Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Utah Colleges

Utah Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 73.14% to 80.99%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 80.99%, with 69,116 students accepted out of 82,967 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 78.99%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 82.48%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

  • Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
  • 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 47.87% to 36.65%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 36.65%
    • Women's yield: 36.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 82,967 in 2025. This represents a 8.37% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 69,116.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 19,392 in 2024-2025.

Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.

Acceptance Rate Trends

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.63% where the current academic year rate is 80.99% at Utah Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.74% and women students' rate is 80.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Utah Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 73.14% 72.73% 72.33%
2015-16 81.59%
8.45%
76.34%
3.60%
83.62%
11.29%
2016-17 75.24%
-6.35%
67.77%
-8.57%
77.63%
-6.00%
2017-18 76.19%
0.95%
79.09%
11.32%
78.01%
0.38%
2018-19 77.01%
0.81%
76.67%
-2.42%
78.52%
0.51%
2019-20 77.66%
0.66%
82.01%
5.34%
78.92%
0.39%
2020-21 86.67%
9.01%
83.95%
1.94%
87.23%
8.31%
2021-22 84.19%
-2.48%
81.57%
-2.38%
86.04%
-1.18%
2022-23 81.22%
-2.97%
84.31%
2.74%
82.27%
-3.78%
2023-24 82.00%
0.78%
82.70%
-1.61%
83.55%
1.28%
2024-25 80.99%
-1.00%
78.99%
-3.71%
82.48%
-1.07%
Average 79.63% 78.74% 80.96%
Utah Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 42.42% where the current academic year yield is 36.65%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Utah Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 47.87% 39.42% 51.39%
2015-16 47.42%
-0.46%
40.00%
0.59%
47.72%
-3.66%
2016-17 45.28%
-2.14%
44.91%
4.91%
44.81%
-2.92%
2017-18 43.27%
-2.01%
37.37%
-7.54%
42.35%
-2.46%
2018-19 48.14%
4.88%
37.48%
0.11%
48.60%
6.25%
2019-20 45.19%
-2.96%
34.68%
-2.80%
45.27%
-3.33%
2020-21 38.85%
-6.34%
36.81%
2.13%
37.92%
-7.35%
2021-22 36.13%
-2.72%
32.85%
-3.96%
36.77%
-1.14%
2022-23 36.13%
0.00%
33.11%
0.25%
36.62%
-0.15%
2023-24 41.68%
5.56%
39.72%
6.61%
41.28%
4.66%
2024-25 36.65%
-5.04%
35.13%
-4.59%
36.35%
-4.93%
Average 42.42% 37.41% 42.64%
Utah Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 64,590, the average number of admitted is 51,024, and the average number of enrolled students is 17,000 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Utah Colleges increased by 8.37% (6,409 applicants) compared to last year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Utah Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 45,639 34,028 13,142
2015-16 52,883
15.87%
40,581
19.26%
15,364
16.91%
2016-17 56,105
6.09%
41,550
2.39%
15,482
0.77%
2017-18 65,109
16.05%
46,608
12.17%
16,274
5.12%
2018-19 64,654
-0.70%
48,472
4.00%
17,150
5.38%
2019-20 65,264
0.94%
48,326
-0.30%
16,821
-1.92%
2020-21 65,507
0.37%
52,395
8.42%
18,028
7.18%
2021-22 65,793
0.44%
56,556
7.94%
18,036
0.04%
2022-23 70,012
6.41%
59,363
4.96%
18,434
2.21%
2023-24 76,558
9.35%
64,271
8.27%
18,881
2.42%
2024-25 82,967
8.37%
69,116
7.54%
19,392
2.71%
Average 64,590 51,024 17,000
Utah Colleges Applicants Trends Chart
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