Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at FIDM LA

At FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 44.13%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 41.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 56.85%, and the 2024 yield is 27.75%.

The number of FIDM LA applicants decreased by -79.24% (1,573 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 44.13%, and this year's acceptance rate is 41.99% at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 40.98% and women students' rate is 44.53%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.01%	51.22%	57.78%
2014-15	51.78% -5.23%	43.37% -7.85%	52.96% -4.82%
2015-16	49.26% -2.52%	40.98% -2.39%	50.49% -2.48%
2016-17	41.45% -7.81%	32.86% -8.12%	42.87% -7.62%
2017-18	39.47% -1.98%	35.15% 2.28%	40.26% -2.61%
2018-19	51.93% 12.47%	47.46% 12.31%	52.86% 12.60%
2019-20	36.24% -15.70%	36.45% -11.01%	36.19% -16.67%
2020-21	38.64% 2.40%	37.54% 1.09%	38.91% 2.71%
2021-22	35.97% -2.66%	39.13% 1.59%	35.01% -3.90%
2022-23	41.71% 5.74%	43.42% 4.29%	41.40% 6.40%
2023-24	41.99% 0.28%	43.24% -0.18%	41.07% -0.34%
Average	44.13%	40.98%	44.53%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 56.85% where the current academic year yield is 27.75%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	64.70%	70.48%	64.02%
2014-15	64.47% -0.23%	68.06% -2.42%	64.06% 0.04%
2015-16	67.38% 2.91%	69.33% 1.28%	67.15% 3.09%
2016-17	63.88% -3.50%	61.43% -7.90%	64.20% -2.95%
2017-18	61.45% -2.43%	71.43% 10.00%	59.85% -4.35%
2018-19	61.24% -0.21%	65.18% -6.25%	60.50% 0.65%
2019-20	63.58% 2.35%	75.21% 10.04%	61.12% 0.62%
2020-21	54.65% -8.93%	52.10% -23.11%	55.25% -5.87%
2021-22	54.10% -0.54%	56.48% 4.38%	53.88% -1.37%
2022-23	42.15% -11.95%	43.18% -13.30%	41.95% -11.93%
2023-24	27.75% -14.40%	37.50% -5.68%	27.27% -14.68%
Average	56.85%	60.94%	56.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,480, the average number of admitted is 652, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 384.

The number of FIDM LA applicants decreased by -79.24% (1,573 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,754	1,000	647
2014-15	1,348 -23.15%	698 -30.20%	450 -30.45%
2015-16	1,419 5.27%	699 0.14%	471 4.67%
2016-17	1,503 5.92%	623 -10.87%	398 -15.50%
2017-18	1,538 2.33%	607 -2.57%	373 -6.28%
2018-19	1,371 -10.86%	712 17.30%	436 16.89%
2019-20	1,849 34.87%	670 -5.90%	426 -2.29%
2020-21	1,615 -12.66%	624 -6.87%	341 -19.95%
2021-22	1,490 -7.74%	536 -14.10%	290 -14.96%
2022-23	1,985 33.22%	828 54.48%	349 20.34%
2023-24	412 -79.24%	173 -79.11%	48 -86.25%
Average	1,480	652	384

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and similar schools.