Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Pitt

At University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 56.74%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 50.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.07%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Pitt applicants increased by 10.07% (5,344 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 56.74%, and this year's acceptance rate is 50.00% at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.23% and women students' rate is 57.81%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.13%	56.38%	55.89%
2014-15	53.12% -3.00%	52.07% -4.32%	54.06% -1.83%
2015-16	53.89% 0.76%	53.45% 1.38%	54.28% 0.22%
2016-17	55.41% 1.52%	55.11% 1.67%	55.65% 1.37%
2017-18	59.71% 4.31%	59.58% 4.47%	59.83% 4.18%
2018-19	59.27% -0.44%	58.68% -0.90%	59.75% -0.08%
2019-20	56.65% -2.62%	54.35% -4.34%	58.55% -1.20%
2020-21	63.88% 7.22%	62.49% 8.14%	65.00% 6.45%
2021-22	67.00% 3.13%	64.00% 1.51%	69.00% 4.00%
2022-23	49.14% -17.86%	45.41% -18.59%	51.92% -17.08%
2023-24	50.00% 0.86%	46.00% 0.59%	52.00% 0.08%
Average	56.74%	55.23%	57.81%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.07% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.35%	26.51%	26.20%
2014-15	23.64% -2.71%	24.02% -2.50%	23.33% -2.87%
2015-16	24.32% 0.68%	25.09% 1.08%	23.65% 0.32%
2016-17	24.46% 0.14%	24.49% -0.60%	24.44% 0.79%
2017-18	24.32% -0.14%	25.01% 0.52%	23.72% -0.71%
2018-19	23.31% -1.01%	23.39% -1.62%	23.25% -0.48%
2019-20	22.15% -1.17%	22.18% -1.21%	22.12% -1.13%
2020-21	20.35% -1.80%	19.78% -2.40%	20.78% -1.33%
2021-22	21.00% 0.65%	20.99% 1.22%	21.00% 0.22%
2022-23	16.83% -4.17%	15.42% -5.58%	17.76% -3.24%
2023-24	16.00% -0.83%	16.00% 0.59%	16.00% -1.76%
Average	22.07%	22.08%	22.02%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 34,875, the average number of admitted is 19,509, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,167.

The number of Pitt applicants increased by 10.07% (5,344 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	24,871	13,959	3,678
2014-15	30,629 23.15%	16,271 16.56%	3,847 4.59%
2015-16	30,626 -0.01%	16,503 1.43%	4,014 4.34%
2016-17	29,175 -4.74%	16,165 -2.05%	3,954 -1.49%
2017-18	27,679 -5.13%	16,528 2.25%	4,019 1.64%
2018-19	29,857 7.87%	17,696 7.07%	4,125 2.64%
2019-20	32,091 7.48%	18,180 2.74%	4,026 -2.40%
2020-21	32,549 1.43%	20,791 14.36%	4,230 5.07%
2021-22	34,656 6.47%	23,220 11.68%	4,876 15.27%
2022-23	53,072 53.14%	26,079 12.31%	4,390 -9.97%
2023-24	58,416 10.07%	29,208 12.00%	4,673 6.45%
Average	34,875	19,509	4,167

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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