Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at The Cooper Union

At The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the average acceptance rate over the past 10 years is 13.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 18.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art than the previous year. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 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 43.29%, and the 2024 yield is 52.94%.

The number of The Cooper Union applicants increased by 19.33% (290 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 13.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 18.99% at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 14.11% and women students' rate is 12.66%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art than the previous year. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 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 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art over the past 10 years (2014-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2014-15	15.06%	19.01%	10.67%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	13.05% -	15.89% -	9.69% -
2018-19	16.02% 2.97%	16.65% 0.76%	15.40% 5.71%
2019-20	15.45% -0.57%	16.82% 0.17%	14.07% -1.33%
2020-21	17.51% 2.06%	18.81% 1.99%	16.12% 2.05%
2021-22	15.01% -2.50%	16.03% -2.78%	14.00% -2.12%
2022-23	22.47% 7.46%	19.80% 3.77%	25.66% 11.66%
2023-24	18.99% -3.47%	18.05% -1.76%	20.99% -4.67%
Average	13.36%	14.11%	12.66%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 10 years is 43.29% where the current academic year yield is 52.94%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	59.69%	65.35%	48.44%
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	57.14% -	54.50% -	62.28% -
2018-19	55.10% -2.04%	58.91% 4.41%	51.05% -11.23%
2019-20	50.41% -4.70%	45.05% -13.86%	56.89% 5.83%
2020-21	50.36% -0.04%	51.74% 6.69%	48.63% -8.25%
2021-22	52.99% 2.62%	53.74% 2.00%	52.13% 3.49%
2022-23	54.30% 1.32%	45.06% -8.68%	62.86% 10.73%
2023-24	52.94% -1.36%	51.76% 6.70%	53.93% -8.92%
Average	43.29%	42.61%	43.62%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,827, the average number of admitted is 297, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 161.

The number of The Cooper Union applicants increased by 19.33% (290 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2014-15	2,536	382	228
2015-16	-	-	-
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	2,574-	336-	192-
2018-19	2,447 -4.93%	392 16.67%	216 12.50%
2019-20	2,388 -2.41%	369 -5.87%	186 -13.89%
2020-21	2,358 -1.26%	413 11.92%	208 11.83%
2021-22	2,678 13.57%	402 -2.66%	213 2.40%
2022-23	1,500 -43.99%	337 -16.17%	183 -14.08%
2023-24	1,790 19.33%	340 0.89%	180 -1.64%
Average	1,827	297	161

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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