UChicago Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

The University of Chicago's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 4.5%, with 43,612 applicants and 1,955 admissions. This shows a slight decrease from 4.8% in 2023 and 5.4% in 2022, indicating a trend of increasing selectivity. Historically, the acceptance rates have dropped from 7.3% in 2020 and 2019 to 6.5% in 2021, reflecting a tighter admission process over the years. The data underscores that the applicant pool has been growing significantly while the number of accepted students has been decreasing.

Year	Total Applicants	Total Admits	RD Acceptance Rate	EA Acceptance Rate	Overall Acceptance Rate
2024	43,612	1,955	4.5%	-	4.5%
2023	38,631	1,849	4.8%	-	4.8%
2022	37,500	2,039	5.4%	-	5.4%
2021	37,958	2,460	6.5%	-	6.5%
2020	34,350	2,510	7.3%	-	7.3%
2019	34,641	2,137	6.2%	-	6.2%
2018	32,283	2,345	7.3%	-	7.3%
2017	27,694	2,419	8.7%	-	8.7%

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