Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cornish College of the Arts

At Cornish College of the Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.94%, and the 2024 yield is 20.96%.

The number of Cornish College of the Arts applicants increased by 28.76% (245 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.01% at Cornish College of the Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.65% and women students' rate is 73.29%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.17%	54.53%	61.29%
2014-15	85.52% 26.35%	79.19% 24.67%	88.03% 26.74%
2015-16	67.89% -17.63%	68.23% -10.96%	67.74% -20.29%
2016-17	59.72% -8.17%	60.00% -8.23%	59.61% -8.13%
2017-18	87.49% 27.77%	89.42% 29.42%	86.77% 27.16%
2018-19	77.46% -10.02%	71.90% -17.52%	79.93% -6.83%
2019-20	73.47% -3.99%	66.50% -5.40%	76.28% -3.66%
2020-21	78.88% 5.41%	76.16% 9.67%	80.00% 3.72%
2021-22	63.96% -14.91%	64.24% -11.92%	64.07% -15.93%
2022-23	71.13% 7.16%	69.12% 4.88%	71.45% 7.38%
2023-24	70.01% -1.12%	66.89% -2.23%	71.00% -0.45%
Average	72.25%	69.65%	73.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.94% where the current academic year yield is 20.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Cornish College of the Arts from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.94%	33.20%	28.62%
2014-15	35.86% 5.92%	50.00% 16.80%	30.82% 2.20%
2015-16	29.39% -6.47%	33.86% -16.14%	27.38% -3.43%
2016-17	25.33% -4.06%	31.25% -2.61%	23.00% -4.38%
2017-18	20.09% -5.24%	20.41% -10.84%	19.97% -3.03%
2018-19	33.77% 13.68%	41.62% 21.22%	30.66% 10.69%
2019-20	25.79% -7.98%	32.82% -8.80%	23.32% -7.33%
2020-21	20.73% -5.06%	19.85% -12.98%	21.08% -2.24%
2021-22	23.00% 2.27%	33.02% 13.17%	19.94% -1.15%
2022-23	20.46% -2.54%	26.00% -7.02%	17.70% -2.23%
2023-24	20.96% 0.50%	20.92% -5.08%	19.96% 2.26%
Average	25.94%	31.18%	23.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 889, the average number of admitted is 629, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 162.

The number of Cornish College of the Arts applicants increased by 28.76% (245 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,445	855	256
2014-15	525 -63.67%	449 -47.49%	161 -37.11%
2015-16	897 70.86%	609 35.63%	179 11.18%
2016-17	1,137 26.76%	679 11.49%	172 -3.91%
2017-18	1,007 -11.43%	881 29.75%	177 2.91%
2018-19	883 -12.31%	684 -22.36%	231 30.51%
2019-20	686 -22.31%	504 -26.32%	130 -43.72%
2020-21	587 -14.43%	463 -8.13%	96 -26.15%
2021-22	666 13.46%	426 -7.99%	98 2.08%
2022-23	852 27.93%	606 42.25%	124 26.53%
2023-24	1,097 28.76%	768 26.73%	161 29.84%
Average	889	629	162

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Cornish College of the Arts and similar schools.