Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at USF

At University of South Florida, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 46.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 41.00%. USF'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 South Florida than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.27%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of USF applicants decreased by -0.58% (381 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 46.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 41.00% at University of South Florida. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 45.30% and women students' rate is 47.14%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of South Florida than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	45.24%	44.12%	46.12%
2014-15	53.16% 7.92%	45.59% 1.47%	60.19% 14.07%
2015-16	44.64% -8.53%	43.46% -2.13%	45.48% -14.71%
2016-17	46.63% 2.00%	46.47% 3.00%	46.75% 1.27%
2017-18	45.36% -1.27%	44.99% -1.47%	45.62% -1.13%
2018-19	42.63% -2.73%	41.69% -3.30%	43.26% -2.36%
2019-20	47.63% 5.00%	47.80% 6.11%	47.52% 4.26%
2020-21	49.24% 1.61%	50.23% 2.43%	48.62% 1.10%
2021-22	49.00% -0.24%	50.00% -0.23%	49.00% 0.38%
2022-23	43.93% -5.07%	43.93% -6.07%	43.92% -5.08%
2023-24	41.00% -2.92%	40.00% -3.93%	42.00% -1.92%
Average	46.22%	45.30%	47.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.27% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.26%	31.04%	29.68%
2014-15	31.38% 1.11%	33.25% 2.20%	30.06% 0.38%
2015-16	30.69% -0.68%	32.09% -1.16%	29.74% -0.32%
2016-17	30.36% -0.33%	31.58% -0.51%	29.51% -0.22%
2017-18	28.74% -1.62%	30.54% -1.04%	27.54% -1.98%
2018-19	29.69% 0.94%	31.36% 0.82%	28.61% 1.07%
2019-20	29.17% -0.52%	30.62% -0.74%	28.21% -0.40%
2020-21	30.09% 0.92%	31.65% 1.03%	29.09% 0.88%
2021-22	25.00% -5.09%	27.00% -4.65%	24.00% -5.09%
2022-23	23.61% -1.39%	24.44% -2.55%	23.05% -0.95%
2023-24	22.00% -1.61%	22.00% -2.44%	21.00% -2.05%
Average	28.27%	29.60%	27.32%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 39,663, the average number of admitted is 18,127, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,965.

The number of USF applicants decreased by -0.58% (381 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	28,512	12,900	3,904
2014-15	24,988 -12.36%	13,284 2.98%	4,168 6.76%
2015-16	30,393 21.63%	13,566 2.12%	4,164 -0.10%
2016-17	28,628 -5.81%	13,350 -1.59%	4,053 -2.67%
2017-18	31,944 11.58%	14,490 8.54%	4,165 2.76%
2018-19	35,043 9.70%	14,940 3.11%	4,435 6.48%
2019-20	36,986 5.54%	17,618 17.93%	5,139 15.87%
2020-21	38,696 4.62%	19,054 8.15%	5,734 11.58%
2021-22	50,352 30.12%	24,672 29.48%	6,168 7.57%
2022-23	65,568 30.22%	28,801 16.74%	6,800 10.25%
2023-24	65,187 -0.58%	26,727 -7.20%	5,880 -13.53%
Average	39,663	18,127	4,965

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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