Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at John Jay

At CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 41.06%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 57.00%. John Jay's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.59%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of John Jay applicants decreased by -4.71% (886 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 41.06%, and this year's acceptance rate is 57.00% at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 37.10% and women students' rate is 44.05%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	34.05%	32.05%	35.96%
2014-15	37.31% 3.26%	34.57% 2.51%	39.81% 3.86%
2015-16	36.55% -0.76%	33.76% -0.81%	38.88% -0.94%
2016-17	33.76% -2.79%	32.19% -1.57%	35.01% -3.87%
2017-18	38.75% 4.99%	36.72% 4.53%	40.43% 5.42%
2018-19	40.58% 1.83%	35.80% -0.92%	44.50% 4.07%
2019-20	40.53% -0.05%	37.79% 1.99%	42.76% -1.74%
2020-21	37.43% -3.10%	34.56% -3.22%	39.65% -3.11%
2021-22	45.00% 7.56%	36.00% 1.44%	51.00% 11.35%
2022-23	50.66% 5.66%	43.63% 7.64%	55.53% 4.53%
2023-24	57.00% 6.34%	51.00% 7.36%	61.00% 5.47%
Average	41.06%	37.10%	44.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.59% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.74%	39.73%	41.60%
2014-15	34.03% -6.71%	32.93% -6.80%	34.91% -6.69%
2015-16	30.41% -3.63%	29.70% -3.22%	30.92% -4.00%
2016-17	32.46% 2.05%	30.95% 1.25%	33.57% 2.65%
2017-18	31.13% -1.33%	30.82% -0.13%	31.37% -2.20%
2018-19	27.87% -3.27%	25.87% -4.95%	29.18% -2.18%
2019-20	24.66% -3.20%	24.31% -1.56%	24.92% -4.27%
2020-21	21.50% -3.16%	21.09% -3.22%	21.78% -3.14%
2021-22	21.00% -0.50%	20.01% -1.07%	21.99% 0.21%
2022-23	19.64% -1.36%	17.70% -2.31%	20.71% -1.28%
2023-24	20.00% 0.36%	17.01% -0.70%	21.00% 0.29%
Average	27.59%	26.38%	28.36%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,710, the average number of admitted is 6,951, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,803.

The number of John Jay applicants decreased by -4.71% (886 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,753	4,683	1,908
2014-15	13,884 0.95%	5,180 10.61%	1,763 -7.60%
2015-16	13,398 -3.50%	4,897 -5.46%	1,489 -15.54%
2016-17	13,899 3.74%	4,692 -4.19%	1,523 2.28%
2017-18	15,287 9.99%	5,923 26.24%	1,844 21.08%
2018-19	16,502 7.95%	6,696 13.05%	1,866 1.19%
2019-20	20,568 24.64%	8,336 24.49%	2,056 10.18%
2020-21	21,021 2.20%	7,869 -5.60%	1,692 -17.70%
2021-22	18,765 -10.73%	8,444 7.31%	1,773 4.79%
2022-23	18,807 0.22%	9,527 12.83%	1,871 5.53%
2023-24	17,921 -4.71%	10,215 7.22%	2,043 9.19%
Average	16,710	6,951	1,803

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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