Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Emerson

At Emerson College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 44.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 47.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.74%, and the 2024 yield is 18.99%.

The number of Emerson applicants decreased by -8.40% (1,017 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 44.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 47.00% at Emerson College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 42.72% and women students' rate is 44.80%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.98%	45.50%	49.18%
2014-15	49.18% 1.20%	47.55% 2.05%	50.00% 0.82%
2015-16	49.03% -0.15%	48.54% 0.99%	49.27% -0.73%
2016-17	48.06% -0.97%	47.29% -1.25%	48.42% -0.85%
2017-18	46.06% -2.00%	44.88% -2.41%	46.63% -1.79%
2018-19	35.64% -10.42%	34.14% -10.74%	36.32% -10.31%
2019-20	33.35% -2.29%	32.79% -1.35%	33.60% -2.72%
2020-21	41.05% 7.70%	41.74% 8.95%	40.75% 7.15%
2021-22	45.00% 3.96%	44.00% 2.26%	46.00% 5.25%
2022-23	42.75% -2.26%	40.53% -3.48%	43.59% -2.41%
2023-24	47.00% 4.25%	43.00% 2.47%	48.99% 5.40%
Average	44.10%	42.72%	44.80%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.74% where the current academic year yield is 18.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.94%	24.86%	20.63%
2014-15	20.01% -1.93%	24.08% -0.78%	18.06% -2.57%
2015-16	21.66% 1.65%	25.19% 1.11%	19.88% 1.82%
2016-17	20.04% -1.62%	23.46% -1.73%	18.47% -1.41%
2017-18	19.53% -0.51%	23.13% -0.33%	17.86% -0.61%
2018-19	20.01% 0.48%	24.71% 1.58%	18.01% 0.15%
2019-20	18.40% -1.61%	21.02% -3.69%	17.26% -0.74%
2020-21	17.17% -1.23%	19.67% -1.36%	16.06% -1.20%
2021-22	20.00% 2.83%	21.97% 2.30%	20.01% 3.95%
2022-23	19.36% -0.64%	23.41% 1.45%	17.92% -2.08%
2023-24	18.99% -0.37%	23.00% -0.41%	17.00% -0.92%
Average	19.74%	23.14%	18.29%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,038, the average number of admitted is 4,764, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 935.

The number of Emerson applicants decreased by -8.40% (1,017 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,198	3,933	863
2014-15	8,709 6.23%	4,283 8.90%	857 -0.70%
2015-16	8,618 -1.04%	4,225 -1.35%	915 6.77%
2016-17	9,149 6.16%	4,397 4.07%	881 -3.72%
2017-18	10,360 13.24%	4,772 8.53%	932 5.79%
2018-19	12,941 24.91%	4,612 -3.35%	923 -0.97%
2019-20	15,353 18.64%	5,120 11.01%	942 2.06%
2020-21	13,326 -13.20%	5,470 6.84%	939 -0.32%
2021-22	11,568 -13.19%	5,206 -4.83%	1,041 10.86%
2022-23	12,109 4.68%	5,176 -0.58%	1,002 -3.75%
2023-24	11,092 -8.40%	5,213 0.71%	990 -1.20%
Average	11,038	4,764	935

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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