Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UI

At University of Iowa, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.24%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of UI applicants decreased by -0.18% (47 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at University of Iowa. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.04% and women students' rate is 85.59%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.23%	76.59%	83.32%
2014-15	80.95% 0.72%	77.19% 0.60%	84.20% 0.88%
2015-16	80.74% -0.21%	77.61% 0.43%	83.41% -0.79%
2016-17	84.11% 3.37%	81.90% 4.29%	86.12% 2.70%
2017-18	86.04% 1.93%	83.93% 2.04%	87.93% 1.82%
2018-19	82.67% -3.37%	79.69% -4.24%	85.22% -2.71%
2019-20	82.55% -0.12%	79.79% 0.10%	84.78% -0.44%
2020-21	84.28% 1.73%	81.95% 2.15%	86.18% 1.39%
2021-22	86.00% 1.72%	84.00% 2.05%	88.00% 1.82%
2022-23	86.00% 0.01%	86.80% 2.80%	85.36% -2.65%
2023-24	85.00% -1.00%	82.00% -4.79%	87.00% 1.65%
Average	83.51%	81.04%	85.59%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.24% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.69%	26.70%	24.90%
2014-15	23.92% -1.77%	24.92% -1.78%	23.13% -1.77%
2015-16	24.76% 0.83%	25.39% 0.47%	24.25% 1.12%
2016-17	23.54% -1.21%	23.27% -2.12%	23.78% -0.47%
2017-18	21.07% -2.48%	20.04% -3.24%	21.95% -1.83%
2018-19	21.77% 0.70%	20.86% 0.82%	22.50% 0.55%
2019-20	23.29% 1.53%	23.10% 2.24%	23.44% 0.94%
2020-21	22.18% -1.12%	22.03% -1.06%	22.29% -1.16%
2021-22	23.00% 0.82%	23.01% 0.97%	24.00% 1.72%
2022-23	23.40% 0.40%	21.98% -1.02%	24.31% 0.31%
2023-24	23.00% -0.40%	22.00% 0.01%	24.00% -0.31%
Average	23.24%	23.03%	23.50%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 25,345, the average number of admitted is 21,176, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,907.

The number of UI applicants decreased by -0.18% (47 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	21,642	17,363	4,460
2014-15	24,097 11.34%	19,506 12.34%	4,666 4.62%
2015-16	26,222 8.82%	21,171 8.54%	5,241 12.32%
2016-17	28,494 8.66%	23,967 13.21%	5,643 7.67%
2017-18	27,734 -2.67%	23,862 -0.44%	5,027 -10.92%
2018-19	26,706 -3.71%	22,077 -7.48%	4,806 -4.40%
2019-20	25,928 -2.91%	21,404 -3.05%	4,986 3.75%
2020-21	24,132 -6.93%	20,338 -4.98%	4,510 -9.55%
2021-22	22,434 -7.04%	19,293 -5.14%	4,437 -1.62%
2022-23	25,729 14.69%	22,128 14.69%	5,178 16.70%
2023-24	25,682 -0.18%	21,830 -1.35%	5,021 -3.03%
Average	25,345	21,176	4,907

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Iowa and similar schools.