Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UIC

At University of Illinois Chicago, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.55%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of UIC applicants increased by 7.89% (1,858 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.00% at University of Illinois Chicago. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.52% and women students' rate is 77.72%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.40%	70.49%	72.16%
2014-15	74.48% 3.08%	71.54% 1.04%	76.91% 4.75%
2015-16	76.65% 2.17%	74.76% 3.22%	78.23% 1.32%
2016-17	73.59% -3.06%	70.93% -3.83%	75.74% -2.49%
2017-18	77.08% 3.49%	74.06% 3.13%	79.50% 3.76%
2018-19	75.55% -1.54%	73.45% -0.61%	77.19% -2.32%
2019-20	72.70% -2.84%	69.72% -3.73%	75.03% -2.15%
2020-21	72.63% -0.08%	70.43% 0.71%	74.28% -0.75%
2021-22	79.00% 6.37%	74.00% 3.57%	82.00% 7.72%
2022-23	78.69% -0.31%	74.32% 0.32%	81.92% -0.08%
2023-24	79.00% 0.31%	74.00% -0.32%	82.00% 0.08%
Average	75.53%	72.52%	77.72%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.55% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.77%	33.08%	27.09%
2014-15	26.15% -3.62%	28.39% -4.69%	24.42% -2.66%
2015-16	29.02% 2.88%	31.49% 3.11%	27.06% 2.63%
2016-17	25.06% -3.96%	27.49% -4.00%	23.23% -3.83%
2017-18	28.00% 2.94%	30.95% 3.45%	25.81% 2.58%
2018-19	26.08% -1.92%	27.56% -3.39%	24.99% -0.82%
2019-20	26.71% 0.62%	28.66% 1.10%	25.29% 0.30%
2020-21	21.39% -5.32%	22.92% -5.74%	20.30% -4.99%
2021-22	23.00% 1.61%	25.99% 3.07%	22.00% 1.71%
2022-23	22.89% -0.11%	25.83% -0.16%	20.91% -1.09%
2023-24	23.00% 0.11%	27.00% 1.17%	21.00% 0.09%
Average	25.55%	28.12%	23.83%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,082, the average number of admitted is 15,211, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,826.

The number of UIC applicants increased by 7.89% (1,858 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,603	10,427	3,104
2014-15	15,560 6.55%	11,589 11.14%	3,030 -2.38%
2015-16	15,664 0.67%	12,007 3.61%	3,485 15.02%
2016-17	17,931 14.47%	13,196 9.90%	3,307 -5.11%
2017-18	18,768 4.67%	14,467 9.63%	4,051 22.50%
2018-19	21,106 12.46%	15,945 10.22%	4,159 2.67%
2019-20	22,696 7.53%	16,501 3.49%	4,407 5.96%
2020-21	22,798 0.45%	16,558 0.35%	3,541 -19.65%
2021-22	22,791 -0.03%	18,005 8.74%	4,141 16.94%
2022-23	23,562 3.38%	18,541 2.98%	4,244 2.49%
2023-24	25,420 7.89%	20,082 8.31%	4,619 8.84%
Average	20,082	15,211	3,826

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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