Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CMU CLAS

At Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.22%, and the 2024 yield is 23.05%.

The number of CMU CLAS applicants decreased by -1.46% (17 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.99% at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.16% and women students' rate is 84.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.06%	62.77%	67.46%
2014-15	60.53% -4.52%	57.42% -5.35%	64.20% -3.26%
2015-16	57.86% -2.67%	57.45% 0.03%	58.30% -5.91%
2016-17	61.03% 3.16%	59.05% 1.60%	63.49% 5.19%
2017-18	95.61% 34.59%	94.07% 35.02%	97.36% 33.88%
2018-19	93.36% -2.25%	91.53% -2.54%	96.10% -1.26%
2019-20	93.23% -0.13%	91.07% -0.45%	96.18% 0.07%
2020-21	95.34% 2.12%	95.32% 4.24%	95.38% -0.80%
2021-22	99.03% 3.69%	99.02% 3.71%	99.05% 3.67%
2022-23	97.86% -1.18%	97.10% -1.92%	98.72% -0.33%
2023-24	87.99% -9.87%	88.01% -9.09%	87.94% -10.78%
Average	82.45%	81.16%	84.02%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.22% where the current academic year yield is 23.05%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.81%	35.59%	34.04%
2014-15	35.67% 0.86%	35.08% -0.51%	36.28% 2.24%
2015-16	34.66% -1.01%	36.56% 1.47%	32.67% -3.61%
2016-17	31.69% -2.97%	31.10% -5.46%	32.38% -0.29%
2017-18	32.82% 1.13%	29.28% -1.82%	36.70% 4.32%
2018-19	27.11% -5.71%	23.65% -5.63%	32.05% -4.65%
2019-20	27.77% 0.66%	25.42% 1.77%	30.82% -1.23%
2020-21	29.14% 1.38%	26.88% 1.45%	32.36% 1.55%
2021-22	29.96% 0.81%	25.99% -0.89%	35.96% 3.60%
2022-23	25.77% -4.19%	24.38% -1.61%	27.32% -8.64%
2023-24	23.05% -2.72%	19.96% -4.42%	28.06% 0.74%
Average	30.22%	28.53%	32.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,272, the average number of admitted is 1,033, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 308.

The number of CMU CLAS applicants decreased by -1.46% (17 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,285	836	291
2014-15	1,533 19.30%	928 11.00%	331 13.75%
2015-16	1,431 -6.65%	828 -10.78%	287 -13.29%
2016-17	1,365 -4.61%	833 0.60%	264 -8.01%
2017-18	889 -34.87%	850 2.04%	279 5.68%
2018-19	1,280 43.98%	1,195 40.59%	324 16.13%
2019-20	1,240 -3.13%	1,156 -3.26%	321 -0.93%
2020-21	1,310 5.65%	1,249 8.04%	364 13.40%
2021-22	1,345 2.67%	1,332 6.65%	399 9.62%
2022-23	1,166 -13.31%	1,141 -14.34%	294 -26.32%
2023-24	1,149 -1.46%	1,011 -11.39%	233 -20.75%
Average	1,272	1,033	308

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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