Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Brooklyn College

At CUNY Brooklyn College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 43.73%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 54.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.71%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Brooklyn College applicants decreased by -6.15% (1,778 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 43.73%, and this year's acceptance rate is 54.00% at CUNY Brooklyn College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 40.96% and women students' rate is 46.07%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	31.98%	31.41%	32.44%
2014-15	35.33% 3.35%	34.69% 3.28%	35.85% 3.40%
2015-16	37.31% 1.98%	37.33% 2.64%	37.29% 1.45%
2016-17	37.49% 0.18%	36.92% -0.41%	37.95% 0.65%
2017-18	40.43% 2.94%	38.64% 1.72%	41.96% 4.01%
2018-19	44.26% 3.84%	41.87% 3.22%	46.39% 4.43%
2019-20	44.99% 0.73%	43.27% 1.40%	46.42% 0.03%
2020-21	49.74% 4.75%	46.97% 3.71%	51.91% 5.49%
2021-22	51.00% 1.26%	44.00% -2.98%	57.00% 5.09%
2022-23	54.54% 3.55%	47.47% 3.47%	60.59% 3.59%
2023-24	54.00% -0.55%	48.00% 0.53%	59.00% -1.59%
Average	43.73%	40.96%	46.07%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.71% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.09%	18.37%	17.87%
2014-15	18.97% 0.88%	21.00% 2.63%	17.40% -0.48%
2015-16	17.67% -1.30%	19.47% -1.53%	16.24% -1.16%
2016-17	17.21% -0.46%	18.49% -0.97%	16.21% -0.03%
2017-18	19.92% 2.70%	21.62% 3.13%	18.57% 2.36%
2018-19	18.95% -0.97%	20.89% -0.73%	17.40% -1.17%
2019-20	15.61% -3.34%	16.84% -4.05%	14.65% -2.74%
2020-21	14.65% -0.96%	15.57% -1.27%	13.99% -0.66%
2021-22	11.00% -3.65%	13.00% -2.57%	9.00% -4.99%
2022-23	10.72% -0.28%	13.09% 0.09%	9.25% 0.25%
2023-24	10.00% -0.72%	12.00% -1.09%	9.00% -0.26%
Average	15.71%	17.30%	14.51%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 23,963, the average number of admitted is 10,743, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,581.

The number of Brooklyn College applicants decreased by -6.15% (1,778 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,843	6,346	1,148
2014-15	20,260 2.10%	7,158 12.80%	1,358 18.29%
2015-16	20,324 0.32%	7,583 5.94%	1,340 -1.33%
2016-17	20,608 1.40%	7,726 1.89%	1,330 -0.75%
2017-18	20,642 0.16%	8,345 8.01%	1,662 24.96%
2018-19	20,936 1.42%	9,267 11.05%	1,756 5.66%
2019-20	26,973 28.84%	12,136 30.96%	1,894 7.86%
2020-21	29,464 9.24%	14,655 20.76%	2,147 13.36%
2021-22	28,544 -3.12%	14,557 -0.67%	1,601 -25.43%
2022-23	28,890 1.21%	15,758 8.25%	1,689 5.50%
2023-24	27,112 -6.15%	14,640 -7.09%	1,464 -13.32%
Average	23,963	10,743	1,581

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between CUNY Brooklyn College and similar schools.