Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at The Catholic University of America

At The Catholic University of America, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.14%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.63%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of The Catholic University of America applicants decreased by 1.26% (73 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.14%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at The Catholic University of America. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.67% and women students' rate is 81.90%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at The Catholic University of America over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.07%	62.05%	58.46%
2014-15	73.91% 13.85%	74.58% 12.53%	73.39% 14.93%
2015-16	78.57% 4.66%	76.40% 1.82%	80.23% 6.84%
2016-17	79.55% 0.98%	74.68% -1.72%	83.19% 2.96%
2017-18	82.58% 3.03%	79.81% 5.12%	84.52% 1.33%
2018-19	83.68% 1.10%	79.81% 0.00%	86.60% 2.08%
2019-20	85.36% 1.68%	81.31% 1.50%	88.27% 1.66%
2020-21	82.23% -3.13%	78.45% -2.86%	84.90% -3.37%
2021-22	86.01% 3.77%	82.98% 4.53%	88.00% 3.10%
2022-23	85.59% -0.42%	83.32% 0.34%	87.35% -0.65%
2023-24	84.00% -1.59%	81.00% -2.32%	86.01% -1.34%
Average	80.14%	77.67%	81.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.63% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at The Catholic University of America from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.13%	22.90%	21.46%
2014-15	17.69% -4.43%	18.75% -4.15%	16.85% -4.61%
2015-16	19.29% 1.60%	21.38% 2.63%	17.76% 0.91%
2016-17	15.34% -3.95%	15.73% -5.64%	15.07% -2.69%
2017-18	16.57% 1.23%	18.04% 2.30%	15.60% 0.53%
2018-19	16.35% -0.22%	18.95% 0.91%	14.54% -1.06%
2019-20	16.91% 0.56%	18.37% -0.58%	15.94% 1.40%
2020-21	12.24% -4.67%	12.36% -6.01%	12.17% -3.77%
2021-22	14.00% 1.76%	14.02% 1.66%	12.99% 0.82%
2022-23	15.41% 1.40%	16.61% 2.59%	14.52% 1.53%
2023-24	17.00% 1.60%	18.99% 2.37%	16.01% 1.50%
Average	16.63%	17.83%	15.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,022, the average number of admitted is 4,816, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 793.

The number of The Catholic University of America applicants decreased by 1.26% (73 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at The Catholic University of America from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,298	3,783	837
2014-15	6,363 1.03%	4,703 24.32%	832 -0.60%
2015-16	5,991 -5.85%	4,707 0.09%	908 9.13%
2016-17	5,926 -1.08%	4,714 0.15%	723 -20.37%
2017-18	6,073 2.48%	5,015 6.39%	831 14.94%
2018-19	6,096 0.38%	5,101 1.71%	834 0.36%
2019-20	5,668 -7.02%	4,838 -5.16%	818 -1.92%
2020-21	6,258 10.41%	5,146 6.37%	630 -22.98%
2021-22	5,895 -5.80%	5,070 -1.48%	710 12.70%
2022-23	5,801 -1.59%	4,965 -2.07%	765 7.75%
2023-24	5,874 1.26%	4,934 -0.62%	839 9.67%
Average	6,022	4,816	793

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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