Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CMU

At Carnegie Mellon University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 18.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 11.00%. CMU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. Carnegie Mellon University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.86%, and the 2024 yield is 44.01%.

The number of CMU applicants decreased by -1.62% (554 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 18.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 11.00% at Carnegie Mellon University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 14.77% and women students' rate is 24.52%. Carnegie Mellon University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	25.49%	21.22%	32.72%
2014-15	24.60% -0.89%	22.05% 0.83%	28.20% -4.52%
2015-16	23.72% -0.88%	19.05% -3.00%	31.61% 3.41%
2016-17	21.71% -2.00%	16.59% -2.46%	29.85% -1.76%
2017-18	22.20% 0.48%	16.74% 0.16%	31.15% 1.30%
2018-19	17.12% -5.07%	12.99% -3.75%	23.67% -7.48%
2019-20	15.44% -1.68%	11.55% -1.43%	21.43% -2.24%
2020-21	17.27% 1.83%	13.33% 1.77%	23.36% 1.94%
2021-22	14.00% -3.28%	11.00% -2.32%	18.00% -5.37%
2022-23	11.30% -2.69%	9.00% -2.00%	14.73% -3.27%
2023-24	11.00% -0.30%	9.00% 0.00%	15.00% 0.27%
Average	18.53%	14.77%	24.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.86% where the current academic year yield is 44.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.96%	31.73%	28.01%
2014-15	30.24% 0.28%	31.81% 0.07%	28.52% 0.51%
2015-16	32.32% 2.08%	34.67% 2.87%	29.92% 1.41%
2016-17	33.73% 1.41%	36.09% 1.41%	31.66% 1.74%
2017-18	36.84% 3.10%	38.41% 2.33%	35.44% 3.79%
2018-19	37.70% 0.86%	40.92% 2.50%	34.90% -0.54%
2019-20	37.15% -0.55%	40.75% -0.16%	34.15% -0.75%
2020-21	36.18% -0.96%	38.64% -2.11%	34.03% -0.12%
2021-22	43.00% 6.81%	42.98% 4.34%	42.00% 7.97%
2022-23	44.31% 1.31%	45.55% 2.57%	43.18% 1.18%
2023-24	44.01% -0.29%	46.98% 1.43%	42.01% -1.17%
Average	36.86%	38.96%	34.89%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 25,452, the average number of admitted is 4,442, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,622.

The number of CMU applicants decreased by -1.62% (554 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	18,884	4,813	1,442
2014-15	19,812 4.91%	4,874 1.27%	1,474 2.22%
2015-16	20,547 3.71%	4,873 -0.02%	1,575 6.85%
2016-17	21,189 3.12%	4,601 -5.58%	1,552 -1.46%
2017-18	20,497 -3.27%	4,550 -1.11%	1,676 7.99%
2018-19	24,351 18.80%	4,170 -8.35%	1,572 -6.21%
2019-20	27,634 13.48%	4,267 2.33%	1,585 0.83%
2020-21	26,189 -5.23%	4,524 6.02%	1,637 3.28%
2021-22	32,896 25.61%	4,605 1.79%	1,980 20.95%
2022-23	34,261 4.15%	3,873 -15.90%	1,716 -13.33%
2023-24	33,707 -1.62%	3,708 -4.26%	1,632 -4.90%
Average	25,452	4,442	1,622

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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