Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MCAD

At Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 48.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Minneapolis College of Art and Design than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 39.60%, and the 2024 yield is 39.06%.

The number of MCAD applicants increased by 32.49% (217 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 48.02% at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.99% and women students' rate is 61.82%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Minneapolis College of Art and Design than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.95%	58.11%	59.31%
2014-15	64.41% 5.45%	60.56% 2.46%	66.06% 6.75%
2015-16	66.01% 1.60%	62.50% 1.94%	67.33% 1.27%
2016-17	65.25% -0.76%	58.56% -3.94%	67.91% 0.59%
2017-18	58.53% -6.73%	50.73% -7.83%	61.81% -6.11%
2018-19	62.63% 4.11%	63.19% 12.46%	62.42% 0.61%
2019-20	58.50% -4.13%	57.29% -5.90%	58.94% -3.48%
2020-21	54.68% -3.82%	53.54% -3.75%	55.13% -3.81%
2021-22	65.99% 11.31%	62.22% 8.69%	67.03% 11.90%
2022-23	56.89% -9.10%	52.23% -9.99%	62.08% -4.95%
2023-24	48.02% -8.86%	47.93% -4.30%	52.02% -10.06%
Average	59.99%	56.99%	61.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 39.60% where the current academic year yield is 39.06%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.61%	40.70%	40.58%
2014-15	39.47% -1.14%	38.37% -2.33%	39.91% -0.67%
2015-16	39.51% 0.04%	41.05% 2.68%	38.97% -0.94%
2016-17	39.28% -0.23%	36.79% -4.26%	40.13% 1.16%
2017-18	32.84% -6.44%	36.54% -0.25%	31.56% -8.57%
2018-19	42.54% 9.70%	46.09% 9.55%	41.16% 9.60%
2019-20	40.73% -1.81%	42.11% -3.98%	40.25% -0.91%
2020-21	40.53% -0.21%	47.17% 5.06%	37.96% -2.29%
2021-22	38.95% -1.57%	41.96% -5.21%	38.11% 0.15%
2022-23	42.11% 3.15%	47.56% 5.60%	40.60% 2.49%
2023-24	39.06% -3.05%	49.04% 1.48%	36.02% -4.58%
Average	39.60%	42.49%	38.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 649, the average number of admitted is 385, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 152.

The number of MCAD applicants increased by 32.49% (217 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	497	293	119
2014-15	472 -5.03%	304 3.75%	120 0.84%
2015-16	556 17.80%	367 20.72%	145 20.83%
2016-17	636 14.39%	415 13.08%	163 12.41%
2017-18	692 8.81%	405 -2.41%	133 -18.40%
2018-19	653 -5.64%	409 0.99%	174 30.83%
2019-20	747 14.40%	437 6.85%	178 2.30%
2020-21	695 -6.96%	380 -13.04%	154 -13.48%
2021-22	638 -8.20%	421 10.79%	164 6.49%
2022-23	668 4.70%	380 -9.74%	160 -2.44%
2023-24	885 32.49%	425 11.84%	166 3.75%
Average	649	385	152

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Minneapolis College of Art and Design and similar schools.