Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Capital

At Capital University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 72.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.16%, and the 2024 yield is 12.99%.

The number of Capital applicants decreased by -0.11% (5 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 72.99% at Capital University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.14% and women students' rate is 76.35%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.04%	72.25%	78.37%
2014-15	72.74% -3.30%	69.52% -2.73%	75.12% -3.25%
2015-16	71.93% -0.81%	67.04% -2.47%	75.57% 0.45%
2016-17	69.23% -2.70%	65.72% -1.33%	71.43% -4.14%
2017-18	68.65% -0.58%	63.32% -2.40%	72.73% 1.30%
2018-19	73.02% 4.36%	68.59% 5.27%	76.04% 3.31%
2019-20	72.11% -0.91%	65.02% -3.57%	77.23% 1.18%
2020-21	74.06% 1.95%	66.09% 1.06%	80.06% 2.83%
2021-22	74.00% -0.06%	66.00% -0.09%	80.02% -0.04%
2022-23	72.15% -1.85%	66.93% 0.92%	76.30% -3.72%
2023-24	72.99% 0.84%	68.01% 1.08%	76.98% 0.68%
Average	72.45%	67.14%	76.35%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.16% where the current academic year yield is 12.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.96%	30.89%	21.57%
2014-15	26.63% 1.67%	30.34% -0.55%	24.10% 2.53%
2015-16	24.98% -1.65%	26.59% -3.75%	23.92% -0.18%
2016-17	20.65% -4.33%	21.75% -4.84%	20.02% -3.90%
2017-18	20.60% -0.06%	20.87% -0.89%	20.42% 0.39%
2018-19	20.38% -0.21%	19.40% -1.46%	20.98% 0.57%
2019-20	20.91% 0.53%	23.11% 3.70%	19.58% -1.40%
2020-21	17.21% -3.70%	18.25% -4.86%	16.57% -3.01%
2021-22	15.98% -1.23%	17.04% -1.21%	15.01% -1.56%
2022-23	16.43% 0.45%	16.76% -0.28%	16.20% 1.19%
2023-24	12.99% -3.43%	16.98% 0.22%	9.98% -6.22%
Average	20.16%	22.00%	18.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,057, the average number of admitted is 2,936, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 587.

The number of Capital applicants decreased by -0.11% (5 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,640	2,768	691
2014-15	3,665 0.69%	2,666 -3.68%	710 2.75%
2015-16	3,734 1.88%	2,686 0.75%	671 -5.49%
2016-17	4,287 14.81%	2,968 10.50%	613 -8.64%
2017-18	4,208 -1.84%	2,889 -2.66%	595 -2.94%
2018-19	3,958 -5.94%	2,890 0.03%	589 -1.01%
2019-20	4,794 21.12%	3,457 19.62%	723 22.75%
2020-21	4,017 -16.21%	2,975 -13.94%	512 -29.18%
2021-22	3,585 -10.75%	2,653 -10.82%	424 -17.19%
2022-23	4,370 21.90%	3,153 18.85%	518 22.17%
2023-24	4,365 -0.11%	3,186 1.05%	414 -20.08%
Average	4,057	2,936	587

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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