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%.

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2024 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between District of Columbia Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
American UniversityWashington, DC17,7868,3591,839 47.00%22.00%
Gallaudet UniversityWashington, DC425259150 60.94%57.92%
George Washington UniversityWashington, DC27,09411,9212,623 44.00%22.00%
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC25,4853,3131,590 13.00%47.99%
Howard UniversityWashington, DC30,34210,6202,230 35.00%21.00%
NewU UniversityWashington, DC2,7432,71627 99.02%0.99%
The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC5,8744,934839 84.00%17.00%
Trinity Washington UniversityWashington, DC1,1141,103254 99.01%23.03%
Average13,8585,4031,19438.99%22.10%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2023-2024 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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