Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CCNY

At CUNY City College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.16%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into CUNY City College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.07%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of CCNY applicants decreased by -4.93% (1,660 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.16%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at CUNY City College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 42.82% and women students' rate is 54.83%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into CUNY City College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	34.10%	30.88%	36.96%
2014-15	38.06% 3.96%	34.97% 4.09%	40.83% 3.87%
2015-16	42.97% 4.91%	39.63% 4.66%	45.93% 5.10%
2016-17	45.39% 2.42%	41.16% 1.53%	49.12% 3.18%
2017-18	46.37% 0.98%	39.99% -1.17%	52.09% 2.97%
2018-19	48.27% 1.90%	41.96% 1.97%	54.01% 1.92%
2019-20	46.49% -1.78%	37.32% -4.64%	54.85% 0.84%
2020-21	50.54% 4.05%	43.71% 6.39%	56.43% 1.58%
2021-22	64.00% 13.46%	53.00% 9.29%	73.00% 16.57%
2022-23	66.60% 2.60%	58.38% 5.39%	73.91% 0.91%
2023-24	58.00% -8.60%	50.00% -8.38%	66.00% -7.91%
Average	49.16%	42.82%	54.83%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.07% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.48%	20.92%	16.67%
2014-15	17.99% -0.49%	21.65% 0.73%	15.17% -1.49%
2015-16	18.66% 0.67%	22.91% 1.26%	15.40% 0.22%
2016-17	19.50% 0.84%	23.10% 0.19%	16.84% 1.45%
2017-18	17.34% -2.16%	19.46% -3.64%	15.88% -0.97%
2018-19	17.25% -0.09%	18.61% -0.85%	16.28% 0.41%
2019-20	14.99% -2.25%	18.73% 0.12%	12.67% -3.61%
2020-21	13.39% -1.60%	16.03% -2.70%	11.62% -1.05%
2021-22	13.00% -0.39%	15.00% -1.04%	12.00% 0.38%
2022-23	12.20% -0.81%	15.52% 0.52%	9.99% -2.01%
2023-24	14.00% 1.80%	18.00% 2.49%	11.00% 1.02%
Average	16.07%	19.08%	13.96%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 25,827, the average number of admitted is 13,100, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,988.

The number of CCNY applicants decreased by -4.93% (1,660 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	22,171	7,560	1,397
2014-15	21,050 -5.06%	8,011 5.97%	1,441 3.15%
2015-16	20,331 -3.42%	8,736 9.05%	1,630 13.12%
2016-17	20,642 1.53%	9,370 7.26%	1,827 12.09%
2017-18	21,207 2.74%	9,834 4.95%	1,705 -6.68%
2018-19	21,982 3.65%	10,611 7.90%	1,830 7.33%
2019-20	30,013 36.53%	13,953 31.50%	2,092 14.32%
2020-21	29,894 -0.40%	15,107 8.27%	2,023 -3.30%
2021-22	31,175 4.29%	19,952 32.07%	2,594 28.23%
2022-23	33,648 7.93%	22,410 12.32%	2,733 5.36%
2023-24	31,988 -4.93%	18,553 -17.21%	2,597 -4.98%
Average	25,827	13,100	1,988

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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