Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Queens College

At CUNY Queens College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 50.07%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.82%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of Queens College applicants decreased by -6.83% (1,524 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.07%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.00% at CUNY Queens College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.66% and women students' rate is 51.89%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	37.02%	36.91%	37.10%
2014-15	39.82% 2.81%	39.32% 2.40%	40.24% 3.14%
2015-16	40.44% 0.62%	40.00% 0.69%	40.79% 0.55%
2016-17	41.34% 0.90%	41.03% 1.03%	41.59% 0.79%
2017-18	42.73% 1.40%	41.10% 0.07%	44.20% 2.61%
2018-19	47.65% 4.91%	46.16% 5.06%	48.99% 4.79%
2019-20	48.79% 1.14%	46.94% 0.78%	50.28% 1.30%
2020-21	53.49% 4.70%	50.97% 4.03%	55.48% 5.20%
2021-22	61.00% 7.51%	55.00% 4.04%	65.00% 9.52%
2022-23	69.48% 8.48%	63.87% 8.87%	74.17% 9.17%
2023-24	69.00% -0.48%	63.00% -0.87%	73.00% -1.17%
Average	50.07%	47.66%	51.89%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.82% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.57%	20.29%	20.79%
2014-15	21.20% 0.63%	22.75% 2.46%	19.95% -0.85%
2015-16	20.77% -0.43%	21.58% -1.17%	20.13% 0.19%
2016-17	19.75% -1.02%	20.73% -0.85%	18.94% -1.19%
2017-18	21.52% 1.77%	22.71% 1.98%	20.53% 1.59%
2018-19	21.73% 0.21%	23.49% 0.79%	20.23% -0.30%
2019-20	19.13% -2.60%	21.00% -2.49%	17.73% -2.51%
2020-21	16.26% -2.87%	17.42% -3.58%	15.42% -2.31%
2021-22	16.00% -0.26%	20.01% 2.59%	13.00% -2.42%
2022-23	15.05% -0.95%	17.74% -2.27%	13.27% 0.27%
2023-24	15.00% -0.05%	18.00% 0.26%	12.00% -1.28%
Average	18.82%	20.52%	17.45%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,520, the average number of admitted is 10,430, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,887.

The number of Queens College applicants decreased by -6.83% (1,524 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,032	7,045	1,449
2014-15	18,289 -3.90%	7,283 3.38%	1,544 6.56%
2015-16	18,416 0.69%	7,447 2.25%	1,547 0.19%
2016-17	18,142 -1.49%	7,499 0.70%	1,481 -4.27%
2017-18	18,180 0.21%	7,769 3.60%	1,672 12.90%
2018-19	18,862 3.75%	8,987 15.68%	1,953 16.81%
2019-20	24,277 28.71%	11,845 31.80%	2,266 16.03%
2020-21	25,621 5.54%	13,704 15.69%	2,228 -1.68%
2021-22	21,777 -15.00%	13,284 -3.06%	2,125 -4.62%
2022-23	22,324 2.51%	15,510 16.76%	2,334 9.84%
2023-24	20,800 -6.83%	14,352 -7.47%	2,153 -7.75%
Average	20,520	10,430	1,887

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between CUNY Queens College and similar schools.