Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UL Lafayette

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Louisiana at Lafayette than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 44.96%, and the 2024 yield is 32.00%.

The number of UL Lafayette applicants decreased by -9.13% (1,073 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.28% and women students' rate is 63.36%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Louisiana at Lafayette than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.30%	62.02%	57.32%
2014-15	55.80% -3.50%	58.77% -3.25%	53.62% -3.71%
2015-16	55.27% -0.52%	57.56% -1.21%	53.63% 0.01%
2016-17	51.10% -4.17%	54.67% -2.89%	50.13% -3.50%
2017-18	50.87% -0.23%	53.01% -1.67%	49.42% -0.71%
2018-19	55.99% 5.12%	59.74% 6.74%	53.55% 4.12%
2019-20	67.91% 11.93%	69.71% 9.97%	66.77% 13.23%
2020-21	67.28% -0.63%	67.55% -2.17%	67.12% 0.35%
2021-22	78.00% 10.72%	76.00% 8.45%	80.00% 12.88%
2022-23	74.56% -3.44%	73.01% -2.99%	75.46% -4.54%
2023-24	89.00% 14.44%	86.01% 13.00%	90.00% 14.54%
Average	64.10%	65.28%	63.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 44.96% where the current academic year yield is 32.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53.39%	56.40%	51.03%
2014-15	55.80% 2.41%	57.14% 0.74%	54.71% 3.69%
2015-16	52.78% -3.01%	52.73% -4.42%	52.82% -1.89%
2016-17	50.87% -1.91%	54.01% 1.29%	48.63% -4.19%
2017-18	56.17% 5.30%	59.46% 5.45%	53.76% 5.13%
2018-19	51.56% -4.61%	55.70% -3.76%	48.53% -5.23%
2019-20	40.86% -10.69%	44.74% -10.97%	38.30% -10.23%
2020-21	35.21% -5.66%	39.03% -5.71%	32.86% -5.45%
2021-22	33.00% -2.21%	37.01% -2.02%	30.99% -1.86%
2022-23	32.93% -0.07%	38.08% 1.08%	30.03% -0.96%
2023-24	32.00% -0.93%	37.01% -1.07%	29.01% -1.02%
Average	44.96%	48.30%	42.79%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,198, the average number of admitted is 6,554, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,819.

The number of UL Lafayette applicants decreased by -9.13% (1,073 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,506	5,044	2,693
2014-15	9,386 10.35%	5,237 3.83%	2,922 8.50%
2015-16	10,897 16.10%	6,023 15.01%	3,179 8.80%
2016-17	11,633 6.75%	5,945 -1.30%	3,024 -4.88%
2017-18	10,436 -10.29%	5,309 -10.70%	2,982 -1.39%
2018-19	9,468 -9.28%	5,301 -0.15%	2,733 -8.35%
2019-20	9,138 -3.49%	6,206 17.07%	2,536 -7.21%
2020-21	9,870 8.01%	6,641 7.01%	2,338 -7.81%
2021-22	10,409 5.46%	8,119 22.26%	2,679 14.59%
2022-23	11,752 12.90%	8,762 7.92%	2,885 7.69%
2023-24	10,679 -9.13%	9,504 8.47%	3,041 5.41%
Average	10,198	6,554	2,819

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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