Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Columbia College Chicago

At Columbia College Chicago, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.46%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Columbia College Chicago than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.50%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of Columbia College Chicago applicants increased by 2.23% (172 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.46%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.99% at Columbia College Chicago. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.59% and women students' rate is 92.22%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Columbia College Chicago than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Columbia College Chicago over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	90.53%	87.38%	92.50%
2014-15	88.53% -2.00%	84.37% -3.01%	91.09% -1.42%
2015-16	88.06% -0.47%	84.03% -0.34%	90.46% -0.63%
2016-17	88.06%	90.03% 5.99%	87.27% -3.19%
2017-18	91.61% 3.56%	88.29% -1.74%	93.55% 6.28%
2018-19	86.75% -4.86%	82.33% -5.95%	89.45% -4.10%
2019-20	90.22% 3.46%	86.32% 3.98%	92.46% 3.01%
2020-21	89.53% -0.69%	86.01% -0.31%	91.69% -0.76%
2021-22	96.00% 6.47%	93.98% 7.97%	97.01% 5.31%
2022-23	94.77% -1.23%	92.77% -1.21%	95.89% -1.11%
2023-24	90.99% -3.77%	88.00% -4.77%	92.99% -2.90%
Average	90.46%	87.59%	92.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.50% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.82%	33.64%	27.56%
2014-15	24.69% -5.12%	26.96% -6.68%	23.40% -4.16%
2015-16	24.43% -0.27%	26.39% -0.57%	23.34% -0.06%
2016-17	21.21% -3.21%	13.41% -12.98%	35.19% 11.85%
2017-18	19.40% -1.82%	21.61% 8.19%	18.18% -17.00%
2018-19	18.54% -0.86%	20.79% -0.82%	17.27% -0.91%
2019-20	26.08% 7.54%	29.66% 8.87%	24.16% 6.89%
2020-21	25.30% -0.78%	27.95% -1.71%	23.78% -0.38%
2021-22	25.00% -0.31%	27.02% -0.92%	23.00% -0.78%
2022-23	22.01% -2.99%	24.42% -2.61%	20.69% -2.31%
2023-24	22.00% -0.01%	23.02% -1.40%	22.01% 1.32%
Average	23.50%	24.99%	23.51%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,961, the average number of admitted is 7,194, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,689.

The number of Columbia College Chicago applicants increased by 2.23% (172 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,005	7,247	2,161
2014-15	8,325 4.00%	7,370 1.70%	1,820 -15.78%
2015-16	8,391 0.79%	7,389 0.26%	1,805 -0.82%
2016-17	8,324 -0.80%	7,330 -0.80%	1,555 -13.85%
2017-18	8,121 -2.44%	7,440 1.50%	1,443 -7.20%
2018-19	8,121	7,045 -5.31%	1,306 -9.49%
2019-20	7,430 -8.51%	6,703 -4.85%	1,748 33.84%
2020-21	8,061 8.49%	7,217 7.67%	1,826 4.46%
2021-22	7,218 -10.46%	6,929 -3.99%	1,732 -5.15%
2022-23	7,701 6.69%	7,298 5.33%	1,606 -7.27%
2023-24	7,873 2.23%	7,164 -1.84%	1,576 -1.87%
Average	7,961	7,194	1,689

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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