Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Houston-Downtown

At University of Houston-Downtown, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.54%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.23%, and the 2024 yield is 23.99%.

The number of U of Houston-Downtown applicants increased by 13.41% (822 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.54%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at University of Houston-Downtown. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.81% and women students' rate is 88.86%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	95.09%	95.11%	95.07%
2014-15	84.17% -10.92%	83.26% -11.85%	84.83% -10.25%
2015-16	77.63% -6.54%	77.86% -5.40%	77.48% -7.35%
2016-17	82.88% 5.25%	81.08% 3.22%	84.14% 6.66%
2017-18	84.08% 1.20%	82.57% 1.50%	85.11% 0.97%
2018-19	83.17% -0.90%	81.22% -1.35%	88.19% 3.08%
2019-20	88.68% 5.50%	86.65% 5.43%	90.04% 1.86%
2020-21	92.82% 4.14%	90.62% 3.97%	94.25% 4.21%
2021-22	95.01% 2.19%	92.02% 1.40%	95.99% 1.74%
2022-23	88.42% -6.59%	85.56% -6.46%	90.38% -5.61%
2023-24	91.00% 2.58%	88.00% 2.44%	92.00% 1.62%
Average	87.54%	85.81%	88.86%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.23% where the current academic year yield is 23.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.38%	41.35%	36.26%
2014-15	36.47% -1.92%	39.32% -2.03%	34.46% -1.80%
2015-16	32.65% -3.82%	33.61% -5.71%	32.00% -2.46%
2016-17	27.06% -5.59%	29.69% -3.92%	25.28% -6.72%
2017-18	29.26% 2.20%	31.62% 1.93%	27.69% 2.41%
2018-19	29.10% -0.15%	32.58% 0.96%	26.56% -1.13%
2019-20	29.45% 0.35%	32.91% 0.33%	27.21% 0.65%
2020-21	26.89% -2.56%	26.52% -6.39%	27.13% -0.08%
2021-22	22.99% -3.90%	24.98% -1.55%	21.99% -5.13%
2022-23	25.33% 2.33%	29.35% 4.37%	22.72% 0.73%
2023-24	23.99% -1.34%	28.02% -1.33%	21.01% -1.71%
Average	29.23%	31.81%	27.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,832, the average number of admitted is 4,265, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,197.

The number of U of Houston-Downtown applicants increased by 13.41% (822 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,096	2,944	1,130
2014-15	3,235 4.49%	2,723 -7.51%	993 -12.12%
2015-16	3,460 6.96%	2,686 -1.36%	877 -11.68%
2016-17	4,187 21.01%	3,470 29.19%	939 7.07%
2017-18	3,931 -6.11%	3,305 -4.76%	967 2.98%
2018-19	4,416 12.34%	3,673 11.13%	1,069 10.55%
2019-20	5,617 27.20%	4,981 35.61%	1,467 37.23%
2020-21	5,973 6.34%	5,544 11.30%	1,491 1.64%
2021-22	6,148 2.93%	5,841 5.36%	1,343 -9.93%
2022-23	6,131 -0.28%	5,421 -7.19%	1,373 2.23%
2023-24	6,953 13.41%	6,327 16.71%	1,518 10.56%
Average	4,832	4,265	1,197

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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