Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UPRCA

At University of Puerto Rico-Carolina, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 46.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 53.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Puerto Rico-Carolina than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 78.94%, and the 2024 yield is 76.03%.

The number of UPRCA applicants decreased by 1.54% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 46.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 53.01% at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.42% and women students' rate is 45.78%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Puerto Rico-Carolina than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.65%	78.53%	81.95%
2014-15	78.54% -2.11%	76.89% -1.64%	79.65% -2.30%
2015-16	26.53% -52.01%	28.28% -48.62%	25.51% -54.14%
2016-17	26.50% -0.03%	28.13% -0.15%	25.59% 0.07%
2017-18	31.68% 5.18%	31.86% 3.73%	31.57% 5.99%
2018-19	31.60% -0.08%	32.51% 0.65%	31.12% -0.46%
2019-20	38.65% 7.05%	39.68% 7.18%	38.09% 6.97%
2020-21	42.90% 4.25%	43.11% 3.42%	42.79% 4.70%
2021-22	45.02% 2.12%	50.00% 6.89%	42.01% -0.78%
2022-23	55.42% 10.40%	57.62% 7.62%	54.27% 12.26%
2023-24	53.01% -2.42%	55.07% -2.55%	51.04% -3.23%
Average	46.41%	47.42%	45.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 78.94% where the current academic year yield is 76.03%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	88.78%	89.16%	88.55%
2014-15	85.77% -3.01%	84.38% -4.79%	86.68% -1.87%
2015-16	82.03% -3.74%	80.91% -3.47%	82.75% -3.93%
2016-17	79.35% -2.67%	82.77% 1.86%	77.26% -5.49%
2017-18	75.88% -3.48%	79.06% -3.72%	73.99% -3.27%
2018-19	84.65% 8.78%	87.71% 8.65%	82.93% 8.93%
2019-20	74.77% -9.88%	78.55% -9.16%	72.63% -10.29%
2020-21	75.91% 1.14%	75.30% -3.24%	76.24% 3.61%
2021-22	72.99% -2.92%	73.91% -1.39%	71.94% -4.30%
2022-23	72.19% -0.80%	77.30% 3.39%	69.34% -2.60%
2023-24	76.03% 3.84%	76.99% -0.30%	75.04% 5.70%
Average	78.94%	80.55%	77.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,389, the average number of admitted is 958, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 760.

The number of UPRCA applicants decreased by 1.54% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,359	1,096	973
2014-15	1,342 -1.25%	1,054 -3.83%	904 -7.09%
2015-16	4,237 215.72%	1,124 6.64%	922 1.99%
2016-17	4,442 4.84%	1,177 4.72%	934 1.30%
2017-18	3,245 -26.95%	1,028 -12.66%	780 -16.49%
2018-19	2,639 -18.67%	834 -18.87%	706 -9.49%
2019-20	1,969 -25.39%	761 -8.75%	569 -19.41%
2020-21	1,606 -18.44%	689 -9.46%	523 -8.08%
2021-22	1,908 18.80%	859 24.67%	627 19.89%
2022-23	1,752 -8.18%	971 13.04%	701 11.80%
2023-24	1,779 1.54%	943 -2.88%	717 2.28%
Average	2,389	958	760

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Puerto Rico-Carolina and similar schools.