Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Massachusetts-Boston

At University of Massachusetts-Boston, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.55%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.46%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of U of Massachusetts-Boston applicants increased by 7.21% (1,406 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.55%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at University of Massachusetts-Boston. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.86% and women students' rate is 76.47%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.41%	74.61%	68.98%
2014-15	70.77% -0.63%	71.24% -3.37%	70.40% 1.42%
2015-16	69.06% -1.72%	68.90% -2.34%	69.17% -1.23%
2016-17	68.52% -0.53%	67.69% -1.21%	69.14% -0.03%
2017-18	75.15% 6.63%	73.53% 5.84%	76.33% 7.19%
2018-19	77.61% 2.46%	75.71% 2.18%	78.85% 2.51%
2019-20	76.14% -1.46%	73.62% -2.09%	77.70% -1.14%
2020-21	79.68% 3.53%	76.96% 3.34%	81.29% 3.59%
2021-22	79.00% -0.68%	74.00% -2.96%	82.00% 0.71%
2022-23	80.76% 1.75%	76.18% 2.18%	83.33% 1.33%
2023-24	83.00% 2.24%	79.99% 3.82%	84.00% 0.68%
Average	75.55%	73.86%	76.47%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.46% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.22%	26.76%	22.14%
2014-15	25.78% 1.56%	28.22% 1.46%	23.81% 1.67%
2015-16	25.98% 0.20%	29.10% 0.88%	23.52% -0.28%
2016-17	24.37% -1.61%	29.40% 0.30%	20.69% -2.83%
2017-18	23.82% -0.55%	27.39% -2.01%	21.31% 0.62%
2018-19	25.05% 1.23%	28.01% 0.62%	23.20% 1.89%
2019-20	20.43% -4.62%	22.93% -5.08%	18.97% -4.24%
2020-21	19.94% -0.49%	22.51% -0.42%	18.50% -0.47%
2021-22	17.00% -2.94%	22.01% -0.50%	15.00% -3.50%
2022-23	15.49% -1.51%	19.75% -2.27%	13.31% -1.69%
2023-24	14.00% -1.49%	18.00% -1.74%	12.00% -1.31%
Average	21.46%	24.92%	19.31%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,980, the average number of admitted is 9,984, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,991.

The number of U of Massachusetts-Boston applicants increased by 7.21% (1,406 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,170	5,834	1,413
2014-15	8,451 3.44%	5,981 2.52%	1,542 9.13%
2015-16	9,365 10.82%	6,467 8.13%	1,680 8.95%
2016-17	9,886 5.56%	6,774 4.75%	1,651 -1.73%
2017-18	10,507 6.28%	7,896 16.56%	1,881 13.93%
2018-19	11,907 13.32%	9,241 17.03%	2,315 23.07%
2019-20	13,649 14.63%	10,393 12.47%	2,123 -8.29%
2020-21	14,029 2.78%	11,178 7.55%	2,229 4.99%
2021-22	16,383 16.78%	12,943 15.79%	2,200 -1.30%
2022-23	19,512 19.10%	15,757 21.74%	2,441 10.95%
2023-24	20,918 7.21%	17,362 10.19%	2,431 -0.41%
Average	12,980	9,984	1,991

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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