Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Mizzou

At University of Missouri-Columbia, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Missouri-Columbia than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.33%, and the 2024 yield is 31.00%.

The number of Mizzou applicants increased by 6.73% (1,366 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at University of Missouri-Columbia. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.15% and women students' rate is 79.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Missouri-Columbia than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.61%	78.05%	79.06%
2014-15	77.67% -0.94%	77.16% -0.89%	78.10% -0.97%
2015-16	78.13% 0.46%	77.92% 0.76%	78.31% 0.21%
2016-17	74.70% -3.43%	73.37% -4.55%	75.74% -2.56%
2017-18	78.09% 3.39%	77.13% 3.76%	78.80% 3.05%
2018-19	77.84% -0.25%	77.04% -0.09%	78.44% -0.36%
2019-20	80.73% 2.88%	80.36% 3.32%	81.00% 2.56%
2020-21	81.78% 1.05%	81.62% 1.26%	81.89% 0.89%
2021-22	77.00% -4.78%	75.00% -6.62%	78.00% -3.89%
2022-23	79.13% 2.13%	77.02% 2.02%	80.66% 2.66%
2023-24	77.00% -2.13%	74.00% -3.02%	79.00% -1.66%
Average	78.24%	77.15%	79.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.33% where the current academic year yield is 31.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.60%	39.52%	36.05%
2014-15	39.64% 2.04%	41.04% 1.51%	38.47% 2.42%
2015-16	36.04% -3.60%	38.19% -2.84%	34.29% -4.18%
2016-17	30.27% -5.77%	32.42% -5.78%	28.64% -5.65%
2017-18	32.34% 2.08%	35.36% 2.94%	30.18% 1.54%
2018-19	31.68% -0.66%	33.87% -1.49%	30.10% -0.07%
2019-20	33.61% 1.93%	36.73% 2.85%	31.38% 1.27%
2020-21	31.49% -2.12%	34.22% -2.51%	29.52% -1.86%
2021-22	32.00% 0.52%	34.00% -0.21%	30.01% 0.48%
2022-23	31.02% -0.98%	32.68% -1.33%	29.87% -0.14%
2023-24	31.00% -0.02%	31.99% -0.68%	30.00% 0.13%
Average	33.33%	35.46%	31.68%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,284, the average number of admitted is 15,868, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,300.

The number of Mizzou applicants increased by 6.73% (1,366 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	20,956	16,473	6,194
2014-15	21,163 0.99%	16,437 -0.22%	6,515 5.18%
2015-16	21,988 3.90%	17,180 4.52%	6,191 -4.97%
2016-17	21,107 -4.01%	15,767 -8.22%	4,772 -22.92%
2017-18	16,367 -22.46%	12,781 -18.94%	4,134 -13.37%
2018-19	18,948 15.77%	14,750 15.41%	4,673 13.04%
2019-20	20,015 5.63%	16,158 9.55%	5,431 16.22%
2020-21	20,641 3.13%	16,880 4.47%	5,315 -2.14%
2021-22	19,966 -3.27%	15,374 -8.92%	4,920 -7.43%
2022-23	20,303 1.69%	16,065 4.49%	4,983 1.28%
2023-24	21,669 6.73%	16,685 3.86%	5,172 3.79%
Average	20,284	15,868	5,300

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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