Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Art Center College of Design

At Art Center College of Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.38%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.61%, and the 2024 yield is 31.97%.

The number of Art Center College of Design applicants increased by 4.20% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.38%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.98% at Art Center College of Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.24% and women students' rate is 78.92%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Art Center College of Design over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.67%	70.59%	88.74%
2014-15	80.90% -0.77%	73.68% 3.10%	85.54% -3.20%
2015-16	79.51% -1.39%	69.03% -4.66%	85.68% 0.14%
2016-17	69.25% -10.25%	62.28% -6.75%	72.85% -12.83%
2017-18	70.36% 1.10%	61.44% -0.84%	75.74% 2.89%
2018-19	67.65% -2.70%	59.47% -1.97%	72.19% -3.55%
2019-20	70.84% 3.18%	61.67% 2.20%	75.88% 3.69%
2020-21	76.09% 5.25%	68.04% 6.37%	80.21% 4.33%
2021-22	75.97% -0.12%	72.89% 4.86%	77.00% -3.21%
2022-23	70.97% -4.99%	60.55% -12.34%	76.30% -0.70%
2023-24	74.98% 4.01%	68.98% 8.43%	78.04% 1.74%
Average	74.38%	66.24%	78.92%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.61% where the current academic year yield is 31.97%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Art Center College of Design from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.84%	46.21%	39.62%
2014-15	40.28% -1.56%	50.00% 3.79%	34.89% -4.72%
2015-16	37.11% -3.16%	44.23% -5.77%	33.74% -1.15%
2016-17	45.47% 8.36%	52.11% 7.88%	42.55% 8.81%
2017-18	39.51% -5.96%	47.87% -4.24%	35.42% -7.13%
2018-19	42.21% 2.70%	47.49% -0.39%	39.80% 4.38%
2019-20	37.00% -5.21%	44.14% -3.34%	33.80% -5.99%
2020-21	30.51% -6.49%	36.21% -7.94%	28.04% -5.77%
2021-22	36.06% 5.55%	37.18% 0.98%	35.93% 7.89%
2022-23	31.80% -4.26%	43.94% 6.76%	26.89% -9.04%
2023-24	31.97% 0.17%	38.93% -5.01%	29.00% 2.10%
Average	37.61%	44.39%	34.52%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 871, the average number of admitted is 642, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 234.

The number of Art Center College of Design applicants increased by 4.20% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Art Center College of Design from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	480	392	164
2014-15	534 11.25%	432 10.20%	174 6.10%
2015-16	610 14.23%	485 12.27%	180 3.45%
2016-17	670 9.84%	464 -4.33%	211 17.22%
2017-18	813 21.34%	572 23.28%	226 7.11%
2018-19	844 3.81%	571 -0.17%	241 6.64%
2019-20	1,015 20.26%	719 25.92%	266 10.37%
2020-21	1,008 -0.69%	767 6.68%	234 -12.03%
2021-22	982 -2.58%	746 -2.74%	269 14.96%
2022-23	1,285 30.86%	912 22.25%	290 7.81%
2023-24	1,339 4.20%	1,004 10.09%	321 10.69%
Average	871	642	234

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Art Center College of Design and similar schools.