Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SCI-Arc

At Southern California Institute of Architecture, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 46.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southern California Institute of Architecture than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 8.86%, and the 2024 yield is 6.96%.

The number of SCI-Arc applicants increased by 18.13% (93 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 46.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at Southern California Institute of Architecture. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 45.44% and women students' rate is 48.18%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southern California Institute of Architecture than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Southern California Institute of Architecture over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.67%	84.38%	89.29%
2014-15	80.79% -5.88%	80.87% -3.51%	80.68% -8.60%
2015-16	73.36% -7.42%	71.30% -9.57%	75.76% -4.92%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	67.30% -	61.83% -	71.61% -
2021-22	65.09% -2.20%	64.86% 3.04%	64.85% -6.76%
2022-23	59.84% -5.25%	56.61% -8.25%	62.73% -2.12%
2023-24	83.00% 23.16%	80.00% 23.39%	85.04% 22.31%
Average	46.91%	45.44%	48.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 8.86% where the current academic year yield is 6.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southern California Institute of Architecture from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.51%	23.46%	17.33%
2014-15	20.73% 0.22%	24.73% 1.27%	15.49% -1.84%
2015-16	19.75% -0.99%	23.17% -1.56%	16.00% 0.51%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	9.51% -	14.78% -	5.92% -
2021-22	10.87% 1.36%	13.33% -1.45%	10.32% 4.41%
2022-23	9.12% -1.75%	12.41% -0.92%	6.47% -3.85%
2023-24	6.96% -2.16%	8.96% -3.45%	5.17% -1.30%
Average	8.86%	10.99%	6.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 233, the average number of admitted is 168, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 20.

The number of SCI-Arc applicants increased by 18.13% (93 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Southern California Institute of Architecture from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	180	156	32
2014-15	203 12.78%	164 5.13%	34 6.25%
2015-16	214 5.42%	157 -4.27%	31 -8.82%
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	422-	284-	27-
2021-22	424 0.47%	276 -2.82%	30 11.11%
2022-23	513 20.99%	307 11.23%	28 -6.67%
2023-24	606 18.13%	503 63.84%	35 25.00%
Average	233	168	20

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Southern California Institute of Architecture and similar schools.