Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MCLA

At Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.47%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.03%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.28%, and the 2024 yield is 13.03%.

The number of MCLA applicants increased by 5.98% (87 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.47%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.03% at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.51% and women students' rate is 82.57%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.20%	63.87%	68.80%
2014-15	72.27% 5.07%	68.71% 4.85%	74.08% 5.29%
2015-16	73.41% 1.14%	66.71% -2.00%	76.78% 2.69%
2016-17	77.10% 3.69%	77.11% 10.40%	77.07% 0.29%
2017-18	76.63% -0.47%	69.99% -7.13%	80.30% 3.23%
2018-19	73.69% -2.94%	68.03% -1.95%	76.96% -3.34%
2019-20	81.64% 7.95%	78.11% 10.07%	83.86% 6.90%
2020-21	87.68% 6.03%	82.92% 4.81%	90.29% 6.43%
2021-22	91.03% 3.35%	87.03% 4.11%	92.97% 2.68%
2022-23	92.45% 1.42%	89.18% 2.15%	94.18% 1.21%
2023-24	92.03% -0.42%	89.94% 0.76%	93.01% -1.17%
Average	80.47%	76.51%	82.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.28% where the current academic year yield is 13.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.58%	31.43%	25.86%
2014-15	23.58% -4.00%	24.53% -6.90%	23.12% -2.74%
2015-16	17.59% -5.99%	18.20% -6.33%	16.39% -6.74%
2016-17	21.07% 3.48%	11.83% -6.37%	39.35% 22.96%
2017-18	19.37% -1.70%	22.27% 10.43%	17.97% -21.37%
2018-19	18.41% -0.96%	21.62% -0.65%	16.77% -1.20%
2019-20	19.90% 1.49%	22.16% 0.54%	18.58% 1.81%
2020-21	14.39% -5.51%	16.83% -5.32%	13.16% -5.42%
2021-22	12.98% -1.41%	17.06% 0.23%	11.03% -2.14%
2022-23	13.15% 0.17%	18.54% 1.47%	10.60% -0.43%
2023-24	13.03% -0.12%	17.90% -0.64%	11.02% 0.42%
Average	18.28%	20.22%	18.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,747, the average number of admitted is 1,388, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 254.

The number of MCLA applicants increased by 5.98% (87 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,689	1,135	313
2014-15	2,066 22.32%	1,493 31.54%	352 12.46%
2015-16	2,091 1.21%	1,535 2.81%	270 -23.30%
2016-17	2,013 -3.73%	1,552 1.11%	327 21.11%
2017-18	1,947 -3.28%	1,492 -3.87%	289 -11.62%
2018-19	1,931 -0.82%	1,423 -4.62%	262 -9.34%
2019-20	1,754 -9.17%	1,432 0.63%	285 8.78%
2020-21	1,355 -22.75%	1,188 -17.04%	171 -40.00%
2021-22	1,371 1.18%	1,248 5.05%	162 -5.26%
2022-23	1,456 6.20%	1,346 7.85%	177 9.26%
2023-24	1,543 5.98%	1,420 5.50%	185 4.52%
Average	1,747	1,388	254

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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