Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at California College of the Arts

At California College of the Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.01%. California College of the Arts's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into California College of the Arts than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.05%, and the 2024 yield is 7.00%.

The number of California College of the Arts applicants increased by 22.56% (674 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.01% at California College of the Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.74% and women students' rate is 77.13%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into California College of the Arts than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.57%	78.49%	82.89%
2014-15	63.69% -17.88%	59.10% -19.39%	65.86% -17.03%
2015-16	68.54% 4.85%	62.87% 3.77%	71.03% 5.17%
2016-17	64.85% -3.70%	58.03% -4.84%	67.85% -3.18%
2017-18	63.69% -1.15%	59.10% 1.06%	65.86% -1.99%
2018-19	88.18% 24.49%	86.12% 27.02%	89.03% 23.17%
2019-20	85.03% -3.15%	81.46% -4.66%	86.32% -2.71%
2020-21	85.45% 0.42%	81.44% -0.02%	86.95% 0.64%
2021-22	78.01% -7.44%	74.01% -7.44%	79.00% -7.95%
2022-23	75.69% -2.32%	70.60% -3.40%	77.67% -1.33%
2023-24	73.01% -2.68%	66.97% -3.63%	75.98% -1.69%
Average	75.25%	70.74%	77.13%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.05% where the current academic year yield is 7.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at California College of the Arts from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.24%	21.99%	19.53%
2014-15	21.30% 1.06%	22.63% 0.64%	20.74% 1.20%
2015-16	17.67% -3.63%	23.10% 0.47%	15.56% -5.17%
2016-17	16.66% -1.01%	20.05% -3.05%	15.38% -0.19%
2017-18	21.38% 4.72%	22.89% 2.85%	20.74% 5.36%
2018-19	13.01% -8.36%	16.29% -6.60%	11.70% -9.03%
2019-20	11.31% -1.70%	13.26% -3.03%	10.65% -1.05%
2020-21	8.52% -2.80%	12.59% -0.68%	7.02% -3.63%
2021-22	9.00% 0.49%	10.92% -1.66%	8.98% 1.97%
2022-23	8.45% -0.56%	10.28% -0.65%	7.74% -1.25%
2023-24	7.00% -1.45%	7.99% -2.28%	7.02% -0.72%
Average	14.05%	16.54%	13.19%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,432, the average number of admitted is 1,837, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 232.

The number of California College of the Arts applicants increased by 22.56% (674 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,405	1,146	232
2014-15	2,005 42.70%	1,277 11.43%	272 17.24%
2015-16	1,990 -0.75%	1,364 6.81%	241 -11.40%
2016-17	2,361 18.64%	1,531 12.24%	255 5.81%
2017-18	2,005 -15.08%	1,277 -16.59%	273 7.06%
2018-19	2,292 14.31%	2,021 58.26%	263 -3.66%
2019-20	2,578 12.48%	2,192 8.46%	248 -5.70%
2020-21	2,625 1.82%	2,243 2.33%	191 -22.98%
2021-22	2,847 8.46%	2,221 -0.98%	200 4.71%
2022-23	2,987 4.92%	2,261 1.80%	191 -4.50%
2023-24	3,661 22.56%	2,673 18.22%	187 -2.09%
Average	2,432	1,837	232

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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