Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Houston

At University of Houston, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.01%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%. U of Houston's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.74%, and the 2024 yield is 27.00%.

The number of U of Houston applicants decreased by 1.83% (544 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.01%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at University of Houston. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.91% and women students' rate is 62.05%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.41%	59.61%	57.37%
2014-15	62.99% 4.58%	65.27% 5.66%	60.90% 3.52%
2015-16	59.72% -3.27%	62.43% -2.84%	57.28% -3.62%
2016-17	58.54% -1.17%	60.97% -1.46%	56.35% -0.93%
2017-18	61.11% 2.56%	63.52% 2.55%	58.93% 2.58%
2018-19	62.34% 1.23%	63.69% 0.17%	61.13% 2.20%
2019-20	64.98% 2.64%	66.89% 3.21%	63.34% 2.22%
2020-21	62.79% -2.19%	64.46% -2.43%	61.51% -1.83%
2021-22	66.00% 3.21%	64.00% -0.46%	67.00% 5.49%
2022-23	66.24% 0.24%	64.14% 0.13%	67.79% 0.78%
2023-24	70.00% 3.76%	68.00% 3.87%	71.00% 3.21%
Average	63.01%	63.91%	62.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.74% where the current academic year yield is 27.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.78%	36.08%	31.72%
2014-15	37.09% 3.31%	39.27% 3.19%	34.94% 3.22%
2015-16	39.01% 1.93%	41.32% 2.05%	36.75% 1.81%
2016-17	38.38% -0.63%	40.23% -1.10%	36.58% -0.17%
2017-18	39.07% 0.69%	40.85% 0.62%	37.34% 0.77%
2018-19	37.12% -1.95%	38.46% -2.39%	35.87% -1.47%
2019-20	34.42% -2.70%	35.63% -2.83%	33.34% -2.54%
2020-21	29.05% -5.37%	30.43% -5.20%	27.95% -5.39%
2021-22	28.00% -1.05%	30.00% -0.42%	27.00% -0.95%
2022-23	28.16% 0.16%	29.46% -0.54%	27.25% 0.26%
2023-24	27.00% -1.16%	28.00% -1.46%	26.00% -1.25%
Average	33.74%	35.43%	32.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 23,606, the average number of admitted is 15,018, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,907.

The number of U of Houston applicants decreased by 1.83% (544 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	17,407	10,167	3,434
2014-15	17,328 -0.45%	10,915 7.36%	4,048 17.88%
2015-16	17,971 3.71%	10,732 -1.68%	4,187 3.43%
2016-17	19,860 10.51%	11,627 8.34%	4,463 6.59%
2017-18	20,768 4.57%	12,691 9.15%	4,959 11.11%
2018-19	22,461 8.15%	14,002 10.33%	5,198 4.82%
2019-20	25,393 13.05%	16,500 17.84%	5,680 9.27%
2020-21	28,645 12.81%	17,986 9.01%	5,225 -8.01%
2021-22	29,721 3.76%	19,616 9.06%	5,492 5.11%
2022-23	29,783 0.21%	19,728 0.57%	5,555 1.15%
2023-24	30,327 1.83%	21,229 7.61%	5,732 3.19%
Average	23,606	15,018	4,907

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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