Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UR

At University of Richmond, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 29.57%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 23.00%. UR's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.14%, and the 2024 yield is 24.01%.

The number of UR applicants increased by 5.27% (757 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 29.57%, and this year's acceptance rate is 23.00% at University of Richmond. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 31.19% and women students' rate is 28.39%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	31.16%	32.52%	30.12%
2014-15	31.80% 0.65%	33.66% 1.14%	30.44% 0.32%
2015-16	31.11% -0.69%	32.38% -1.28%	30.19% -0.25%
2016-17	32.48% 1.37%	35.60% 3.22%	30.23% 0.04%
2017-18	32.97% 0.49%	34.67% -0.93%	31.69% 1.46%
2018-19	30.17% -2.80%	32.44% -2.23%	28.44% -3.25%
2019-20	28.33% -1.85%	29.18% -3.26%	27.66% -0.78%
2020-21	30.90% 2.58%	33.48% 4.30%	28.99% 1.33%
2021-22	29.00% -1.90%	31.00% -2.49%	27.00% -2.00%
2022-23	24.37% -4.63%	24.16% -6.84%	24.54% -2.46%
2023-24	23.00% -1.37%	24.00% -0.16%	23.00% -1.54%
Average	29.57%	31.19%	28.39%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.14% where the current academic year yield is 24.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.30%	28.37%	24.60%
2014-15	25.90% -0.40%	27.48% -0.90%	24.61% 0.01%
2015-16	26.00% 0.10%	27.99% 0.52%	24.44% -0.17%
2016-17	24.08% -1.92%	24.74% -3.25%	23.51% -0.93%
2017-18	24.27% 0.19%	25.00% 0.26%	23.66% 0.15%
2018-19	23.21% -1.06%	24.19% -0.81%	22.35% -1.31%
2019-20	23.77% 0.56%	24.92% 0.73%	22.82% 0.47%
2020-21	21.76% -2.01%	22.22% -2.70%	21.36% -1.46%
2021-22	21.99% 0.23%	22.02% -0.20%	21.98% 0.62%
2022-23	24.31% 2.32%	25.21% 3.19%	23.61% 1.63%
2023-24	24.01% -0.30%	25.02% -0.20%	22.99% -0.62%
Average	24.14%	25.20%	23.27%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,809, the average number of admitted is 3,440, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 827.

The number of UR applicants increased by 5.27% (757 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,825	3,061	805
2014-15	9,921 0.98%	3,155 3.07%	817 1.49%
2015-16	9,977 0.56%	3,104 -1.62%	807 -1.22%
2016-17	10,422 4.46%	3,385 9.05%	815 0.99%
2017-18	10,013 -3.92%	3,301 -2.48%	801 -1.72%
2018-19	11,882 18.67%	3,585 8.60%	832 3.87%
2019-20	12,356 3.99%	3,500 -2.37%	832
2020-21	12,060 -2.40%	3,727 6.49%	811 -2.52%
2021-22	13,955 15.71%	4,047 8.59%	890 9.74%
2022-23	14,364 2.93%	3,501 -13.49%	851 -4.38%
2023-24	15,121 5.27%	3,478 -0.66%	835 -1.88%
Average	11,809	3,440	827

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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