Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UMass Amherst

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.50%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Massachusetts-Amherst than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.56%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of UMass Amherst applicants increased by 10.94% (4,973 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.50%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.65% and women students' rate is 64.82%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Massachusetts-Amherst than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.94%	61.76%	64.03%
2014-15	61.39% -1.55%	59.62% -2.14%	63.03% -1.00%
2015-16	58.32% -3.07%	57.92% -1.70%	58.69% -4.35%
2016-17	59.68% 1.37%	59.00% 1.08%	60.32% 1.63%
2017-18	57.58% -2.10%	54.78% -4.22%	60.22% -0.10%
2018-19	59.92% 2.34%	57.99% 3.21%	61.71% 1.49%
2019-20	63.80% 3.88%	61.67% 3.68%	65.73% 4.02%
2020-21	65.32% 1.53%	61.44% -0.23%	68.89% 3.15%
2021-22	66.00% 0.68%	58.00% -3.44%	72.00% 3.11%
2022-23	63.52% -2.48%	53.98% -4.02%	72.39% 0.39%
2023-24	58.00% -5.52%	48.00% -5.98%	66.00% -6.39%
Average	61.50%	57.65%	64.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.56% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.61%	22.38%	19.02%
2014-15	20.45% -0.16%	22.17% -0.21%	18.94% -0.09%
2015-16	20.09% -0.36%	21.52% -0.65%	18.79% -0.14%
2016-17	19.20% -0.89%	20.80% -0.72%	17.75% -1.05%
2017-18	19.63% 0.43%	20.83% 0.03%	18.60% 0.85%
2018-19	20.20% 0.57%	22.01% 1.17%	18.63% 0.04%
2019-20	21.44% 1.24%	23.20% 1.19%	19.94% 1.31%
2020-21	19.20% -2.24%	20.37% -2.82%	18.23% -1.71%
2021-22	17.00% -2.19%	19.00% -1.37%	16.00% -2.23%
2022-23	19.36% 2.36%	21.80% 2.80%	17.66% 1.66%
2023-24	18.00% -1.36%	21.00% -0.80%	16.00% -1.67%
Average	19.56%	21.37%	18.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 41,716, the average number of admitted is 25,631, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,998.

The number of UMass Amherst applicants increased by 10.94% (4,973 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	36,012	22,665	4,672
2014-15	37,296 3.57%	22,895 1.01%	4,682 0.21%
2015-16	40,130 7.60%	23,403 2.22%	4,702 0.43%
2016-17	40,822 1.72%	24,364 4.11%	4,679 -0.49%
2017-18	42,043 2.99%	24,208 -0.64%	4,752 1.56%
2018-19	41,690 -0.84%	24,981 3.19%	5,047 6.21%
2019-20	42,157 1.12%	26,895 7.66%	5,766 14.25%
2020-21	40,315 -4.37%	26,335 -2.08%	5,055 -12.33%
2021-22	42,540 5.52%	28,076 6.61%	4,773 -5.58%
2022-23	45,451 6.84%	28,871 2.83%	5,589 17.10%
2023-24	50,424 10.94%	29,246 1.30%	5,264 -5.81%
Average	41,716	25,631	4,998

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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