Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Rochester

At University of Rochester, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 36.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Rochester than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.29%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of U of Rochester applicants increased by 8.58% (1,714 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 36.00% at University of Rochester. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 32.91% and women students' rate is 37.17%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Rochester than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	35.68%	34.94%	36.41%
2014-15	36.41% 0.72%	35.73% 0.79%	37.10% 0.69%
2015-16	33.82% -2.59%	34.40% -1.33%	33.28% -3.81%
2016-17	35.53% 1.71%	34.45% 0.05%	36.58% 3.29%
2017-18	34.21% -1.32%	33.31% -1.14%	35.10% -1.48%
2018-19	29.42% -4.79%	28.20% -5.10%	30.56% -4.54%
2019-20	29.71% 0.29%	27.37% -0.84%	31.97% 1.41%
2020-21	35.43% 5.72%	32.11% 4.74%	38.80% 6.83%
2021-22	41.00% 5.57%	37.00% 4.89%	45.00% 6.20%
2022-23	38.91% -2.10%	33.47% -3.53%	44.12% -0.89%
2023-24	36.00% -2.91%	31.00% -2.47%	40.00% -4.12%
Average	35.10%	32.91%	37.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.29% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.92%	24.79%	23.11%
2014-15	22.63% -1.29%	23.70% -1.09%	21.58% -1.53%
2015-16	23.11% 0.48%	24.74% 1.04%	21.54% -0.04%
2016-17	23.52% 0.41%	24.85% 0.11%	22.31% 0.77%
2017-18	23.77% 0.26%	25.10% 0.26%	22.53% 0.22%
2018-19	24.34% 0.57%	27.30% 2.19%	21.77% -0.75%
2019-20	23.33% -1.01%	25.51% -1.79%	21.53% -0.24%
2020-21	19.62% -3.71%	20.28% -5.23%	19.07% -2.46%
2021-22	20.01% 0.38%	21.99% 1.71%	19.01% -0.06%
2022-23	20.92% 0.91%	23.03% 1.04%	19.26% 0.25%
2023-24	20.00% -0.92%	22.01% -1.02%	17.99% -1.27%
Average	22.29%	23.94%	20.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 19,347, the average number of admitted is 6,773, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,499.

The number of U of Rochester applicants increased by 8.58% (1,714 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	17,244	6,153	1,472
2014-15	17,428 1.07%	6,345 3.12%	1,436 -2.45%
2015-16	17,912 2.78%	6,058 -4.52%	1,400 -2.51%
2016-17	17,485 -2.38%	6,213 2.56%	1,461 4.36%
2017-18	19,058 9.00%	6,520 4.94%	1,550 6.09%
2018-19	21,255 11.53%	6,253 -4.10%	1,522 -1.81%
2019-20	21,642 1.82%	6,430 2.83%	1,500 -1.45%
2020-21	19,607 -9.40%	6,947 8.04%	1,363 -9.13%
2021-22	19,543 -0.33%	8,013 15.34%	1,603 17.61%
2022-23	19,966 2.16%	7,768 -3.06%	1,625 1.37%
2023-24	21,680 8.58%	7,805 0.48%	1,561 -3.94%
Average	19,347	6,773	1,499

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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