Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Nebraska-Lincoln

At University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.74%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 45.36%, and the 2024 yield is 33.00%.

The number of U of Nebraska-Lincoln applicants decreased by -3.92% (748 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.74%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.82% and women students' rate is 74.66%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.04%	64.47%	63.65%
2014-15	69.89% 5.85%	69.76% 5.28%	70.01% 6.36%
2015-16	76.36% 6.46%	76.89% 7.14%	75.88% 5.87%
2016-17	75.27% -1.09%	74.84% -2.05%	75.63% -0.26%
2017-18	64.38% -10.89%	65.62% -9.22%	63.33% -12.29%
2018-19	79.61% 15.23%	80.43% 14.81%	78.91% 15.58%
2019-20	78.23% -1.38%	78.39% -2.05%	78.09% -0.82%
2020-21	77.74% -0.49%	77.53% -0.86%	77.92% -0.17%
2021-22	81.00% 3.26%	81.00% 3.47%	81.00% 3.08%
2022-23	78.64% -2.36%	77.13% -3.87%	79.86% -1.14%
2023-24	77.00% -1.64%	77.00% -0.14%	77.00% -2.86%
Average	74.74%	74.82%	74.66%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 45.36% where the current academic year yield is 33.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	63.15%	67.47%	59.19%
2014-15	56.10% -7.06%	61.64% -5.83%	51.40% -7.79%
2015-16	62.33% 6.23%	67.45% 5.80%	57.74% 6.34%
2016-17	57.69% -4.64%	62.89% -4.55%	53.39% -4.35%
2017-18	50.97% -6.71%	56.13% -6.76%	46.45% -6.94%
2018-19	40.45% -10.52%	45.38% -10.75%	36.23% -10.22%
2019-20	36.27% -4.18%	38.80% -6.58%	34.09% -2.14%
2020-21	35.08% -1.19%	38.02% -0.78%	32.66% -1.43%
2021-22	33.00% -2.08%	34.00% -4.02%	32.00% -0.66%
2022-23	30.89% -2.11%	34.24% 0.24%	28.27% -3.73%
2023-24	33.00% 2.11%	36.00% 1.75%	31.01% 2.74%
Average	45.36%	49.27%	42.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,834, the average number of admitted is 11,181, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,717.

The number of U of Nebraska-Lincoln applicants decreased by -3.92% (748 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,929	6,999	4,420
2014-15	11,865 8.56%	8,293 18.49%	4,652 5.25%
2015-16	9,724 -18.04%	7,425 -10.47%	4,628 -0.52%
2016-17	11,193 15.11%	8,425 13.47%	4,860 5.01%
2017-18	14,947 33.54%	9,623 14.22%	4,905 0.93%
2018-19	14,956 0.06%	11,906 23.72%	4,816 -1.81%
2019-20	16,829 12.52%	13,165 10.57%	4,775 -0.85%
2020-21	17,495 3.96%	13,601 3.31%	4,771 -0.08%
2021-22	17,775 1.60%	14,398 5.86%	4,751 -0.42%
2022-23	19,102 7.47%	15,022 4.33%	4,640 -2.34%
2023-24	18,354 -3.92%	14,133 -5.92%	4,664 0.52%
Average	14,834	11,181	4,717

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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