Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SVA

At School of Visual Arts, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.55%, and the 2024 yield is 23.99%.

The number of SVA applicants decreased by -0.12% (4 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.01% at School of Visual Arts. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.80% and women students' rate is 78.45%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.89%	69.97%	77.27%
2014-15	76.77% 1.88%	69.92% -0.06%	79.86% 2.59%
2015-16	75.33% -1.44%	64.77% -5.14%	79.63% -0.23%
2016-17	74.45% -0.87%	66.51% 1.74%	77.58% -2.05%
2017-18	72.36% -2.10%	63.19% -3.32%	75.82% -1.77%
2018-19	70.00% -2.35%	62.03% -1.16%	73.18% -2.64%
2019-20	71.13% 1.13%	62.16% 0.13%	74.52% 1.34%
2020-21	71.53% 0.40%	71.58% 9.42%	71.52% -3.00%
2021-22	71.01% -0.53%	65.96% -5.62%	73.01% 1.49%
2022-23	87.41% 16.40%	83.77% 17.82%	88.49% 15.48%
2023-24	91.01% 3.60%	87.99% 4.22%	92.01% 3.52%
Average	75.99%	69.80%	78.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.55% where the current academic year yield is 23.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at School of Visual Arts from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.13%	30.88%	22.61%
2014-15	23.65% -1.48%	31.64% 0.75%	20.50% -2.11%
2015-16	25.40% 1.75%	29.24% -2.40%	24.13% 3.63%
2016-17	26.26% 0.86%	27.97% -1.27%	25.68% 1.56%
2017-18	26.05% -0.21%	31.31% 3.34%	24.40% -1.28%
2018-19	28.90% 2.85%	31.13% -0.18%	28.15% 3.75%
2019-20	31.80% 2.90%	34.02% 2.89%	31.11% 2.95%
2020-21	18.24% -13.56%	18.34% -15.68%	18.21% -12.89%
2021-22	26.00% 7.76%	31.00% 12.66%	24.00% 5.79%
2022-23	25.61% -0.39%	27.18% -3.82%	25.17% 1.17%
2023-24	23.99% -1.62%	25.07% -2.11%	22.99% -2.17%
Average	25.55%	28.89%	24.27%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,812, the average number of admitted is 2,881, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 736.

The number of SVA applicants decreased by -0.12% (4 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,278	2,455	617
2014-15	3,431 4.67%	2,634 7.29%	623 0.97%
2015-16	3,648 6.32%	2,748 4.33%	698 12.04%
2016-17	3,805 4.30%	2,833 3.09%	744 6.59%
2017-18	3,708 -2.55%	2,683 -5.29%	699 -6.05%
2018-19	4,364 17.69%	3,055 13.87%	883 26.32%
2019-20	4,261 -2.36%	3,031 -0.79%	964 9.17%
2020-21	4,314 1.24%	3,086 1.81%	563 -41.60%
2021-22	4,208 -2.46%	2,988 -3.18%	777 38.01%
2022-23	3,462 -17.73%	3,026 1.27%	775 -0.26%
2023-24	3,458 -0.12%	3,147 4.00%	755 -2.58%
Average	3,812	2,881	736

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