Acceptance Rate Comparison between District of Columbia Colleges

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of District of Columbia Colleges is 38.99%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 22.10%.

A total of 110,863 have applied, 43,225 admitted, and 9,552 students have enrolled one of District of Columbia Colleges.

Of the District of Columbia colleges, Georgetown University is the tightest school to admit with 13.00% acceptance rate, and Howard University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 35.00%.

You can check the 5-year acceptance rate changes of District of Columbia Colleges.

Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2024 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between District of Columbia Colleges
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
American UniversityWashington, DC	17,786	8,359	1,839	47.00%	22.00%
Gallaudet UniversityWashington, DC	425	259	150	60.94%	57.92%
George Washington UniversityWashington, DC	27,094	11,921	2,623	44.00%	22.00%
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC	25,485	3,313	1,590	13.00%	47.99%
Howard UniversityWashington, DC	30,342	10,620	2,230	35.00%	21.00%
NewU UniversityWashington, DC	2,743	2,716	27	99.02%	0.99%
The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC	5,874	4,934	839	84.00%	17.00%
Trinity Washington UniversityWashington, DC	1,114	1,103	254	99.01%	23.03%
Average	13,858	5,403	1,194	38.99%	22.10%

*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)

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