University of Texas at Austin's admit rate has fallen 5.2 percentage points across the 6 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 26.6% | 9,210 | 88.9% | 96.7% | — |
| 2023-2024 | 29.1% | 9,385 | 88.0% | 96.1% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 31.4% | 9,109 | 87.8% | 95.3% | — |
| 2021-2022 | 28.8% | 9,060 | 87.7% | 96.4% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 31.9% | 8,459 | 87.6% | 96.7% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 33 percentage points.
University of Texas at Austin's 88.9% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 32.6 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Texas at Austin applicants most commonly also apply to range from 9.4% admit to 51.7% admit — a 42.2 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 5.3 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
University of Texas at Austin's admit rate fell from 31.9% (2020-2021) to 26.6% (2024-2025) — a 5.3 pp drop. Year-over-year: 31.9 → 28.8 → 31.4 → 29.1 → 26.6. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
University of Texas at Austin's 96.7% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 20.0 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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