Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NCAD

At Northwest College of Art & Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.50%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 75.82%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northwest College of Art & Design than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 35.04%, and the 2024 yield is 47.41%.

The number of NCAD applicants increased by 16.79% (22 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.50%, and this year's acceptance rate is 75.82% at Northwest College of Art & Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.43% and women students' rate is 56.18%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northwest College of Art & Design than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.35%	75.00%	85.96%
2014-15	76.62% -5.73%	60.87% -14.13%	83.33% -2.63%
2015-16	77.89% 1.27%	66.67% 5.80%	80.52% -2.81%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	73.68% -	84.21% -	68.42% -
2020-21	84.27% 10.59%	85.71% 1.50%	83.33% 14.91%
2021-22	71.92% -12.35%	77.27% -8.44%	69.61% -13.73%
2022-23	67.94% -3.98%	67.50% -9.77%	68.13% -1.48%
2023-24	75.82% 7.88%	70.45% 2.95%	78.70% 10.57%
Average	55.50%	53.43%	56.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 35.04% where the current academic year yield is 47.41%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	62.86%	57.14%	65.31%
2014-15	42.37% -20.48%	42.86% -14.29%	42.22% -23.08%
2015-16	45.95% 3.57%	58.33% 15.48%	43.55% 1.33%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	54.76% -	50.00% -	57.69% -
2020-21	48.00% -6.76%	63.33% 13.33%	37.78% -19.91%
2021-22	32.38% -15.62%	44.12% -19.22%	26.76% -11.02%
2022-23	51.69% 19.30%	59.26% 15.14%	48.39% 21.63%
2023-24	47.41% -4.27%	41.94% -17.32%	49.41% 1.02%
Average	35.04%	37.91%	33.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 76, the average number of admitted is 57, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 27.

The number of NCAD applicants increased by 16.79% (22 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	85	70	44
2014-15	77 -9.41%	59 -15.71%	25 -43.18%
2015-16	95 23.38%	74 25.42%	34 36.00%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	57-	42-	23-
2020-21	89 56.14%	75 78.57%	36 56.52%
2021-22	146 64.04%	105 40.00%	34 -5.56%
2022-23	131 -10.27%	89 -15.24%	46 35.29%
2023-24	153 16.79%	116 30.34%	55 19.57%
Average	76	57	27

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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