Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Hunter College

At CUNY Hunter College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 40.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 54.00%. Hunter College's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into CUNY Hunter College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.79%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Hunter College applicants decreased by -6.86% (2,330 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 40.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 54.00% at CUNY Hunter College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 38.92% and women students' rate is 40.79%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into CUNY Hunter College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	29.72%	30.04%	29.50%
2014-15	34.67% 4.95%	35.08% 5.05%	34.39% 4.89%
2015-16	38.66% 4.00%	39.94% 4.86%	37.83% 3.44%
2016-17	37.89% -0.78%	38.33% -1.61%	37.60% -0.23%
2017-18	40.18% 2.30%	40.09% 1.77%	40.24% 2.64%
2018-19	36.42% -3.77%	35.49% -4.60%	37.04% -3.20%
2019-20	35.17% -1.24%	36.69% 1.20%	34.19% -2.85%
2020-21	40.48% 5.30%	43.26% 6.57%	38.84% 4.64%
2021-22	46.00% 5.52%	39.00% -4.25%	50.00% 11.17%
2022-23	47.86% 1.86%	41.25% 2.24%	52.08% 2.07%
2023-24	54.00% 6.14%	49.00% 7.75%	57.00% 4.92%
Average	40.10%	38.92%	40.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.79% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.56%	20.18%	22.50%
2014-15	20.74% -0.83%	19.70% -0.48%	21.44% -1.06%
2015-16	20.29% -0.44%	19.66% -0.04%	20.73% -0.71%
2016-17	20.44% 0.15%	20.25% 0.59%	20.57% -0.16%
2017-18	19.83% -0.61%	18.17% -2.08%	20.96% 0.39%
2018-19	22.99% 3.16%	21.91% 3.73%	23.69% 2.73%
2019-20	21.46% -1.54%	20.96% -0.94%	21.80% -1.89%
2020-21	20.01% -1.44%	19.97% -0.99%	20.04% -1.76%
2021-22	23.00% 2.99%	20.00% 0.03%	24.00% 3.96%
2022-23	19.33% -3.67%	18.36% -1.64%	19.88% -4.13%
2023-24	19.00% -0.33%	18.00% -0.37%	18.00% -1.87%
Average	20.79%	19.74%	21.24%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 30,903, the average number of admitted is 12,432, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,573.

The number of Hunter College applicants decreased by -6.86% (2,330 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,758	9,140	1,971
2014-15	28,935 -5.93%	10,031 9.75%	2,080 5.53%
2015-16	28,041 -3.09%	10,842 8.08%	2,200 5.77%
2016-17	28,510 1.67%	10,801 -0.38%	2,208 0.36%
2017-18	29,326 2.86%	11,784 9.10%	2,337 5.84%
2018-19	31,030 5.81%	11,300 -4.11%	2,598 11.17%
2019-20	33,750 8.77%	11,871 5.05%	2,547 -1.96%
2020-21	32,294 -4.31%	13,072 10.12%	2,616 2.71%
2021-22	31,728 -1.75%	14,595 11.65%	3,357 28.33%
2022-23	33,944 6.98%	16,246 11.31%	3,140 -6.46%
2023-24	31,614 -6.86%	17,072 5.08%	3,244 3.31%
Average	30,903	12,432	2,573

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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