Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Missouri-Kansas City

At University of Missouri-Kansas City, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 62.48%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 75.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Missouri-Kansas City than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.91%, and the 2024 yield is 30.01%.

The number of U of Missouri-Kansas City applicants increased by 12.01% (622 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 62.48%, and this year's acceptance rate is 75.01% at University of Missouri-Kansas City. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.87% and women students' rate is 63.96%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Missouri-Kansas City than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	33.00%	34.50%	32.03%
2014-15	64.26% 31.26%	62.28% 27.77%	65.62% 33.59%
2015-16	62.71% -1.55%	59.35% -2.93%	64.80% -0.81%
2016-17	61.87% -0.84%	59.87% 0.52%	63.03% -1.78%
2017-18	64.15% 2.27%	62.28% 2.41%	65.26% 2.23%
2018-19	56.48% -7.67%	56.10% -6.18%	56.68% -8.58%
2019-20	61.30% 4.82%	58.35% 2.25%	62.95% 6.27%
2020-21	63.01% 1.71%	61.97% 3.62%	63.61% 0.65%
2021-22	76.00% 12.99%	72.02% 10.06%	78.00% 14.40%
2022-23	69.48% -6.52%	63.92% -8.11%	72.55% -5.45%
2023-24	75.01% 5.53%	67.98% 4.06%	79.01% 6.46%
Average	62.48%	59.87%	63.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.91% where the current academic year yield is 30.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	74.81%	76.27%	73.80%
2014-15	38.88% -35.93%	41.52% -34.75%	37.34% -36.46%
2015-16	37.77% -1.10%	40.16% -1.36%	36.42% -0.92%
2016-17	38.13% 0.35%	42.13% 1.97%	35.93% -0.49%
2017-18	38.29% 0.16%	41.14% -1.00%	36.67% 0.74%
2018-19	33.23% -5.06%	36.13% -5.01%	31.66% -5.00%
2019-20	33.91% 0.68%	38.21% 2.09%	31.67% 0.00%
2020-21	29.63% -4.28%	29.09% -9.13%	29.93% -1.73%
2021-22	29.99% 0.36%	32.98% 3.89%	29.02% -0.92%
2022-23	32.37% 2.38%	34.47% 1.49%	31.35% 2.33%
2023-24	30.01% -2.36%	33.99% -0.48%	28.01% -3.34%
Average	37.91%	40.55%	36.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,186, the average number of admitted is 3,258, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,156.

The number of U of Missouri-Kansas City applicants increased by 12.01% (622 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,367	1,441	1,078
2014-15	4,295 -1.65%	2,760 91.53%	1,073 -0.46%
2015-16	4,428 3.10%	2,777 0.62%	1,049 -2.24%
2016-17	5,138 16.03%	3,179 14.48%	1,212 15.54%
2017-18	5,065 -1.42%	3,249 2.20%	1,244 2.64%
2018-19	6,378 25.92%	3,602 10.86%	1,197 -3.78%
2019-20	5,754 -9.78%	3,527 -2.08%	1,196 -0.08%
2020-21	5,672 -1.43%	3,574 1.33%	1,059 -11.45%
2021-22	4,967 -12.43%	3,775 5.62%	1,132 6.89%
2022-23	5,180 4.29%	3,599 -4.66%	1,165 2.92%
2023-24	5,802 12.01%	4,352 20.92%	1,306 12.10%
Average	5,186	3,258	1,156

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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