Research summary: First-year applicant gender and pronoun trends from 2021–2023

Between the 2021–22 and 2023–24 application seasons, the percentage of applicants identifying as trans and nonbinary increased from 2.2% to 2.5%, representing approximately 31,000 students in the 2023–24 academic year.

Key findings include:

• The proportion of students opting not to report their gender decreased from 2.4% in 2021–22 to 1.4% in 2023–24.
• The most common write-in genders in 2023–24 were genderfluid (43.6%), agender (11.9%), and genderqueer (8.9%).
• The number of unique pronoun responses decreased from 71 in 2021–22 to 48 in 2023–24, indicating a trend toward more standardized pronoun selections.

These insights provide a deeper understanding of how students express their gender identities and pronouns during the college application process.