Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CalArts

At California Institute of the Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 25.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 26.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.60%, and the 2024 yield is 34.03%.

The number of CalArts applicants decreased by -4.58% (97 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 25.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 26.00% at California Institute of the Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 26.13% and women students' rate is 25.42%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	29.92%	29.91%	29.92%
2014-15	24.42% -5.50%	23.14% -6.77%	25.33% -4.60%
2015-16	24.93% 0.51%	25.13% 1.99%	24.91% -0.42%
2016-17	23.61% -1.33%	26.44% 1.31%	22.05% -2.86%
2017-18	24.06% 0.46%	25.46% -0.98%	23.03% 0.98%
2018-19	22.97% -1.09%	25.64% 0.18%	21.41% -1.61%
2019-20	25.28% 2.30%	25.55% -0.09%	25.13% 3.72%
2020-21	27.42% 2.14%	28.85% 3.30%	26.66% 1.53%
2021-22	29.02% 1.60%	29.01% 0.17%	29.02% 2.36%
2022-23	24.76% -4.25%	24.32% -4.69%	25.21% -3.81%
2023-24	26.00% 1.24%	23.93% -0.39%	26.96% 1.75%
Average	25.67%	26.13%	25.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.60% where the current academic year yield is 34.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.74%	46.43%	46.93%
2014-15	35.42% -11.32%	34.69% -11.73%	35.45% -11.48%
2015-16	35.87% 0.46%	38.50% 3.81%	34.52% -0.93%
2016-17	38.65% 2.78%	45.70% 7.20%	33.65% -0.87%
2017-18	43.12% 4.47%	46.15% 0.45%	41.28% 7.63%
2018-19	40.30% -2.82%	39.37% -6.79%	40.95% -0.33%
2019-20	37.70% -2.60%	44.16% 4.80%	34.31% -6.64%
2020-21	24.76% -12.94%	29.33% -14.83%	22.14% -12.17%
2021-22	30.03% 5.27%	28.85% -0.48%	30.02% 7.89%
2022-23	36.00% 5.97%	32.03% 3.17%	36.42% 6.40%
2023-24	34.03% -1.97%	42.14% 10.12%	30.06% -6.36%
Average	36.60%	38.85%	35.07%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,130, the average number of admitted is 543, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 196.

The number of CalArts applicants decreased by -4.58% (97 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,230	368	172
2014-15	2,162 75.77%	528 43.48%	187 8.72%
2015-16	2,158 -0.19%	538 1.89%	193 3.21%
2016-17	2,258 4.63%	533 -0.93%	206 6.74%
2017-18	2,265 0.31%	545 2.25%	235 14.08%
2018-19	2,333 3.00%	536 -1.65%	216 -8.09%
2019-20	2,267 -2.83%	573 6.90%	216
2020-21	2,254 -0.57%	618 7.85%	153 -29.17%
2021-22	2,364 4.88%	686 11.00%	206 34.64%
2022-23	2,120 -10.32%	525 -23.47%	189 -8.25%
2023-24	2,023 -4.58%	526 0.19%	179 -5.29%
Average	2,130	543	196

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between California Institute of the Arts and similar schools.