Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at KU

At University of Kansas, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.11%, and the 2024 yield is 31.00%.

The number of KU applicants increased by 18.65% (3,022 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at University of Kansas. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.08% and women students' rate is 93.84%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	92.28%	90.90%	93.50%
2014-15	91.42% -0.86%	89.01% -1.89%	93.56% 0.06%
2015-16	93.47% 2.05%	91.52% 2.51%	95.13% 1.57%
2016-17	93.01% -0.46%	91.27% -0.25%	94.42% -0.72%
2017-18	93.38% 0.38%	91.14% -0.14%	95.25% 0.83%
2018-19	91.71% -1.67%	90.18% -0.95%	92.95% -2.30%
2019-20	93.10% 1.39%	90.74% 0.56%	95.11% 2.16%
2020-21	90.93% -2.17%	88.21% -2.53%	93.27% -1.84%
2021-22	92.00% 1.07%	89.00% 0.79%	96.00% 2.72%
2022-23	87.84% -4.16%	83.92% -5.08%	91.03% -4.96%
2023-24	88.00% 0.16%	84.00% 0.07%	92.00% 0.96%
Average	91.56%	89.08%	93.84%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.11% where the current academic year yield is 31.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.98%	34.15%	31.99%
2014-15	28.33% -4.65%	29.77% -4.38%	27.12% -4.87%
2015-16	29.56% 1.23%	31.29% 1.52%	28.13% 1.02%
2016-17	30.31% 0.75%	31.81% 0.52%	29.13% 1.00%
2017-18	30.59% 0.28%	31.06% -0.75%	30.22% 1.09%
2018-19	30.78% 0.19%	32.44% 1.39%	29.47% -0.75%
2019-20	29.36% -1.42%	30.87% -1.57%	28.13% -1.34%
2020-21	27.99% -1.36%	29.47% -1.40%	26.80% -1.33%
2021-22	29.00% 1.00%	29.99% 0.53%	28.00% 1.21%
2022-23	31.31% 2.31%	32.48% 2.49%	30.44% 2.43%
2023-24	31.00% -0.31%	33.00% 0.52%	30.00% -0.43%
Average	30.11%	31.48%	29.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,314, the average number of admitted is 14,002, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,211.

The number of KU applicants increased by 18.65% (3,022 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,389	11,433	3,771
2014-15	15,767 27.27%	14,414 26.07%	4,084 8.30%
2015-16	15,155 -3.88%	14,165 -1.73%	4,187 2.52%
2016-17	15,015 -0.92%	13,965 -1.41%	4,233 1.10%
2017-18	14,538 -3.18%	13,576 -2.79%	4,153 -1.89%
2018-19	14,752 1.47%	13,529 -0.35%	4,164 0.26%
2019-20	15,093 2.31%	14,052 3.87%	4,125 -0.94%
2020-21	15,042 -0.34%	13,678 -2.66%	3,829 -7.18%
2021-22	15,275 1.55%	14,053 2.74%	4,075 6.42%
2022-23	16,204 6.08%	14,234 1.29%	4,457 9.37%
2023-24	19,226 18.65%	16,919 18.86%	5,245 17.68%
Average	15,314	14,002	4,211

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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