Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

At California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 56.59%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State Polytechnic University-Pomona than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.04%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of California State Polytechnic University-Pomona applicants decreased by -6.73% (3,304 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 56.59%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.00% at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 50.96% and women students' rate is 62.74%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State Polytechnic University-Pomona than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.18%	49.33%	55.30%
2014-15	51.87% -0.31%	48.10% -1.23%	56.08% 0.78%
2015-16	39.31% -12.57%	34.14% -13.96%	45.27% -10.81%
2016-17	59.16% 19.85%	53.15% 19.00%	66.04% 20.77%
2017-18	55.07% -4.09%	48.91% -4.23%	61.83% -4.22%
2018-19	55.15% 0.08%	48.64% -0.28%	62.84% 1.01%
2019-20	54.59% -0.56%	47.92% -0.71%	62.04% -0.80%
2020-21	64.81% 10.22%	59.89% 11.97%	70.16% 8.12%
2021-22	61.00% -3.81%	54.00% -5.90%	68.00% -2.16%
2022-23	55.38% -5.62%	48.50% -5.50%	62.64% -5.36%
2023-24	74.00% 18.62%	68.00% 19.50%	80.00% 17.36%
Average	56.59%	50.96%	62.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.04% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.24%	23.82%	18.74%
2014-15	21.50% 0.25%	24.23% 0.42%	18.88% 0.14%
2015-16	20.34% -1.15%	22.38% -1.86%	18.57% -0.31%
2016-17	21.59% 1.25%	23.94% 1.56%	19.42% 0.85%
2017-18	19.69% -1.89%	21.63% -2.31%	18.01% -1.41%
2018-19	19.10% -0.59%	20.92% -0.71%	17.44% -0.57%
2019-20	17.03% -2.07%	18.59% -2.34%	15.69% -1.75%
2020-21	17.54% 0.51%	20.32% 1.73%	14.97% -0.72%
2021-22	14.00% -3.54%	17.00% -3.31%	11.00% -3.96%
2022-23	13.45% -0.55%	16.59% -0.41%	10.88% -0.13%
2023-24	13.00% -0.45%	15.00% -1.59%	11.00% 0.12%
Average	18.04%	20.40%	15.87%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 37,557, the average number of admitted is 21,497, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,721.

The number of California State Polytechnic University-Pomona applicants decreased by -6.73% (3,304 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	28,143	14,686	3,120
2014-15	32,803 16.56%	17,016 15.87%	3,658 17.24%
2015-16	33,855 3.21%	13,307 -21.80%	2,707 -26.00%
2016-17	32,920 -2.76%	19,474 46.34%	4,204 55.30%
2017-18	34,911 6.05%	19,225 -1.28%	3,786 -9.94%
2018-19	36,662 5.02%	20,220 5.18%	3,863 2.03%
2019-20	39,726 8.36%	21,687 7.26%	3,694 -4.37%
2020-21	38,026 -4.28%	24,646 13.64%	4,323 17.03%
2021-22	41,226 8.42%	25,148 2.04%	3,521 -18.55%
2022-23	49,079 19.05%	27,179 8.08%	3,655 3.81%
2023-24	45,775 -6.73%	33,874 24.63%	4,404 20.49%
Average	37,557	21,497	3,721

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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