Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at York

At York University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 52.06%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 48.02%. York's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into York University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 40.10%, and the 2024 yield is 46.91%.

The number of York applicants increased by 5.42% (26 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 52.06%, and this year's acceptance rate is 48.02% at York University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.49% and women students' rate is 50.69%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into York University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.90%	48.09%	49.52%
2014-15	40.76% -8.14%	42.16% -5.92%	39.55% -9.97%
2015-16	43.74% 2.98%	51.79% 9.62%	37.01% -2.53%
2016-17	50.43% 6.69%	56.60% 4.82%	45.28% 8.27%
2017-18	48.49% -1.94%	50.00% -6.60%	47.14% 1.86%
2018-19	50.33% 1.84%	52.02% 2.02%	48.67% 1.53%
2019-20	56.60% 6.26%	58.53% 6.51%	54.72% 6.04%
2020-21	66.13% 9.53%	68.21% 9.68%	63.64% 8.92%
2021-22	62.00% -4.12%	60.98% -7.24%	63.09% -0.55%
2022-23	57.29% -4.71%	51.10% -9.87%	62.85% -0.24%
2023-24	48.02% -9.27%	48.95% -2.16%	46.10% -16.75%
Average	52.06%	53.49%	50.69%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 40.10% where the current academic year yield is 46.91%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.21%	46.02%	27.27%
2014-15	35.17% -0.04%	40.71% -5.31%	30.08% 2.81%
2015-16	40.89% 5.72%	48.97% 8.26%	31.45% 1.37%
2016-17	31.63% -9.26%	32.00% -16.97%	31.25% -0.20%
2017-18	51.75% 20.12%	56.80% 24.80%	46.97% 15.72%
2018-19	48.23% -3.52%	50.00% -6.80%	46.36% -0.61%
2019-20	38.85% -9.38%	44.37% -5.63%	33.10% -13.26%
2020-21	35.15% -3.70%	34.95% -9.42%	35.40% 2.30%
2021-22	38.05% 2.90%	40.00% 5.05%	36.05% 0.65%
2022-23	39.27% 1.23%	49.14% 9.14%	32.08% -3.98%
2023-24	46.91% 7.64%	43.97% -5.17%	50.00% 17.92%
Average	40.10%	44.27%	36.37%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 531, the average number of admitted is 275, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 109.

The number of York applicants increased by 5.42% (26 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	546	267	94
2014-15	579 6.04%	236 -11.61%	83 -11.70%
2015-16	615 6.22%	269 13.98%	110 32.53%
2016-17	583 -5.20%	294 9.29%	93 -15.45%
2017-18	530 -9.09%	257 -12.59%	133 43.01%
2018-19	449 -15.28%	226 -12.06%	109 -18.05%
2019-20	523 16.48%	296 30.97%	115 5.50%
2020-21	555 6.12%	367 23.99%	129 12.17%
2021-22	479 -13.69%	297 -19.07%	113 -12.40%
2022-23	480 0.21%	275 -7.41%	108 -4.42%
2023-24	506 5.42%	243 -11.64%	114 5.56%
Average	531	275	109

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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