Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Nevada-Reno

At University of Nevada-Reno, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 42.97%, and the 2024 yield is 40.00%.

The number of U of Nevada-Reno applicants increased by 7.92% (744 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at University of Nevada-Reno. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.86% and women students' rate is 87.15%.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.96%	82.22%	85.45%
2014-15	83.88% -0.09%	82.67% 0.45%	84.96% -0.49%
2015-16	78.52% -5.36%	84.97% 2.30%	86.95% 1.99%
2016-17	82.81% 4.29%	81.18% -3.79%	84.13% -2.82%
2017-18	88.03% 5.22%	86.71% 5.53%	89.09% 4.96%
2018-19	88.15% 0.13%	87.64% 0.93%	88.59% -0.51%
2019-20	88.22% 0.06%	86.35% -1.29%	89.81% 1.23%
2020-21	87.30% -0.92%	85.99% -0.35%	88.32% -1.49%
2021-22	87.99% 0.70%	87.01% 1.02%	89.00% 0.68%
2022-23	85.62% -2.37%	84.78% -2.23%	86.35% -2.65%
2023-24	85.00% -0.62%	83.99% -0.79%	86.00% -0.35%
Average	85.41%	84.86%	87.15%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 42.97% where the current academic year yield is 40.00%.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.38%	47.19%	43.90%
2014-15	45.72% 0.34%	46.43% -0.76%	45.10% 1.20%
2015-16	46.92% 1.20%	49.77% 3.34%	44.62% -0.48%
2016-17	41.99% -4.93%	43.55% -6.22%	40.76% -3.86%
2017-18	42.57% 0.59%	44.08% 0.54%	41.38% 0.62%
2018-19	43.93% 1.36%	46.66% 2.57%	41.66% 0.28%
2019-20	44.36% 0.43%	45.02% -1.64%	43.82% 2.16%
2020-21	39.80% -4.56%	41.09% -3.93%	38.82% -5.00%
2021-22	41.00% 1.20%	41.98% 0.89%	40.01% 1.19%
2022-23	40.96% -0.04%	42.73% 0.74%	39.62% -0.39%
2023-24	40.00% -0.96%	41.01% -1.71%	39.00% -0.62%
Average	42.97%	44.50%	41.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,428, the average number of admitted is 8,048, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,451.

The number of U of Nevada-Reno applicants increased by 7.92% (744 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,857	6,597	2,994
2014-15	8,832 12.41%	7,408 12.29%	3,387 13.13%
2015-16	10,454 18.37%	8,208 10.80%	3,851 13.70%
2016-17	9,644 -7.75%	7,986 -2.70%	3,353 -12.93%
2017-18	9,721 0.80%	8,557 7.15%	3,643 8.65%
2018-19	9,531 -1.95%	8,402 -1.81%	3,691 1.32%
2019-20	9,064 -4.90%	7,996 -4.83%	3,547 -3.90%
2020-21	9,644 6.40%	8,419 5.29%	3,351 -5.53%
2021-22	9,421 -2.31%	8,290 -1.53%	3,399 1.43%
2022-23	9,398 -0.24%	8,047 -2.93%	3,296 -3.03%
2023-24	10,142 7.92%	8,621 7.13%	3,448 4.61%
Average	9,428	8,048	3,451

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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