Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SCAD

At Savannah College of Art and Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%. SCAD's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.96%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of SCAD applicants increased by 3.78% (544 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Savannah College of Art and Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.10% and women students' rate is 79.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.47%	62.44%	66.71%
2014-15	66.55% 1.08%	64.79% 2.36%	67.27% 0.56%
2015-16	69.91% 3.36%	67.22% 2.42%	70.94% 3.67%
2016-17	71.71% 1.80%	67.94% 0.72%	73.27% 2.33%
2017-18	92.87% 21.16%	89.65% 21.71%	94.13% 20.86%
2018-19	70.27% -22.61%	66.63% -23.02%	71.71% -22.42%
2019-20	95.91% 25.64%	93.60% 26.98%	96.72% 25.01%
2020-21	77.92% -17.99%	75.62% -17.98%	78.75% -17.97%
2021-22	81.00% 3.07%	78.01% 2.39%	82.00% 3.24%
2022-23	81.73% 0.74%	79.18% 1.17%	82.62% 0.62%
2023-24	84.00% 2.27%	80.99% 1.80%	85.00% 2.38%
Average	77.94%	75.10%	79.01%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.96% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.15%	35.76%	29.39%
2014-15	29.72% -1.43%	33.53% -2.23%	28.26% -1.13%
2015-16	29.77% 0.05%	34.39% 0.86%	28.09% -0.17%
2016-17	27.56% -2.20%	31.02% -3.37%	26.24% -1.85%
2017-18	26.56% -1.00%	30.33% -0.69%	25.16% -1.08%
2018-19	26.51% -0.06%	28.86% -1.47%	25.64% 0.48%
2019-20	25.68% -0.83%	30.35% 1.50%	24.08% -1.56%
2020-21	19.06% -6.62%	21.26% -9.10%	18.30% -5.79%
2021-22	22.00% 2.94%	26.00% 4.74%	21.00% 2.70%
2022-23	29.50% 7.50%	33.51% 7.51%	28.16% 7.16%
2023-24	29.00% -0.50%	32.01% -1.51%	28.00% -0.15%
Average	26.96%	30.64%	25.67%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,106, the average number of admitted is 9,498, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,514.

The number of SCAD applicants increased by 3.78% (544 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,292	5,429	1,691
2014-15	9,268 11.77%	6,168 13.61%	1,833 8.40%
2015-16	9,841 6.18%	6,880 11.54%	2,048 11.73%
2016-17	11,246 14.28%	8,065 17.22%	2,223 8.54%
2017-18	9,878 -12.16%	9,174 13.75%	2,437 9.63%
2018-19	14,812 49.95%	10,408 13.45%	2,759 13.21%
2019-20	11,267 -23.93%	10,806 3.82%	2,775 0.58%
2020-21	14,327 27.16%	11,164 3.31%	2,128 -23.32%
2021-22	14,914 4.10%	12,080 8.20%	2,658 24.91%
2022-23	14,387 -3.53%	11,759 -2.66%	3,469 30.51%
2023-24	14,931 3.78%	12,542 6.66%	3,637 4.84%
Average	12,106	9,498	2,514

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