Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CIA

At Cleveland Institute of Art, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 55.97%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Cleveland Institute of Art than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.08%, and the 2024 yield is 23.01%.

The number of CIA applicants increased by 38.96% (270 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 55.97% at Cleveland Institute of Art. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 58.96% and women students' rate is 67.74%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Cleveland Institute of Art than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Cleveland Institute of Art over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.25%	70.40%	67.07%
2014-15	66.99% -1.25%	64.00% -6.40%	68.86% 1.79%
2015-16	64.91% -2.09%	62.90% -1.10%	66.36% -2.51%
2016-17	60.53% -4.37%	55.52% -7.38%	62.50% -3.86%
2017-18	54.23% -6.30%	46.91% -8.61%	58.27% -4.23%
2018-19	73.46% 19.23%	67.21% 20.30%	76.15% 17.88%
2019-20	69.60% -3.87%	58.61% -8.60%	73.56% -2.59%
2020-21	67.18% -2.42%	54.30% -4.31%	71.77% -1.80%
2021-22	65.99% -1.19%	58.05% 3.76%	69.02% -2.74%
2022-23	69.84% 3.85%	62.83% 4.77%	72.51% 3.49%
2023-24	55.97% -13.87%	47.86% -14.97%	59.07% -13.44%
Average	65.18%	58.96%	67.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.08% where the current academic year yield is 23.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Cleveland Institute of Art from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.71%	38.22%	28.00%
2014-15	29.02% -2.69%	33.52% -4.69%	26.40% -1.60%
2015-16	35.07% 6.05%	34.87% 1.35%	35.21% 8.81%
2016-17	30.02% -5.05%	30.99% -3.88%	29.54% -5.67%
2017-18	29.67% -0.35%	27.13% -3.86%	31.35% 1.81%
2018-19	23.24% -6.43%	25.12% -2.01%	22.53% -8.82%
2019-20	19.57% -3.67%	20.90% -4.22%	19.19% -3.34%
2020-21	22.75% 3.18%	23.02% 2.12%	22.67% 3.49%
2021-22	21.95% -0.80%	21.29% -1.73%	22.00% -0.67%
2022-23	31.82% 9.87%	31.67% 10.38%	31.87% 9.86%
2023-24	23.01% -8.81%	30.08% -1.59%	21.10% -10.77%
Average	27.08%	28.80%	26.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 876, the average number of admitted is 570, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 150.

The number of CIA applicants increased by 38.96% (270 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Cleveland Institute of Art from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	633	432	137
2014-15	715 12.95%	479 10.88%	139 1.46%
2015-16	738 3.22%	479	168 20.86%
2016-17	864 17.07%	523 9.19%	157 -6.55%
2017-18	957 10.76%	519 -0.76%	154 -1.91%
2018-19	1,025 7.11%	753 45.09%	175 13.64%
2019-20	1,138 11.02%	792 5.18%	155 -11.43%
2020-21	975 -14.32%	655 -17.30%	149 -3.87%
2021-22	932 -4.41%	615 -6.11%	135 -9.40%
2022-23	693 -25.64%	484 -21.30%	154 14.07%
2023-24	963 38.96%	539 11.36%	124 -19.48%
Average	876	570	150

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Cleveland Institute of Art and similar schools.