Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lehman College

At CUNY Lehman College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 40.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 55.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.54%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Lehman College applicants decreased by -6.68% (1,501 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 40.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 55.00% at CUNY Lehman College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 35.96% and women students' rate is 43.13%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	23.28%	21.86%	24.19%
2014-15	28.91% 5.63%	27.09% 5.23%	30.07% 5.88%
2015-16	29.95% 1.04%	27.56% 0.47%	31.46% 1.39%
2016-17	32.48% 2.53%	30.54% 2.98%	33.70% 2.24%
2017-18	35.00% 2.51%	31.56% 1.02%	37.34% 3.64%
2018-19	39.67% 4.67%	34.79% 3.23%	43.05% 5.71%
2019-20	37.78% -1.90%	34.06% -0.73%	40.21% -2.85%
2020-21	47.01% 9.23%	42.60% 8.54%	49.80% 9.60%
2021-22	58.00% 11.00%	48.99% 6.40%	64.00% 14.20%
2022-23	55.31% -2.70%	47.48% -1.52%	60.61% -3.40%
2023-24	55.00% -0.30%	48.99% 1.52%	60.00% -0.61%
Average	40.22%	35.96%	43.13%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.54% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.25%	13.96%	16.01%
2014-15	15.96% 0.71%	15.85% 1.88%	16.03% 0.02%
2015-16	14.99% -0.97%	14.94% -0.90%	15.02% -1.01%
2016-17	14.84% -0.16%	15.86% 0.92%	14.25% -0.76%
2017-18	17.74% 2.91%	18.17% 2.31%	17.49% 3.24%
2018-19	16.48% -1.26%	16.15% -2.02%	16.67% -0.82%
2019-20	12.62% -3.86%	13.41% -2.74%	12.18% -4.49%
2020-21	14.08% 1.46%	14.62% 1.21%	13.78% 1.60%
2021-22	14.00% -0.07%	15.00% 0.39%	13.00% -0.78%
2022-23	11.97% -2.04%	12.87% -2.13%	11.56% -1.44%
2023-24	12.00% 0.03%	14.00% 1.13%	11.00% -0.56%
Average	14.54%	14.99%	14.27%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,527, the average number of admitted is 7,343, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,027.

The number of Lehman College applicants decreased by -6.68% (1,501 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,518	3,612	551
2014-15	14,605 -5.88%	4,222 16.89%	674 22.32%
2015-16	14,076 -3.62%	4,216 -0.14%	632 -6.23%
2016-17	14,318 1.72%	4,651 10.32%	690 9.18%
2017-18	15,138 5.73%	5,298 13.91%	940 36.23%
2018-19	15,782 4.25%	6,261 18.18%	1,032 9.79%
2019-20	19,761 25.21%	7,465 19.23%	942 -8.72%
2020-21	20,057 1.50%	9,428 26.30%	1,327 40.87%
2021-22	20,132 0.37%	11,677 23.85%	1,635 23.21%
2022-23	22,455 11.54%	12,419 6.35%	1,486 -9.11%
2023-24	20,954 -6.68%	11,525 -7.20%	1,383 -6.93%
Average	17,527	7,343	1,027

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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