Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Kentucky

At University of Kentucky, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.46%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Kentucky than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.65%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of U of Kentucky applicants increased by 27.70% (6,124 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.46%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at University of Kentucky. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 88.22% and women students' rate is 90.32%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Kentucky than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.61%	68.43%	68.74%
2014-15	72.21% 3.59%	69.75% 1.32%	74.08% 5.34%
2015-16	89.11% 16.90%	88.34% 18.59%	89.65% 15.57%
2016-17	90.79% 1.68%	89.13% 0.79%	91.94% 2.29%
2017-18	95.77% 4.99%	94.37% 5.25%	96.71% 4.77%
2018-19	94.48% -1.29%	93.49% -0.89%	95.13% -1.58%
2019-20	95.85% 1.37%	95.25% 1.77%	96.27% 1.13%
2020-21	96.36% 0.50%	95.49% 0.24%	96.94% 0.68%
2021-22	94.00% -2.36%	92.00% -3.49%	95.00% -1.94%
2022-23	94.89% 0.89%	93.20% 1.20%	96.08% 1.08%
2023-24	92.00% -2.89%	91.00% -2.21%	93.00% -3.08%
Average	89.46%	88.22%	90.32%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.65% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.59%	36.04%	33.54%
2014-15	34.73% 0.13%	36.59% 0.55%	33.39% -0.15%
2015-16	31.23% -3.50%	32.23% -4.36%	30.53% -2.86%
2016-17	27.52% -3.71%	29.06% -3.17%	26.48% -4.05%
2017-18	26.79% -0.73%	28.85% -0.21%	25.44% -1.04%
2018-19	27.81% 1.02%	30.00% 1.15%	26.40% 0.96%
2019-20	29.74% 1.94%	31.28% 1.29%	28.69% 2.29%
2020-21	25.83% -3.91%	26.90% -4.38%	25.12% -3.57%
2021-22	23.00% -2.84%	24.00% -2.91%	22.00% -3.12%
2022-23	28.89% 5.89%	28.77% 4.77%	29.24% 7.24%
2023-24	25.00% -3.89%	25.00% -3.77%	25.00% -4.24%
Average	28.65%	29.88%	27.80%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,762, the average number of admitted is 18,586, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,239.

The number of U of Kentucky applicants increased by 27.70% (6,124 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,810	13,592	4,702
2014-15	20,677 4.38%	14,930 9.84%	5,185 10.27%
2015-16	18,725 -9.44%	16,685 11.75%	5,211 0.50%
2016-17	20,480 9.37%	18,593 11.44%	5,117 -1.80%
2017-18	18,925 -7.59%	18,125 -2.52%	4,855 -5.12%
2018-19	19,324 2.11%	18,258 0.73%	5,077 4.57%
2019-20	18,759 -2.92%	17,981 -1.52%	5,348 5.34%
2020-21	19,648 4.74%	18,932 5.29%	4,891 -8.55%
2021-22	21,695 10.42%	20,393 7.72%	4,690 -4.11%
2022-23	22,109 1.91%	20,979 2.87%	6,061 29.23%
2023-24	28,233 27.70%	25,974 23.81%	6,494 7.14%
Average	20,762	18,586	5,239

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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