Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at The U

At University of Utah, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.79%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Utah than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.79%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of The U applicants increased by 9.13% (1,924 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.79%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at University of Utah. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.21% and women students' rate is 80.45%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Utah than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.74%	77.17%	86.25%
2014-15	81.42% -0.32%	78.05% 0.88%	84.80% -1.45%
2015-16	81.43% 0.01%	79.07% 1.02%	83.75% -1.05%
2016-17	76.42% -5.01%	73.85% -5.23%	78.95% -4.80%
2017-18	66.15% -10.27%	65.42% -8.43%	66.86% -12.09%
2018-19	66.86% 0.70%	66.86% 1.44%	66.86% 0.00%
2019-20	62.12% -4.74%	63.38% -3.48%	60.98% -5.88%
2020-21	79.40% 17.28%	78.38% 15.00%	80.43% 19.45%
2021-22	95.00% 15.60%	94.01% 15.63%	96.00% 15.57%
2022-23	89.13% -5.87%	87.18% -6.83%	91.13% -4.88%
2023-24	87.00% -2.13%	86.00% -1.18%	89.00% -2.13%
Average	78.79%	77.21%	80.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.79% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.66%	32.75%	34.46%
2014-15	35.29% 1.63%	36.36% 3.61%	34.30% -0.16%
2015-16	34.40% -0.89%	36.68% 0.32%	32.28% -2.02%
2016-17	32.93% -1.47%	34.08% -2.61%	31.88% -0.39%
2017-18	27.80% -5.14%	28.81% -5.26%	26.84% -5.04%
2018-19	27.56% -0.23%	29.01% 0.19%	26.23% -0.61%
2019-20	28.03% 0.47%	29.26% 0.25%	26.87% 0.64%
2020-21	30.66% 2.63%	31.20% 1.94%	30.12% 3.25%
2021-22	31.00% 0.35%	32.00% 0.81%	30.00% -0.12%
2022-23	29.39% -1.61%	29.55% -2.45%	29.19% -0.81%
2023-24	28.00% -1.39%	27.00% -2.55%	28.00% -1.20%
Average	30.79%	31.52%	30.02%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,138, the average number of admitted is 14,118, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,265.

The number of The U applicants increased by 9.13% (1,924 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,354	9,281	3,124
2014-15	10,991 -3.20%	8,949 -3.58%	3,158 1.09%
2015-16	12,174 10.76%	9,913 10.77%	3,410 7.98%
2016-17	14,308 17.53%	10,934 10.30%	3,601 5.60%
2017-18	22,400 56.56%	14,818 35.52%	4,119 14.38%
2018-19	23,096 3.11%	15,441 4.20%	4,256 3.33%
2019-20	24,404 5.66%	15,159 -1.83%	4,249 -0.16%
2020-21	18,419 -24.52%	14,624 -3.53%	4,483 5.51%
2021-22	18,302 -0.64%	17,387 18.89%	5,390 20.23%
2022-23	21,072 15.13%	18,781 8.02%	5,520 2.41%
2023-24	22,996 9.13%	20,007 6.53%	5,602 1.49%
Average	18,138	14,118	4,265

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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