Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Claremont McKenna

At Claremont McKenna College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 9.08%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 11.00%. Claremont McKenna College 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 41.63%, and the 2024 yield is 50.00%.

The number of Claremont McKenna applicants decreased by 1.58% (90 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 9.08%, and this year's acceptance rate is 11.00% at Claremont McKenna College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 9.14% and women students' rate is 9.04%. Claremont McKenna College 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 Claremont McKenna College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	11.73%	12.03%	11.46%
2014-15	10.77% -0.95%	10.86% -1.17%	10.70% -0.77%
2015-16	10.96% 0.18%	11.92% 1.06%	10.17% -0.53%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	10.36% -	10.76% -	10.02% -
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	10.30% -	10.13% -	10.46% -
2020-21	13.34% 3.04%	13.31% 3.18%	13.37% 2.92%
2021-22	11.01% -2.33%	11.02% -2.29%	11.00% -2.37%
2022-23	10.35% -0.66%	10.45% -0.56%	10.27% -0.73%
2023-24	11.00% 0.65%	10.02% -0.43%	12.02% 1.74%
Average	9.08%	9.14%	9.04%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 41.63% where the current academic year yield is 50.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Claremont McKenna College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52.09%	54.28%	50.15%
2014-15	50.23% -1.86%	57.14% 2.87%	44.54% -5.61%
2015-16	43.75% -6.48%	46.07% -11.07%	41.54% -3.00%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	53.50% -	61.39% -	46.20% -
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	52.48% -	53.26% -	51.80% -
2020-21	44.49% -7.99%	49.22% -4.05%	40.62% -11.18%
2021-22	56.94% 12.44%	63.03% 13.81%	52.08% 11.47%
2022-23	54.48% -2.45%	59.02% -4.01%	50.77% -1.31%
2023-24	50.00% -4.48%	54.83% -4.20%	45.14% -5.63%
Average	41.63%	45.29%	38.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,871, the average number of admitted is 538, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 272.

The number of Claremont McKenna applicants decreased by 1.58% (90 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,518	647	337
2014-15	6,043 9.51%	651 0.62%	327 -2.97%
2015-16	7,156 18.42%	784 20.43%	343 4.89%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	6,349-	658-	352-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	6,066-	625-	328-
2020-21	5,306 -12.53%	708 13.28%	315 -3.96%
2021-22	5,632 6.14%	620 -12.43%	353 12.06%
2022-23	5,709 1.37%	591 -4.68%	322 -8.78%
2023-24	5,799 1.58%	638 7.95%	319 -0.93%
Average	4,871	538	272

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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