Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at USD

At University of San Diego, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 50.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 47.00%. USD's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of San Diego than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.25%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of USD applicants increased by 11.29% (1,619 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 47.00% at University of San Diego. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 48.79% and women students' rate is 52.38%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of San Diego than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.85%	45.68%	50.96%
2014-15	46.25% -2.60%	43.92% -1.75%	47.75% -3.21%
2015-16	51.68% 5.43%	49.61% 5.68%	53.05% 5.30%
2016-17	51.38% -0.29%	49.60% -0.01%	52.59% -0.46%
2017-18	49.79% -1.59%	46.23% -3.36%	52.24% -0.36%
2018-19	52.92% 3.12%	51.88% 5.65%	53.60% 1.37%
2019-20	48.69% -4.23%	45.31% -6.57%	50.95% -2.66%
2020-21	58.70% 10.01%	56.28% 10.97%	60.30% 9.35%
2021-22	53.00% -5.70%	50.00% -6.28%	54.00% -6.29%
2022-23	52.61% -0.39%	49.22% -0.78%	54.72% 0.72%
2023-24	47.00% -5.61%	48.99% -0.22%	46.00% -8.72%
Average	50.99%	48.79%	52.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.25% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.25%	18.45%	16.53%
2014-15	17.13% -0.11%	18.46% 0.01%	16.35% -0.19%
2015-16	15.64% -1.50%	17.41% -1.05%	14.53% -1.81%
2016-17	15.30% -0.34%	16.52% -0.89%	14.52% -0.02%
2017-18	16.49% 1.19%	16.67% 0.14%	16.38% 1.86%
2018-19	18.63% 2.14%	18.77% 2.10%	18.55% 2.17%
2019-20	17.05% -1.58%	17.97% -0.80%	16.51% -2.04%
2020-21	12.90% -4.16%	11.97% -6.00%	13.47% -3.04%
2021-22	15.00% 2.10%	17.01% 5.04%	15.00% 1.53%
2022-23	16.36% 1.36%	17.64% 0.63%	15.65% 0.65%
2023-24	17.00% 0.64%	18.01% 0.37%	15.99% 0.34%
Average	16.25%	17.17%	15.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,236, the average number of admitted is 7,243, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,174.

The number of USD applicants increased by 11.29% (1,619 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,693	7,178	1,238
2014-15	14,247 -3.04%	6,589 -8.21%	1,129 -8.80%
2015-16	13,675 -4.01%	7,067 7.25%	1,105 -2.13%
2016-17	14,413 5.40%	7,406 4.80%	1,133 2.53%
2017-18	14,739 2.26%	7,339 -0.90%	1,210 6.80%
2018-19	13,287 -9.85%	7,031 -4.20%	1,310 8.26%
2019-20	13,755 3.52%	6,697 -4.75%	1,142 -12.82%
2020-21	13,171 -4.25%	7,731 15.44%	997 -12.70%
2021-22	14,326 8.77%	7,593 -1.79%	1,139 14.24%
2022-23	14,334 0.06%	7,541 -0.68%	1,234 8.34%
2023-24	15,953 11.29%	7,498 -0.57%	1,275 3.32%
Average	14,236	7,243	1,174

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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