Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SFCM

At San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 44.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 51.94%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into San Francisco Conservatory of Music than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.42%, and the 2024 yield is 24.12%.

The number of SFCM applicants increased by 11.99% (47 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 44.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 51.94% at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.62% and women students' rate is 41.80%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into San Francisco Conservatory of Music than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at San Francisco Conservatory of Music over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	39.86%	41.09%	38.92%
2014-15	37.27% -2.59%	47.41% 6.32%	30.26% -8.67%
2015-16	46.69% 9.41%	49.03% 1.62%	44.93% 14.67%
2016-17	41.75% -4.94%	47.15% -1.88%	37.23% -7.70%
2017-18	43.80% 2.05%	49.21% 2.06%	39.19% 1.96%
2018-19	45.21% 1.42%	47.24% -1.96%	43.04% 3.85%
2019-20	47.58% 2.37%	48.84% 1.59%	46.08% 3.04%
2020-21	45.62% -1.96%	48.74% -0.10%	42.80% -3.28%
2021-22	45.97% 0.35%	50.00% 1.26%	43.00% 0.20%
2022-23	41.58% -4.39%	44.28% -5.72%	41.28% -1.72%
2023-24	51.94% 10.35%	50.89% 6.61%	53.02% 11.74%
Average	44.30%	47.62%	41.80%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.42% where the current academic year yield is 24.12%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.97%	28.30%	27.69%
2014-15	33.33% 5.37%	45.31% 17.01%	20.34% -7.35%
2015-16	19.53% -13.81%	26.32% -19.00%	13.98% -6.36%
2016-17	30.51% 10.98%	31.87% 5.55%	29.07% 15.09%
2017-18	33.89% 3.38%	36.56% 4.69%	31.03% 1.96%
2018-19	27.48% -6.41%	25.83% -10.73%	29.41% -1.62%
2019-20	26.99% -0.49%	29.37% 3.53%	24.00% -5.41%
2020-21	24.89% -2.10%	29.31% -0.05%	20.35% -3.65%
2021-22	25.26% 0.37%	27.03% -2.28%	22.09% 1.74%
2022-23	27.61% 2.35%	31.46% 4.43%	21.13% -0.97%
2023-24	24.12% -3.48%	31.58% 0.12%	15.79% -5.34%
Average	27.42%	31.18%	23.17%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 413, the average number of admitted is 184, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 50.

The number of SFCM applicants increased by 11.99% (47 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	296	118	33
2014-15	330 11.49%	123 4.24%	41 24.24%
2015-16	362 9.70%	169 37.40%	33 -19.51%
2016-17	424 17.13%	177 4.73%	54 63.64%
2017-18	411 -3.07%	180 1.69%	61 12.96%
2018-19	491 19.46%	222 23.33%	61
2019-20	475 -3.26%	226 1.80%	61
2020-21	502 5.68%	229 1.33%	57 -6.56%
2021-22	422 -15.94%	194 -15.28%	49 -14.04%
2022-23	392 -7.11%	163 -15.98%	45 -8.16%
2023-24	439 11.99%	228 39.88%	55 22.22%
Average	413	184	50

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between San Francisco Conservatory of Music and similar schools.