Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Memphis

At University of Memphis, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.81%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.39%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of U of Memphis applicants decreased by -0.81% (127 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.81%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.00% at University of Memphis. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.08% and women students' rate is 76.35%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.41%	65.81%	70.33%
2014-15	47.40% -21.02%	47.68% -18.12%	47.20% -23.13%
2015-16	39.78% -7.62%	41.07% -6.61%	38.89% -8.30%
2016-17	56.68% 16.90%	56.96% 15.88%	56.48% 17.59%
2017-18	84.82% 28.14%	83.97% 27.02%	85.37% 28.89%
2018-19	84.30% -0.52%	83.52% -0.45%	84.78% -0.59%
2019-20	84.75% 0.45%	83.22% -0.30%	85.73% 0.94%
2020-21	85.20% 0.45%	84.40% 1.18%	85.68% -0.04%
2021-22	95.00% 9.80%	93.99% 9.59%	96.00% 10.31%
2022-23	94.60% -0.40%	93.24% -0.75%	95.37% -0.63%
2023-24	93.00% -1.60%	92.00% -1.24%	94.00% -1.37%
Average	75.81%	75.08%	76.35%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.39% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52.07%	54.19%	50.64%
2014-15	44.11% -7.96%	44.67% -9.52%	43.72% -6.91%
2015-16	31.74% -12.37%	34.65% -10.02%	29.63% -14.09%
2016-17	22.62% -9.12%	25.94% -8.70%	20.38% -9.25%
2017-18	22.90% 0.28%	24.78% -1.16%	21.70% 1.32%
2018-19	20.80% -2.10%	23.51% -1.27%	19.16% -2.54%
2019-20	21.42% 0.62%	24.84% 1.33%	19.43% 0.27%
2020-21	22.43% 1.01%	24.72% -0.12%	21.06% 1.64%
2021-22	18.00% -4.42%	21.00% -3.71%	17.01% -4.06%
2022-23	16.18% -1.82%	18.88% -2.12%	14.69% -2.32%
2023-24	18.00% 1.82%	19.99% 1.11%	17.00% 2.31%
Average	26.39%	28.83%	24.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,331, the average number of admitted is 10,843, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,482.

The number of U of Memphis applicants decreased by -0.81% (127 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,990	4,098	2,134
2014-15	11,311 88.83%	5,361 30.82%	2,365 10.82%
2015-16	16,672 47.40%	6,632 23.71%	2,105 -10.99%
2016-17	21,392 28.31%	12,124 82.81%	2,743 30.31%
2017-18	13,741 -35.77%	11,655 -3.87%	2,669 -2.70%
2018-19	14,141 2.91%	11,921 2.28%	2,480 -7.08%
2019-20	14,778 4.50%	12,525 5.07%	2,683 8.19%
2020-21	13,298 -10.01%	11,330 -9.54%	2,541 -5.29%
2021-22	14,916 12.17%	14,170 25.07%	2,551 0.39%
2022-23	15,767 5.71%	14,916 5.26%	2,414 -5.37%
2023-24	15,640 -0.81%	14,545 -2.49%	2,618 8.45%
Average	14,331	10,843	2,482

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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