Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Northern Colorado

At University of Northern Colorado, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Northern Colorado than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.41%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of U of Northern Colorado applicants decreased by 1.65% (167 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at University of Northern Colorado. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.53% and women students' rate is 86.76%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Northern Colorado than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.57%	65.26%	72.12%
2014-15	70.88% 1.31%	66.69% 1.43%	73.22% 1.10%
2015-16	89.35% 18.46%	86.31% 19.62%	90.97% 17.75%
2016-17	90.27% 0.92%	87.09% 0.78%	91.92% 0.95%
2017-18	89.08% -1.19%	84.10% -2.99%	91.62% -0.30%
2018-19	90.75% 1.67%	87.05% 2.95%	92.69% 1.07%
2019-20	90.84% 0.08%	86.33% -0.72%	93.08% 0.39%
2020-21	87.70% -3.13%	84.08% -2.25%	89.64% -3.45%
2021-22	91.00% 3.29%	88.01% 3.93%	92.00% 2.36%
2022-23	78.54% -12.46%	75.86% -12.15%	80.09% -11.91%
2023-24	86.00% 7.46%	86.01% 10.15%	87.00% 6.91%
Average	84.91%	81.53%	86.76%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.41% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Northern Colorado from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.66%	37.66%	36.13%
2014-15	35.47% -1.19%	35.65% -2.00%	35.38% -0.75%
2015-16	32.20% -3.27%	34.74% -0.91%	30.91% -4.47%
2016-17	35.37% 3.17%	38.37% 3.63%	33.90% 2.99%
2017-18	32.28% -3.10%	34.90% -3.47%	31.05% -2.85%
2018-19	26.04% -6.24%	28.15% -6.76%	25.01% -6.04%
2019-20	21.51% -4.53%	22.25% -5.89%	21.16% -3.84%
2020-21	16.91% -4.60%	16.09% -6.16%	17.32% -3.84%
2021-22	14.00% -2.92%	13.01% -3.08%	13.99% -3.33%
2022-23	15.03% 1.03%	15.41% 2.40%	14.83% 0.84%
2023-24	14.00% -1.03%	12.00% -3.41%	15.01% 0.18%
Average	25.41%	26.20%	24.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,554, the average number of admitted is 7,272, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,739.

The number of U of Northern Colorado applicants decreased by 1.65% (167 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,602	5,289	1,939
2014-15	7,831 3.01%	5,551 4.95%	1,969 1.55%
2015-16	7,143 -8.79%	6,382 14.97%	2,055 4.37%
2016-17	6,783 -5.04%	6,123 -4.06%	2,166 5.40%
2017-18	7,481 10.29%	6,664 8.84%	2,151 -0.69%
2018-19	8,294 10.87%	7,527 12.95%	1,960 -8.88%
2019-20	9,275 11.83%	8,425 11.93%	1,812 -7.55%
2020-21	9,149 -1.36%	8,024 -4.76%	1,357 -25.11%
2021-22	10,152 10.96%	9,238 15.13%	1,293 -4.72%
2022-23	10,107 -0.44%	7,938 -14.07%	1,193 -7.73%
2023-24	10,274 1.65%	8,836 11.31%	1,237 3.69%
Average	8,554	7,272	1,739

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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