Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at American

At American University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 39.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 47.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into American University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.75%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of American applicants decreased by -8.84% (1,724 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 39.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 47.00% at American University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 37.53% and women students' rate is 41.10%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into American University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at American University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	43.12%	37.58%	46.45%
2014-15	45.84% 2.72%	41.13% 3.54%	48.63% 2.18%
2015-16	35.02% -10.83%	31.81% -9.32%	36.83% -11.81%
2016-17	25.91% -9.10%	23.66% -8.15%	27.21% -9.62%
2017-18	29.40% 3.49%	27.64% 3.98%	30.44% 3.23%
2018-19	31.54% 2.14%	28.99% 1.35%	32.95% 2.51%
2019-20	36.08% 4.54%	34.11% 5.11%	37.17% 4.22%
2020-21	38.65% 2.57%	36.87% 2.76%	39.63% 2.46%
2021-22	64.00% 25.35%	61.00% 24.13%	66.00% 26.36%
2022-23	40.63% -23.37%	38.04% -22.96%	41.85% -24.15%
2023-24	47.00% 6.37%	52.00% 13.96%	45.00% 3.15%
Average	39.75%	37.53%	41.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.75% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at American University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.50%	22.48%	21.03%
2014-15	25.78% 4.28%	27.32% 4.83%	25.02% 3.99%
2015-16	30.49% 4.71%	32.95% 5.64%	29.30% 4.28%
2016-17	33.53% 3.03%	35.73% 2.78%	32.42% 3.13%
2017-18	32.47% -1.06%	33.98% -1.75%	31.66% -0.77%
2018-19	29.34% -3.12%	31.87% -2.11%	28.11% -3.54%
2019-20	26.21% -3.13%	26.86% -5.01%	25.89% -2.22%
2020-21	20.75% -5.46%	20.78% -6.07%	20.73% -5.15%
2021-22	19.00% -1.76%	19.00% -1.78%	19.00% -1.73%
2022-23	22.22% 3.22%	23.79% 4.79%	21.70% 2.70%
2023-24	22.00% -0.22%	22.99% -0.80%	21.01% -0.69%
Average	25.75%	27.07%	25.08%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,358, the average number of admitted is 7,286, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,797.

The number of American applicants decreased by -8.84% (1,724 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at American University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	17,545	7,566	1,627
2014-15	15,119 -13.83%	6,931 -8.39%	1,787 9.83%
2015-16	16,735 10.69%	5,860 -15.45%	1,787
2016-17	19,325 15.48%	5,008 -14.54%	1,679 -6.04%
2017-18	18,699 -3.24%	5,498 9.78%	1,785 6.31%
2018-19	18,984 1.52%	5,988 8.91%	1,757 -1.57%
2019-20	18,545 -2.31%	6,691 11.74%	1,754 -0.17%
2020-21	20,036 8.04%	7,744 15.74%	1,607 -8.38%
2021-22	19,650 -1.93%	12,576 62.40%	2,389 48.66%
2022-23	19,510 -0.71%	7,926 -36.98%	1,761 -26.29%
2023-24	17,786 -8.84%	8,359 5.46%	1,839 4.43%
Average	18,358	7,286	1,797

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between American University and similar schools.