Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UIUC

At University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 44.00%. UIUC's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.88%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of UIUC applicants increased by 6.55% (4,141 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 44.00% at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.45% and women students' rate is 64.64%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.39%	60.37%	64.94%
2014-15	59.04% -3.35%	56.27% -4.09%	62.66% -2.28%
2015-16	65.56% 6.52%	61.80% 5.53%	70.53% 7.87%
2016-17	60.07% -5.49%	54.57% -7.23%	66.95% -3.57%
2017-18	61.53% 1.46%	56.54% 1.97%	68.03% 1.07%
2018-19	62.16% 0.64%	56.47% -0.08%	69.51% 1.49%
2019-20	59.03% -3.13%	54.22% -2.25%	65.13% -4.38%
2020-21	63.30% 4.27%	58.29% 4.08%	69.90% 4.77%
2021-22	60.00% -3.30%	54.00% -4.29%	67.00% -2.91%
2022-23	44.82% -15.18%	38.45% -15.56%	53.38% -13.62%
2023-24	44.00% -0.82%	37.00% -1.45%	53.00% -0.38%
Average	58.36%	53.45%	64.64%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.88% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.38%	36.92%	33.57%
2014-15	32.80% -2.58%	33.58% -3.34%	31.88% -1.69%
2015-16	33.65% 0.85%	34.84% 1.26%	32.28% 0.40%
2016-17	33.18% -0.47%	34.24% -0.60%	32.10% -0.18%
2017-18	31.36% -1.82%	32.37% -1.88%	30.27% -1.83%
2018-19	31.06% -0.30%	32.67% 0.30%	29.38% -0.89%
2019-20	29.84% -1.22%	30.99% -1.67%	28.63% -0.75%
2020-21	27.36% -2.49%	28.05% -2.95%	26.60% -2.03%
2021-22	29.00% 1.64%	31.00% 2.95%	28.00% 1.40%
2022-23	28.06% -0.94%	29.27% -1.73%	26.90% -1.10%
2023-24	28.00% -0.06%	30.00% 0.73%	27.00% 0.09%
Average	30.88%	32.17%	29.69%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 44,091, the average number of admitted is 25,042, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 7,662.

The number of UIUC applicants increased by 6.55% (4,141 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	33,203	20,716	7,329
2014-15	35,822 7.89%	21,150 2.09%	6,937 -5.35%
2015-16	34,277 -4.31%	22,471 6.25%	7,562 9.01%
2016-17	38,093 11.13%	22,881 1.82%	7,592 0.40%
2017-18	38,965 2.29%	23,974 4.78%	7,518 -0.97%
2018-19	39,406 1.13%	24,496 2.18%	7,609 1.21%
2019-20	43,509 10.41%	25,684 4.85%	7,665 0.74%
2020-21	43,473 -0.08%	27,520 7.15%	7,529 -1.77%
2021-22	47,593 9.48%	28,556 3.76%	8,281 9.99%
2022-23	63,257 32.91%	28,354 -0.71%	7,957 -3.91%
2023-24	67,398 6.55%	29,655 4.59%	8,303 4.35%
Average	44,091	25,042	7,662

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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