Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CAU

At Clark Atlanta University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Clark Atlanta University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 13.04%, and the 2024 yield is 6.00%.

The number of CAU applicants increased by 71.31% (11,519 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.00% at Clark Atlanta University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.84% and women students' rate is 61.94%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Clark Atlanta University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.80%	51.08%	58.80%
2014-15	84.67% 27.87%	80.19% 29.10%	85.99% 27.19%
2015-16	51.20% -33.47%	45.00% -35.19%	53.60% -32.39%
2016-17	71.84% 20.64%	68.89% 23.90%	72.82% 19.23%
2017-18	57.93% -13.92%	56.57% -12.32%	58.36% -14.46%
2018-19	51.85% -6.08%	50.75% -5.82%	52.17% -6.19%
2019-20	54.82% 2.97%	54.67% 3.92%	54.87% 2.70%
2020-21	59.05% 4.23%	52.11% -2.55%	61.23% 6.36%
2021-22	58.00% -1.05%	52.01% -0.10%	60.00% -1.23%
2022-23	56.26% -1.74%	58.99% 6.98%	55.54% -4.46%
2023-24	65.00% 8.74%	55.00% -4.00%	68.00% 12.46%
Average	60.67%	56.84%	61.94%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 13.04% where the current academic year yield is 6.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.41%	25.61%	22.74%
2014-15	16.48% -6.94%	18.32% -7.29%	15.97% -6.77%
2015-16	19.14% 2.67%	20.11% 1.79%	18.83% 2.86%
2016-17	12.96% -6.19%	13.44% -6.67%	12.80% -6.03%
2017-18	11.32% -1.64%	10.47% -2.97%	11.58% -1.22%
2018-19	11.89% 0.57%	11.62% 1.15%	11.96% 0.38%
2019-20	9.01% -2.88%	8.37% -3.25%	9.20% -2.77%
2020-21	8.53% -0.48%	8.89% 0.52%	8.43% -0.77%
2021-22	12.01% 3.48%	13.00% 4.12%	10.99% 2.56%
2022-23	12.73% 0.73%	12.65% -0.35%	12.75% 1.76%
2023-24	6.00% -6.73%	5.99% -6.66%	6.00% -6.75%
Average	13.04%	13.50%	12.84%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,807, the average number of admitted is 8,241, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 925.

The number of CAU applicants increased by 71.31% (11,519 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,873	3,336	781
2014-15	5,140 -12.48%	4,352 30.46%	717 -8.19%
2015-16	8,611 67.53%	4,409 1.31%	844 17.71%
2016-17	10,733 24.64%	7,711 74.89%	999 18.36%
2017-18	13,940 29.88%	8,075 4.72%	914 -8.51%
2018-19	14,942 7.19%	7,747 -4.06%	921 0.77%
2019-20	16,483 10.31%	9,036 16.64%	814 -11.62%
2020-21	15,613 -5.28%	9,219 2.03%	786 -3.44%
2021-22	16,718 7.08%	9,696 5.17%	1,164 48.09%
2022-23	16,153 -3.38%	9,088 -6.27%	1,157 -0.60%
2023-24	27,672 71.31%	17,987 97.92%	1,079 -6.74%
Average	13,807	8,241	925

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Clark Atlanta University and similar schools.