Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of North Carolina Asheville

At University of North Carolina Asheville, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 94.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of North Carolina Asheville than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.53%, and the 2024 yield is 11.99%.

The number of U of North Carolina Asheville applicants increased by 27.75% (1,187 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 94.00% at University of North Carolina Asheville. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.55% and women students' rate is 81.85%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of North Carolina Asheville than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.03%	61.19%	65.80%
2014-15	73.14% 9.11%	71.84% 10.66%	73.97% 8.17%
2015-16	78.51% 5.37%	74.90% 3.06%	80.73% 6.76%
2016-17	75.93% -2.58%	69.68% -5.22%	79.70% -1.03%
2017-18	80.39% 4.46%	75.96% 6.28%	82.90% 3.20%
2018-19	93.63% 13.24%	90.96% 14.99%	95.19% 12.29%
2019-20	84.00% -9.63%	80.34% -10.62%	86.10% -9.08%
2020-21	79.42% -4.58%	75.73% -4.61%	81.63% -4.47%
2021-22	82.00% 2.58%	76.98% 1.25%	83.99% 2.36%
2022-23	74.31% -7.69%	72.50% -4.47%	75.32% -8.67%
2023-24	94.00% 19.69%	91.98% 19.48%	95.00% 19.68%
Average	79.94%	76.55%	81.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.53% where the current academic year yield is 11.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of North Carolina Asheville from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.45%	32.77%	25.95%
2014-15	28.01% -0.44%	32.95% 0.18%	24.95% -1.01%
2015-16	28.50% 0.49%	30.31% -2.64%	27.47% 2.52%
2016-17	24.86% -3.64%	27.06% -3.25%	23.70% -3.77%
2017-18	23.45% -1.41%	26.88% -0.18%	21.67% -2.03%
2018-19	26.14% 2.69%	29.65% 2.77%	24.20% 2.53%
2019-20	20.76% -5.38%	23.57% -6.08%	19.26% -4.94%
2020-21	23.69% 2.92%	26.50% 2.93%	22.12% 2.87%
2021-22	16.00% -7.69%	18.04% -8.46%	14.99% -7.13%
2022-23	15.95% -0.05%	17.48% -0.57%	15.13% 0.13%
2023-24	11.99% -3.96%	13.02% -4.45%	11.99% -3.14%
Average	22.53%	25.29%	21.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,704, the average number of admitted is 2,991, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 635.

The number of U of North Carolina Asheville applicants increased by 27.75% (1,187 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of North Carolina Asheville from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,036	1,944	553
2014-15	3,090 1.78%	2,260 16.26%	633 14.47%
2015-16	3,285 6.31%	2,579 14.12%	735 16.11%
2016-17	3,523 7.25%	2,675 3.72%	665 -9.52%
2017-18	3,437 -2.44%	2,763 3.29%	648 -2.56%
2018-19	3,219 -6.34%	3,014 9.08%	788 21.60%
2019-20	3,750 16.50%	3,150 4.51%	654 -17.01%
2020-21	3,115 -16.93%	2,474 -21.46%	586 -10.40%
2021-22	4,550 46.07%	3,731 50.81%	597 1.88%
2022-23	4,278 -5.98%	3,179 -14.79%	507 -15.08%
2023-24	5,465 27.75%	5,137 61.59%	616 21.50%
Average	3,704	2,991	635

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of North Carolina Asheville and similar schools.