Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

At Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.54%, and the 2024 yield is 18.02%.

The number of Massachusetts College of Art and Design applicants increased by 16.51% (429 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.01% at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.89% and women students' rate is 75.11%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.82%	60.93%	73.23%
2014-15	72.94% 3.11%	65.11% 4.18%	75.84% 2.61%
2015-16	71.33% -1.61%	62.46% -2.65%	74.27% -1.57%
2016-17	70.87% -0.46%	60.14% -2.32%	75.18% 0.92%
2017-18	70.66% -0.21%	61.67% 1.54%	73.82% -1.36%
2018-19	67.19% -3.48%	54.45% -7.22%	71.82% -2.00%
2019-20	57.82% -9.36%	45.82% -8.63%	62.56% -9.27%
2020-21	70.27% 12.44%	58.85% 13.03%	74.40% 11.85%
2021-22	79.00% 8.73%	68.94% 10.09%	82.01% 7.61%
2022-23	78.64% -0.36%	66.32% -2.63%	82.10% 0.09%
2023-24	77.01% -1.63%	65.07% -1.24%	80.99% -1.11%
Average	71.41%	60.89%	75.11%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.54% where the current academic year yield is 18.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.41%	40.51%	36.42%
2014-15	33.44% -3.98%	35.87% -4.64%	32.66% -3.76%
2015-16	32.27% -1.17%	34.34% -1.52%	31.69% -0.97%
2016-17	34.47% 2.20%	35.61% 1.26%	34.10% 2.41%
2017-18	25.15% -9.32%	25.07% -10.54%	25.17% -8.93%
2018-19	21.11% -4.03%	24.40% -0.67%	20.21% -4.97%
2019-20	21.46% 0.34%	22.75% -1.65%	21.08% 0.88%
2020-21	17.60% -3.86%	18.62% -4.13%	17.31% -3.78%
2021-22	19.98% 2.38%	23.11% 4.50%	18.98% 1.68%
2022-23	20.02% 0.04%	23.02% -0.10%	19.34% 0.36%
2023-24	18.02% -2.00%	22.94% -0.08%	17.02% -2.31%
Average	25.54%	27.84%	24.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,212, the average number of admitted is 1,575, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 371.

The number of Massachusetts College of Art and Design applicants increased by 16.51% (429 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,405	981	367
2014-15	1,345 -4.27%	981	328 -10.63%
2015-16	1,273 -5.35%	908 -7.44%	293 -10.67%
2016-17	1,531 20.27%	1,085 19.49%	374 27.65%
2017-18	2,386 55.85%	1,686 55.39%	424 13.37%
2018-19	2,566 7.54%	1,724 2.25%	364 -14.15%
2019-20	3,087 20.30%	1,785 3.54%	383 5.22%
2020-21	2,677 -13.28%	1,881 5.38%	331 -13.58%
2021-22	2,433 -9.11%	1,922 2.18%	384 16.01%
2022-23	2,598 6.78%	2,043 6.30%	409 6.51%
2023-24	3,027 16.51%	2,331 14.10%	420 2.69%
Average	2,212	1,575	371

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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