Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UNLV

At University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. UNLV's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Nevada-Las Vegas than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.89%, and the 2024 yield is 39.00%.

The number of UNLV applicants decreased by -7.86% (1,043 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.27% and women students' rate is 86.76%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Nevada-Las Vegas than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.12%	82.50%	87.08%
2014-15	86.89% 1.78%	84.44% 1.94%	88.87% 1.80%
2015-16	88.41% 1.52%	86.07% 1.63%	90.13% 1.25%
2016-17	82.78% -5.63%	79.48% -6.58%	85.26% -4.86%
2017-18	81.07% -1.72%	77.08% -2.40%	83.98% -1.28%
2018-19	82.04% 0.98%	79.15% 2.07%	84.24% 0.26%
2019-20	80.69% -1.35%	78.28% -0.87%	82.39% -1.85%
2020-21	81.02% 0.33%	78.60% 0.32%	82.72% 0.33%
2021-22	83.00% 1.98%	80.00% 1.40%	86.00% 3.28%
2022-23	85.31% 2.31%	83.37% 3.37%	86.72% 0.72%
2023-24	96.00% 10.69%	95.99% 12.62%	97.00% 10.28%
Average	84.76%	82.27%	86.76%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 47.89% where the current academic year yield is 39.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Nevada-Las Vegas from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	60.37%	59.85%	60.73%
2014-15	60.04% -0.32%	61.29% 1.43%	59.09% -1.65%
2015-16	56.29% -3.75%	56.36% -4.93%	56.25% -2.84%
2016-17	54.63% -1.66%	55.17% -1.19%	54.29% -1.96%
2017-18	51.73% -2.90%	52.51% -2.65%	51.21% -3.08%
2018-19	43.50% -8.23%	44.28% -8.23%	42.94% -8.27%
2019-20	43.50% 0.00%	45.05% 0.77%	42.46% -0.48%
2020-21	41.67% -1.83%	44.00% -1.06%	40.11% -2.35%
2021-22	38.00% -3.67%	41.00% -3.00%	36.00% -4.11%
2022-23	38.08% 0.08%	40.59% -0.41%	36.33% 0.33%
2023-24	39.00% 0.93%	40.99% 0.41%	37.00% 0.66%
Average	47.89%	49.19%	46.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,625, the average number of admitted is 8,990, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,137.

The number of UNLV applicants decreased by -7.86% (1,043 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,343	6,250	3,773
2014-15	7,408 0.89%	6,437 2.99%	3,865 2.44%
2015-16	7,603 2.63%	6,722 4.43%	3,784 -2.10%
2016-17	8,533 12.23%	7,064 5.09%	3,859 1.98%
2017-18	9,872 15.69%	8,003 13.29%	4,140 7.28%
2018-19	11,612 17.63%	9,527 19.04%	4,144 0.10%
2019-20	12,720 9.54%	10,264 7.74%	4,465 7.75%
2020-21	13,256 4.21%	10,740 4.64%	4,475 0.22%
2021-22	13,025 -1.74%	10,811 0.66%	4,108 -8.20%
2022-23	13,275 1.92%	11,325 4.75%	4,312 4.97%
2023-24	12,232 -7.86%	11,743 3.69%	4,580 6.22%
Average	10,625	8,990	4,137

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Nevada-Las Vegas and similar schools.