Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at FDU-Metropolitan

At Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.80%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.19%, and the 2024 yield is 14.99%.

The number of FDU-Metropolitan applicants decreased by -0.82% (35 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.80%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.01% at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.49% and women students' rate is 86.29%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.41%	73.54%	73.34%
2014-15	80.11% 6.70%	75.05% 1.51%	83.11% 9.78%
2015-16	79.51% -0.59%	75.67% 0.62%	81.81% -1.30%
2016-17	76.83% -2.69%	70.77% -4.90%	80.46% -1.35%
2017-18	87.53% 10.70%	87.61% 16.84%	87.48% 7.02%
2018-19	89.24% 1.71%	88.29% 0.68%	89.88% 2.40%
2019-20	92.24% 3.00%	91.28% 2.98%	92.95% 3.06%
2020-21	88.87% -3.37%	88.43% -2.84%	89.16% -3.78%
2021-22	85.01% -3.86%	82.00% -6.43%	86.99% -2.17%
2022-23	84.09% -0.91%	81.76% -0.24%	86.01% -0.98%
2023-24	96.01% 11.91%	93.01% 11.25%	97.98% 11.98%
Average	84.80%	82.49%	86.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.19% where the current academic year yield is 14.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.94%	22.47%	18.63%
2014-15	19.11% -0.82%	21.07% -1.40%	18.06% -0.57%
2015-16	16.21% -2.90%	18.63% -2.44%	14.88% -3.19%
2016-17	17.32% 1.11%	22.36% 3.72%	14.67% -0.21%
2017-18	21.57% 4.24%	23.03% 0.67%	20.72% 6.05%
2018-19	14.42% -7.15%	15.47% -7.55%	13.71% -7.00%
2019-20	21.43% 7.01%	21.78% 6.31%	21.17% 7.46%
2020-21	15.34% -6.09%	16.54% -5.24%	14.53% -6.64%
2021-22	14.00% -1.34%	16.00% -0.54%	12.01% -2.52%
2022-23	14.71% 0.70%	17.99% 1.99%	12.59% 0.58%
2023-24	14.99% 0.29%	16.01% -1.98%	14.02% 1.43%
Average	17.19%	19.21%	15.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,173, the average number of admitted is 3,519, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 598.

The number of FDU-Metropolitan applicants decreased by -0.82% (35 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,193	3,812	760
2014-15	4,258 -18.01%	3,411 -10.52%	652 -14.21%
2015-16	4,491 5.47%	3,571 4.69%	579 -11.20%
2016-17	4,095 -8.82%	3,146 -11.90%	545 -5.87%
2017-18	3,777 -7.77%	3,306 5.09%	713 30.83%
2018-19	4,703 24.52%	4,197 26.95%	605 -15.15%
2019-20	2,808 -40.29%	2,590 -38.29%	555 -8.26%
2020-21	4,042 43.95%	3,592 38.69%	551 -0.72%
2021-22	3,982 -1.48%	3,385 -5.76%	474 -13.97%
2022-23	4,294 7.84%	3,611 6.68%	531 12.03%
2023-24	4,259 -0.82%	4,089 13.24%	613 15.44%
Average	4,173	3,519	598

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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