Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UNC Charlotte

At University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.35%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.55%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of UNC Charlotte applicants increased by 6.29% (1,344 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.35%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.00% at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.77% and women students' rate is 70.06%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.52%	68.98%	68.12%
2014-15	64.09% -4.43%	65.51% -3.47%	62.89% -5.23%
2015-16	63.31% -0.78%	64.69% -0.82%	62.18% -0.71%
2016-17	62.03% -1.28%	63.20% -1.49%	61.07% -1.11%
2017-18	65.84% 3.81%	67.63% 4.43%	64.34% 3.27%
2018-19	66.83% 1.00%	68.64% 1.01%	65.36% 1.02%
2019-20	65.05% -1.78%	66.16% -2.49%	64.16% -1.20%
2020-21	79.53% 14.48%	80.29% 14.14%	78.91% 14.76%
2021-22	79.00% -0.53%	77.01% -3.29%	81.00% 2.09%
2022-23	79.64% 0.64%	78.35% 1.35%	80.63% -0.37%
2023-24	80.00% 0.36%	78.00% -0.35%	82.00% 1.38%
Average	70.35%	70.77%	70.06%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.55% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.61%	42.61%	33.21%
2014-15	33.18% -4.43%	37.85% -4.75%	29.10% -4.12%
2015-16	33.28% 0.11%	39.10% 1.25%	28.35% -0.75%
2016-17	31.78% -1.50%	37.10% -2.01%	27.29% -1.06%
2017-18	30.69% -1.09%	35.99% -1.11%	26.03% -1.26%
2018-19	32.24% 1.55%	37.63% 1.64%	27.64% 1.61%
2019-20	25.68% -6.56%	30.01% -7.61%	22.07% -5.57%
2020-21	25.20% -0.48%	29.24% -0.77%	21.86% -0.21%
2021-22	26.00% 0.79%	29.99% 0.76%	23.00% 1.15%
2022-23	24.44% -1.56%	27.82% -2.17%	21.93% -1.07%
2023-24	25.00% 0.56%	28.00% 0.17%	22.00% 0.07%
Average	29.55%	34.12%	25.68%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,490, the average number of admitted is 13,136, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,762.

The number of UNC Charlotte applicants increased by 6.29% (1,344 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 at Charlotte from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,742	9,416	3,541
2014-15	15,610 13.59%	10,004 6.24%	3,319 -6.27%
2015-16	16,383 4.95%	10,372 3.68%	3,452 4.01%
2016-17	17,518 6.93%	10,866 4.76%	3,453 0.03%
2017-18	16,696 -4.69%	10,992 1.16%	3,373 -2.32%
2018-19	17,209 3.07%	11,501 4.63%	3,708 9.93%
2019-20	21,868 27.07%	14,225 23.68%	3,653 -1.48%
2020-21	19,949 -8.78%	15,866 11.54%	3,999 9.47%
2021-22	20,366 2.09%	16,089 1.41%	4,183 4.60%
2022-23	21,355 4.86%	17,007 5.71%	4,157 -0.62%
2023-24	22,699 6.29%	18,159 6.77%	4,540 9.21%
Average	18,490	13,136	3,762

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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