Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CCAD

At Columbus College of Art & Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.97%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Columbus College of Art & Design than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Columbus College of Art & Design have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.47%, and the 2024 yield is 30.93%.

The number of CCAD applicants increased by 11.73% (91 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.97% at Columbus College of Art & Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.24% and women students' rate is 86.82%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Columbus College of Art & Design than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Columbus College of Art & Design have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Columbus College of Art & Design over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.51%	82.81%	89.66%
2014-15	88.64% 3.13%	87.63% 4.82%	89.22% -0.44%
2015-16	76.62% -12.02%	76.50% -11.13%	78.91% -10.31%
2016-17	75.60% -1.02%	72.77% -3.72%	82.19% 3.27%
2017-18	70.11% -5.49%	64.78% -7.99%	75.68% -6.50%
2018-19	88.49% 18.38%	81.56% 16.77%	91.32% 15.64%
2019-20	92.81% 4.32%	90.43% 8.87%	93.68% 2.37%
2020-21	91.69% -1.12%	86.45% -3.98%	93.26% -0.43%
2021-22	93.97% 2.28%	92.06% 5.61%	95.08% 1.82%
2022-23	90.98% -2.99%	88.83% -3.23%	92.06% -3.02%
2023-24	71.97% -19.01%	58.82% -30.01%	73.98% -18.08%
Average	84.22%	80.24%	86.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.47% where the current academic year yield is 30.93%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Columbus College of Art & Design from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.41%	44.81%	38.35%
2014-15	50.94% 10.53%	47.65% 2.84%	40.34% 1.99%
2015-16	43.99% -6.95%	40.36% -7.29%	46.03% 5.69%
2016-17	48.51% 4.53%	54.68% 14.31%	47.11% 1.08%
2017-18	32.95% -15.57%	30.77% -23.91%	35.20% -11.91%
2018-19	32.44% -0.51%	36.68% 5.91%	30.90% -4.30%
2019-20	36.79% 4.35%	43.39% 6.70%	34.46% 3.56%
2020-21	36.08% -0.71%	35.82% -7.57%	36.16% 1.70%
2021-22	26.97% -9.12%	32.76% -3.06%	25.05% -11.11%
2022-23	32.15% 5.19%	31.74% -1.02%	29.53% 4.47%
2023-24	30.93% -1.22%	30.00% -1.74%	26.90% -2.63%
Average	37.47%	38.97%	35.46%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 774, the average number of admitted is 646, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 238.

The number of CCAD applicants increased by 11.73% (91 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Columbus College of Art & Design from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	683	584	236
2014-15	660 -3.37%	585 0.17%	298 26.27%
2015-16	727 10.15%	557 -4.79%	245 -17.79%
2016-17	668 -8.12%	505 -9.34%	245
2017-18	1,104 65.27%	774 53.27%	255 4.08%
2018-19	843 -23.64%	746 -3.62%	242 -5.10%
2019-20	779 -7.59%	723 -3.08%	266 9.92%
2020-21	674 -13.48%	618 -14.52%	223 -16.17%
2021-22	730 8.31%	686 11.00%	185 -17.04%
2022-23	776 6.30%	706 2.92%	227 22.70%
2023-24	867 11.73%	624 -11.61%	193 -14.98%
Average	774	646	238

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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