Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CDU

At Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 52.77%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 38.98%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.35%, and the 2024 yield is 2.08%.

The number of CDU applicants increased by 18.11% (151 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 52.77%, and this year's acceptance rate is 38.98% at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 50.78% and women students' rate is 46.86%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	88.89%	100.00%	85.71%
2014-15	100.00% 11.11%	100.00%	0.00% -85.71%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	25.00% -	0.00% -	33.33% -
2017-18	90.16% 65.16%	92.31% 92.31%	89.58% 56.25%
2018-19	37.27% -52.90%	26.73% -65.58%	37.50% -52.08%
2019-20	31.64% -5.63%	49.32% 22.58%	55.47% 17.97%
2020-21	25.00% -6.64%	25.30% -24.01%	24.91% -30.55%
2021-22	63.04% 38.04%	75.90% 50.60%	58.03% 33.12%
2022-23	80.46% 17.42%	61.98% -13.93%	88.97% 30.94%
2023-24	38.98% -41.47%	27.00% -34.97%	41.95% -47.02%
Average	52.77%	50.78%	46.86%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.35% where the current academic year yield is 2.08%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	75.00%	50.00%	83.33%
2014-15	100.00% 25.00%	100.00% 50.00%	0.00% -83.33%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	100.00% -	0.00% -	100.00% -
2017-18	29.09% -70.91%	25.00% 25.00%	30.23% -69.77%
2018-19	19.42% -9.67%	11.11% -13.89%	23.53% -6.70%
2019-20	7.47% -11.95%	8.33% -2.78%	7.30% -16.23%
2020-21	29.67% 22.20%	28.57% 20.24%	30.00% 22.70%
2021-22	2.01% -27.66%	1.19% -27.38%	3.03% -26.97%
2022-23	2.09% 0.08%	2.45% 1.26%	1.97% -1.06%
2023-24	2.08% 0.00%	3.13% 0.67%	1.94% -0.03%
Average	33.35%	20.89%	25.58%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 397, the average number of admitted is 206, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 12.

The number of CDU applicants increased by 18.11% (151 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9	8	6
2014-15	1 -88.89%	1 -87.50%	1 -83.33%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	4-	1-	1-
2017-18	61 1,425.00%	55 5,400.00%	16 1,500.00%
2018-19	373 511.48%	139 152.73%	27 68.75%
2019-20	550 47.45%	174 25.18%	13 -51.85%
2020-21	364 -33.82%	91 -47.70%	27 107.69%
2021-22	1,185 225.55%	747 720.88%	15 -44.44%
2022-23	834 -29.62%	671 -10.17%	14 -6.67%
2023-24	985 18.11%	384 -42.77%	8 -42.86%
Average	397	206	12

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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