Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UNM

At University of New Mexico-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.69%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of UNM applicants increased by 2.12% (268 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at University of New Mexico-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.08% and women students' rate is 76.81%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of New Mexico-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.58%	63.03%	65.76%
2014-15	45.38% -19.20%	45.22% -17.81%	45.50% -20.26%
2015-16	57.88% 12.50%	58.15% 12.93%	57.76% 12.26%
2016-17	57.78% -0.10%	58.19% 0.04%	57.48% -0.28%
2017-18	67.04% 9.26%	67.02% 8.83%	67.06% 9.58%
2018-19	69.61% 2.57%	68.63% 1.61%	70.33% 3.28%
2019-20	94.28% 24.67%	93.04% 24.41%	95.13% 24.79%
2020-21	96.34% 2.06%	95.83% 2.79%	96.67% 1.55%
2021-22	97.00% 0.66%	97.00% 1.17%	96.99% 0.32%
2022-23	96.07% -0.94%	95.81% -1.19%	96.25% -0.74%
2023-24	95.00% -1.07%	95.01% -0.80%	96.00% -0.25%
Average	76.45%	76.08%	76.81%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.69% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of New Mexico-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.24%	47.03%	45.66%
2014-15	54.89% 8.65%	56.67% 9.64%	53.55% 7.89%
2015-16	43.58% -11.31%	43.93% -12.74%	43.32% -10.23%
2016-17	37.79% -5.79%	39.67% -4.26%	36.41% -6.92%
2017-18	41.91% 4.12%	42.17% 2.50%	41.72% 5.31%
2018-19	36.02% -5.89%	37.68% -4.48%	34.81% -6.90%
2019-20	29.50% -6.52%	31.36% -6.32%	28.24% -6.57%
2020-21	27.75% -1.75%	29.37% -1.99%	26.70% -1.54%
2021-22	28.00% 0.25%	28.99% -0.38%	27.00% 0.30%
2022-23	28.90% 0.90%	30.07% 1.08%	28.07% 1.07%
2023-24	29.00% 0.10%	30.00% -0.07%	29.00% 0.93%
Average	36.69%	37.90%	35.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,955, the average number of admitted is 9,005, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,153.

The number of UNM applicants increased by 2.12% (268 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of New Mexico-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,467	7,405	3,424
2014-15	12,574 9.65%	5,706 -22.94%	3,132 -8.53%
2015-16	13,189 4.89%	7,634 33.79%	3,327 6.23%
2016-17	15,582 18.14%	9,003 17.93%	3,402 2.25%
2017-18	11,457 -26.47%	7,681 -14.68%	3,219 -5.38%
2018-19	10,582 -7.64%	7,366 -4.10%	2,653 -17.58%
2019-20	9,328 -11.85%	8,794 19.39%	2,594 -2.22%
2020-21	10,436 11.88%	10,054 14.33%	2,790 7.56%
2021-22	11,346 8.72%	11,006 9.47%	3,082 10.47%
2022-23	12,639 11.40%	12,142 10.32%	3,509 13.85%
2023-24	12,907 2.12%	12,262 0.99%	3,556 1.34%
Average	11,955	9,005	3,153

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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