Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at FIT

At Fashion Institute of Technology, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Fashion Institute of Technology than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 58.12%, and the 2024 yield is 53.01%.

The number of FIT applicants decreased by -7.35% (343 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at Fashion Institute of Technology. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 44.64% and women students' rate is 50.61%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Fashion Institute of Technology than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	44.84%	44.09%	44.96%
2014-15	44.28% -0.56%	40.13% -3.96%	44.92% -0.04%
2015-16	40.98% -3.30%	36.91% -3.21%	41.64% -3.28%
2016-17	40.41% -0.57%	35.69% -1.23%	41.35% -0.29%
2017-18	47.04% 6.62%	41.52% 5.83%	48.16% 6.81%
2018-19	52.67% 5.64%	48.07% 6.55%	53.71% 5.55%
2019-20	53.89% 1.22%	44.01% -4.06%	56.41% 2.70%
2020-21	58.98% 5.09%	51.75% 7.74%	60.75% 4.34%
2021-22	52.00% -6.98%	47.04% -4.71%	52.00% -8.75%
2022-23	52.80% 0.80%	52.79% 5.74%	52.80% 0.79%
2023-24	58.00% 5.20%	48.98% -3.80%	60.00% 7.20%
Average	49.63%	44.64%	50.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 58.12% where the current academic year yield is 53.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Fashion Institute of Technology from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	61.80%	62.32%	61.72%
2014-15	63.13% 1.33%	62.99% 0.67%	63.15% 1.43%
2015-16	64.94% 1.81%	66.80% 3.81%	64.67% 1.52%
2016-17	67.95% 3.01%	73.26% 6.46%	67.04% 2.37%
2017-18	56.66% -11.29%	59.16% -14.10%	56.22% -10.82%
2018-19	56.53% -0.13%	62.91% 3.75%	55.24% -0.98%
2019-20	58.58% 2.05%	63.22% 0.32%	57.66% 2.42%
2020-21	50.23% -8.35%	49.44% -13.79%	50.40% -7.26%
2021-22	52.02% 1.79%	53.07% 3.64%	51.97% 1.57%
2022-23	54.48% 2.46%	62.80% 9.72%	52.97% 1.00%
2023-24	53.01% -1.47%	54.03% -8.77%	53.01% 0.04%
Average	58.12%	60.91%	57.64%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,573, the average number of admitted is 2,263, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,303.

The number of FIT applicants decreased by -7.35% (343 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,449	1,995	1,233
2014-15	4,729 6.29%	2,094 4.96%	1,322 7.22%
2015-16	4,753 0.51%	1,948 -6.97%	1,265 -4.31%
2016-17	4,632 -2.55%	1,872 -3.90%	1,272 0.55%
2017-18	4,739 2.31%	2,229 19.07%	1,263 -0.71%
2018-19	4,507 -4.90%	2,374 6.51%	1,342 6.25%
2019-20	4,444 -1.40%	2,395 0.88%	1,403 4.55%
2020-21	4,354 -2.03%	2,568 7.22%	1,290 -8.05%
2021-22	4,706 8.08%	2,447 -4.71%	1,273 -1.32%
2022-23	4,669 -0.79%	2,465 0.74%	1,343 5.50%
2023-24	4,326 -7.35%	2,509 1.78%	1,330 -0.97%
Average	4,573	2,263	1,303

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Fashion Institute of Technology and similar schools.