6.16%	24.10% 5.10%
2023-24	24.99% -0.65%	27.01% -1.17%	23.03% -1.07%
Average	31.88%	33.30%	30.81%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,455, the average number of admitted is 1,068, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 315.

The number of UHCL applicants increased by 18.29% (363 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of Houston-Clear Lake from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2014-15	1,046	600	234
2015-16	1,014 -3.06%	663 10.50%	247 5.56%
2016-17	1,057 4.24%	684 3.17%	264 6.88%
2017-18	1,045 -1.14%	755 10.38%	280 6.06%
2018-19	1,197 14.55%	831 10.07%	305 8.93%
2019-20	1,402 17.13%	1,032 24.19%	336 10.16%
2020-21	1,666 18.83%	1,345 30.33%	363 8.04%
2021-22	1,793 7.62%	1,632 21.34%	326 -10.19%
2022-23	1,985 10.71%	1,377 -15.63%	353 8.28%
2023-24	2,348 18.29%	1,761 27.89%	440 24.65%
Average	1,455	1,068	315

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Houston-Clear Lake and similar schools.