Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at DCAD

At Delaware College of Art and Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.85%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 61.03%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.53%, and the 2024 yield is 35.38%.

The number of DCAD applicants decreased by -45.24% (176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.85%, and this year's acceptance rate is 61.03% at Delaware College of Art and Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.77% and women students' rate is 71.84%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Delaware College of Art and Design over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.04%	67.23%	54.52%
2014-15	48.48% -9.56%	46.10% -21.13%	49.53% -4.98%
2015-16	74.23% 25.74%	72.97% 26.87%	75.00% 25.47%
2016-17	81.13% 6.91%	78.49% 5.52%	82.22% 7.22%
2017-18	79.00% -2.13%	80.65% 2.15%	78.26% -3.96%
2018-19	76.06% -2.94%	66.13% -14.52%	80.95% 2.69%
2019-20	71.43% -4.64%	66.67% 0.54%	73.85% -7.11%
2020-21	63.90% -7.53%	44.83% -21.84%	71.43% -2.42%
2021-22	97.97% 34.07%	95.00% 50.17%	99.07% 27.65%
2022-23	57.07% -40.90%	54.47% -40.53%	64.10% -34.97%
2023-24	61.03% 3.96%	61.97% 7.50%	61.27% -2.84%
Average	69.85%	66.77%	71.84%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.53% where the current academic year yield is 35.38%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Delaware College of Art and Design from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.76%	38.75%	40.24%
2014-15	33.93% -5.83%	43.08% 4.33%	30.19% -10.05%
2015-16	50.69% 16.77%	53.70% 10.63%	48.89% 18.70%
2016-17	34.50% -16.20%	39.73% -13.98%	32.43% -16.46%
2017-18	34.81% 0.31%	30.00% -9.73%	37.04% 4.60%
2018-19	41.26% 6.45%	53.66% 23.66%	36.27% -0.76%
2019-20	47.86% 6.60%	50.00% -3.66%	46.88% 10.60%
2020-21	27.48% -20.38%	34.62% -15.38%	25.71% -21.16%
2021-22	37.93% 10.45%	44.74% 10.12%	35.51% 9.80%
2022-23	29.28% -8.65%	26.87% -17.87%	28.80% -6.71%
2023-24	35.38% 6.11%	18.18% -8.68%	43.68% 14.88%
Average	37.53%	39.39%	36.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 267, the average number of admitted is 177, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 65.

The number of DCAD applicants decreased by -45.24% (176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	429	249	99
2014-15	462 7.69%	224 -10.04%	76 -23.23%
2015-16	194 -58.01%	144 -35.71%	73 -3.95%
2016-17	318 63.92%	258 79.17%	89 21.92%
2017-18	200 -37.11%	158 -38.76%	55 -38.20%
2018-19	188 -6.00%	143 -9.49%	59 7.27%
2019-20	196 4.26%	140 -2.10%	67 13.56%
2020-21	205 4.59%	131 -6.43%	36 -46.27%
2021-22	148 -27.80%	145 10.69%	55 52.78%
2022-23	389 162.84%	222 53.10%	65 18.18%
2023-24	213 -45.24%	130 -41.44%	46 -29.23%
Average	267	177	65