Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PAFA

At Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.92%, and the 2024 yield is 11.24%.

The number of PAFA applicants increased by 4.92% (9 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.02% at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.48% and women students' rate is 90.85%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.06%	85.29%	83.65%
2014-15	98.11% 14.06%	100.00% 14.71%	97.14% 13.49%
2015-16	97.99% -0.12%	98.21% -1.79%	97.90% 0.76%
2016-17	92.40% -5.59%	93.33% -4.88%	92.06% -5.84%
2017-18	92.70% 0.30%	87.23% -6.10%	94.66% 2.59%
2018-19	90.17% -2.52%	80.49% -6.75%	93.18% -1.47%
2019-20	88.37% -1.80%	79.41% -1.08%	90.58% -2.60%
2020-21	87.79% -0.58%	83.33% 3.92%	88.97% -1.61%
2021-22	83.61% -4.18%	77.78% -5.56%	84.62% -4.36%
2022-23	91.26% 7.65%	89.74% 11.97%	91.74% 7.12%
2023-24	88.02% -3.24%	87.50% -2.24%	84.87% -6.86%
Average	90.41%	87.48%	90.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.92% where the current academic year yield is 11.24%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.34%	55.17%	28.74%
2014-15	40.38% 5.04%	27.78% -27.39%	47.06% 18.32%
2015-16	19.49% -20.90%	21.82% -5.96%	18.57% -28.49%
2016-17	24.05% 4.56%	30.95% 9.13%	21.55% 2.98%
2017-18	23.03% -1.02%	14.63% -16.32%	25.81% 4.25%
2018-19	21.79% -1.24%	21.21% 6.58%	21.95% -3.86%
2019-20	21.05% -0.74%	18.52% -2.69%	21.60% -0.35%
2020-21	12.58% -8.47%	13.33% -5.19%	12.40% -9.20%
2021-22	9.80% -2.78%	14.29% 0.95%	9.09% -3.31%
2022-23	11.38% 1.57%	28.57% 14.29%	8.11% -0.98%
2023-24	11.24% -0.13%	11.90% -16.67%	10.89% 2.78%
Average	20.92%	23.47%	20.52%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 159, the average number of admitted is 144, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 28.

The number of PAFA applicants increased by 4.92% (9 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	138	116	41
2014-15	53 -61.59%	52 -55.17%	21 -48.78%
2015-16	199 275.47%	195 275.00%	38 80.95%
2016-17	171 -14.07%	158 -18.97%	38
2017-18	178 4.09%	165 4.43%	38
2018-19	173 -2.81%	156 -5.45%	34 -10.53%
2019-20	172 -0.58%	152 -2.56%	32 -5.88%
2020-21	172	151 -0.66%	19 -40.63%
2021-22	122 -29.07%	102 -32.45%	10 -47.37%
2022-23	183 50.00%	167 63.73%	19 90.00%
2023-24	192 4.92%	169 1.20%	19
Average	159	144	28

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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