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

At University of Massachusetts-Lowell, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.81%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of U of Massachusetts-Lowell applicants increased by 3.06% (375 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.99% and women students' rate is 69.85%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.97%	67.78%	58.78%
2014-15	62.01% -1.96%	66.56% -1.21%	55.84% -2.94%
2015-16	56.79% -5.22%	59.08% -7.48%	53.73% -2.11%
2016-17	60.57% 3.78%	62.14% 3.06%	58.66% 4.93%
2017-18	68.83% 8.26%	69.71% 7.57%	67.69% 9.04%
2018-19	71.83% 3.00%	71.86% 2.15%	71.79% 4.10%
2019-20	73.35% 1.52%	76.06% 4.20%	70.33% -1.47%
2020-21	75.20% 1.85%	76.10% 0.03%	74.23% 3.90%
2021-22	85.00% 9.80%	83.01% 6.91%	86.00% 11.77%
2022-23	85.95% 0.95%	85.63% 2.63%	86.31% 0.31%
2023-24	85.00% -0.95%	85.01% -0.63%	84.99% -1.32%
Average	71.68%	72.99%	69.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.81% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.23%	29.59%	26.10%
2014-15	28.29% 0.06%	30.97% 1.38%	23.97% -2.13%
2015-16	26.90% -1.39%	29.50% -1.47%	23.10% -0.87%
2016-17	25.35% -1.56%	27.21% -2.28%	22.94% -0.16%
2017-18	26.49% 1.15%	29.63% 2.41%	22.32% -0.62%
2018-19	24.18% -2.31%	27.36% -2.26%	20.37% -1.94%
2019-20	25.75% 1.57%	28.75% 1.38%	22.14% 1.77%
2020-21	21.35% -4.40%	24.10% -4.65%	18.32% -3.82%
2021-22	18.00% -3.35%	21.01% -3.09%	15.00% -3.32%
2022-23	18.39% 0.40%	21.43% 0.43%	15.02% 0.02%
2023-24	19.00% 0.60%	22.00% 0.57%	15.99% 0.97%
Average	23.81%	26.50%	20.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,537, the average number of admitted is 8,360, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,926.

The number of U of Massachusetts-Lowell applicants increased by 3.06% (375 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,126	5,838	1,648
2014-15	9,394 2.94%	5,825 -0.22%	1,648
2015-16	10,689 13.79%	6,070 4.21%	1,633 -0.91%
2016-17	11,321 5.91%	6,857 12.97%	1,738 6.43%
2017-18	11,181 -1.24%	7,696 12.24%	2,039 17.32%
2018-19	12,187 9.00%	8,754 13.75%	2,117 3.83%
2019-20	12,660 3.88%	9,286 6.08%	2,391 12.94%
2020-21	12,970 2.45%	9,753 5.03%	2,082 -12.92%
2021-22	12,493 -3.68%	10,619 8.88%	1,911 -8.21%
2022-23	12,253 -1.92%	10,532 -0.82%	1,937 1.36%
2023-24	12,628 3.06%	10,734 1.92%	2,039 5.27%
Average	11,537	8,360	1,926

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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