Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MECA

At Maine College of Art & Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.98%. MECA's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.58%, and the 2024 yield is 16.99%.

The number of MECA applicants increased by 40.68% (264 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.98% at Maine College of Art & Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.28% and women students' rate is 80.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	96.25%	100.00%	94.92%
2014-15	97.33% 1.08%	96.15% -3.85%	97.64% 2.73%
2015-16	98.05% 0.72%	95.74% -0.41%	98.74% 1.10%
2016-17	86.39% -11.66%	78.26% -17.48%	88.65% -10.09%
2017-18	67.74% -18.65%	64.25% -14.02%	68.85% -19.80%
2018-19	61.37% -6.37%	43.69% -20.55%	71.58% 2.73%
2019-20	62.36% 0.99%	62.30% 18.61%	62.38% -9.20%
2020-21	70.26% 7.90%	68.57% 6.27%	70.74% 8.36%
2021-22	72.07% 1.81%	71.14% 2.57%	72.04% 1.30%
2022-23	73.96% 1.89%	62.77% -8.37%	76.82% 4.77%
2023-24	77.98% 4.02%	74.24% 11.47%	77.98% 1.17%
Average	78.53%	74.28%	80.03%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.58% where the current academic year yield is 16.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.09%	30.95%	35.27%
2014-15	33.42% -0.67%	37.33% 6.38%	32.41% -2.85%
2015-16	29.28% -4.14%	41.11% 3.78%	25.88% -6.54%
2016-17	28.01% -1.27%	25.56% -15.56%	28.61% 2.73%
2017-18	24.01% -4.00%	32.17% 6.62%	21.59% -7.02%
2018-19	18.17% -5.84%	14.08% -18.09%	19.60% -1.99%
2019-20	21.06% 2.90%	26.89% 12.81%	19.51% -0.10%
2020-21	23.04% 1.97%	28.33% 1.44%	21.59% 2.08%
2021-22	21.88% -1.16%	20.98% -7.35%	22.09% 0.50%
2022-23	20.42% -1.46%	31.40% 10.42%	17.38% -4.71%
2023-24	16.99% -3.42%	19.73% -11.67%	14.12% -3.26%
Average	24.58%	28.05%	23.46%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 654, the average number of admitted is 489, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 115.

The number of MECA applicants increased by 40.68% (264 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	320	308	105
2014-15	375 17.19%	365 18.51%	122 16.19%
2015-16	411 9.60%	403 10.41%	118 -3.28%
2016-17	529 28.71%	457 13.40%	128 8.47%
2017-18	744 40.64%	504 10.28%	121 -5.47%
2018-19	888 19.35%	545 8.13%	99 -18.18%
2019-20	906 2.03%	565 3.67%	119 20.20%
2020-21	797 -12.03%	560 -0.88%	129 8.40%
2021-22	666 -16.44%	480 -14.29%	105 -18.60%
2022-23	649 -2.55%	480	98 -6.67%
2023-24	913 40.68%	712 48.33%	121 23.47%
Average	654	489	115

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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