Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MEC

At CUNY Medgar Evers College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into CUNY Medgar Evers College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 8.67%, and the 2024 yield is 8.00%.

The number of MEC applicants decreased by -2.72% (314 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at CUNY Medgar Evers College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.58% and women students' rate is 73.73%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into CUNY Medgar Evers College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	91.41%	87.43%	93.68%
2014-15	91.94% 0.54%	88.89% 1.46%	93.83% 0.14%
2015-16	99.16% 7.21%	99.07% 10.18%	99.21% 5.39%
2016-17	98.41% -0.75%	98.27% -0.81%	98.50% -0.71%
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	90.28% -	90.30% -	90.26% -
2020-21	78.48% -11.80%	76.83% -13.47%	79.56% -10.70%
2021-22	86.00% 7.52%	86.00% 9.17%	85.99% 6.43%
2022-23	87.65% 1.65%	88.61% 2.61%	86.97% 0.98%
2023-24	83.00% -4.65%	82.99% -5.62%	83.00% -3.97%
Average	73.30%	72.58%	73.73%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 8.67% where the current academic year yield is 8.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.12%	13.55%	15.95%
2014-15	15.40% 0.28%	15.05% 1.50%	15.60% -0.35%
2015-16	14.25% -1.15%	13.04% -2.00%	14.97% -0.63%
2016-17	13.98% -0.26%	12.39% -0.65%	14.99% 0.02%
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	7.13% -	5.76% -	8.09% -
2020-21	8.62% 1.49%	8.45% 2.69%	8.72% 0.64%
2021-22	7.00% -1.62%	6.01% -2.44%	8.00% -0.73%
2022-23	5.94% -1.06%	4.82% -1.19%	6.82% -1.18%
2023-24	8.00% 2.06%	8.00% 3.18%	8.01% 1.19%
Average	8.67%	7.92%	9.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,288, the average number of admitted is 7,346, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 737.

The number of MEC applicants decreased by -2.72% (314 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,563	6,913	1,045
2014-15	7,771 2.75%	7,145 3.36%	1,100 5.26%
2015-16	7,730 -0.53%	7,665 7.28%	1,092 -0.73%
2016-17	8,306 7.45%	8,174 6.64%	1,143 4.67%
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	13,771-	12,432-	886-
2020-21	12,703 -7.76%	9,969 -19.81%	859 -3.05%
2021-22	10,533 -17.08%	9,058 -9.14%	634 -26.19%
2022-23	11,553 9.68%	10,126 11.79%	601 -5.21%
2023-24	11,239 -2.72%	9,328 -7.88%	746 24.13%
Average	8,288	7,346	737

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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