Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Manhattan School of Music

At Manhattan School of Music, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 43.03%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 40.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Manhattan School of Music than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.43%, and the 2024 yield is 24.96%.

The number of Manhattan School of Music applicants increased by 39.44% (405 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 43.03%, and this year's acceptance rate is 40.01% at Manhattan School of Music. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 43.78% and women students' rate is 42.90%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Manhattan School of Music than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Manhattan School of Music over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	34.31%	27.42%	41.45%
2014-15	44.82% 10.50%	42.68% 15.26%	47.41% 5.95%
2015-16	46.07% 1.25%	41.94% -0.74%	50.47% 3.06%
2016-17	46.27% 0.20%	46.83% 4.88%	45.80% -4.67%
2017-18	42.87% -3.40%	48.08% 1.25%	38.57% -7.23%
2018-19	37.84% -5.03%	42.02% -6.06%	34.36% -4.21%
2019-20	35.54% -2.31%	39.00% -3.02%	32.48% -1.89%
2020-21	41.56% 6.03%	41.75% 2.75%	42.06% 9.58%
2021-22	48.99% 7.42%	50.10% 8.35%	47.92% 5.87%
2022-23	55.01% 6.03%	57.80% 7.70%	53.41% 5.48%
2023-24	40.01% -15.00%	43.96% -13.84%	37.96% -15.45%
Average	43.03%	43.78%	42.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.43% where the current academic year yield is 24.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Manhattan School of Music from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.77%	24.06%	25.26%
2014-15	28.11% 3.34%	24.76% 0.70%	31.77% 6.51%
2015-16	27.72% -0.39%	30.00% 5.24%	25.70% -6.07%
2016-17	34.31% 6.59%	31.39% 1.39%	36.83% 11.13%
2017-18	23.33% -10.99%	20.80% -10.59%	25.93% -10.91%
2018-19	28.28% 4.96%	30.00% 9.20%	26.53% 0.60%
2019-20	24.57% -3.71%	24.90% -5.10%	24.23% -2.30%
2020-21	23.34% -1.23%	21.37% -3.53%	24.82% 0.59%
2021-22	24.06% 0.72%	24.90% 3.53%	23.23% -1.59%
2022-23	27.26% 3.19%	28.14% 3.24%	26.60% 3.37%
2023-24	24.96% -2.30%	26.10% -2.04%	22.96% -3.64%
Average	26.43%	26.04%	26.71%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,271, the average number of admitted is 547, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 150.

The number of Manhattan School of Music applicants increased by 39.44% (405 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	953	327	81
2014-15	897 -5.88%	402 22.94%	113 39.51%
2015-16	877 -2.23%	404 0.50%	112 -0.88%
2016-17	2,721 210.26%	1,259 211.63%	432 285.71%
2017-18	1,150 -57.74%	493 -60.84%	115 -73.38%
2018-19	1,308 13.74%	495 0.41%	140 21.74%
2019-20	1,317 0.69%	468 -5.45%	115 -17.86%
2020-21	1,268 -3.72%	527 12.61%	123 6.96%
2021-22	1,035 -18.38%	507 -3.80%	122 -0.81%
2022-23	1,027 -0.77%	565 11.44%	154 26.23%
2023-24	1,432 39.44%	573 1.42%	143 -7.14%
Average	1,271	547	150

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Manhattan School of Music and similar schools.