41.31% of Applicants Accepted to District of Columbia Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of District of Columbia colleges is 41.31% and the admission yield is 23.84%. A total of 100,365 applicants have applied to District of Columbiacolleges (four-years) and 41,460 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 9,882 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For District of Columbia college admission, the total number of applicants decreased by 10,580 (-9.54%) compared to last year, from 110,945 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 477, which is less than -4.60% last year.

District of Columbia colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.01% compared to last year, which means harder to get into District of Columbia colleges. The yield increased by 1.24%.

Among District of Columbia colleges, Georgetown University has the lowest acceptance rate of 12.23% with 3,257 accepted students out of 26,638 applicants. George Washington University has the most number of applicants of 27,266 and George Washington University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,941.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for District of Columbia Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in District of Columbia. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for District of Columbia Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
American University	19,510 -140	7,926 -4,668	1,761 -611	40.63% -23.46%	22.22% 3.39%
The Catholic University of America	5,801 -94	4,965 -105	765 74	85.59% -0.42%	15.41% 1.78%
Gallaudet University	380 -22	225 -23	161 9	59.21% -2.48%	71.56% 10.27%
George Washington University	27,266 30	13,354 -185	2,941 370	48.98% -0.73%	22.02% 3.03%
Georgetown University	26,638 -991	3,257 -54	1,586 1	12.23% 0.25%	48.70% 0.83%
Howard University	19,188 -10,208	10,253 -109	2,493 -275	53.43% 18.18%	24.31% -2.40%
National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts	1 -2	1 -2	-	100.00%	-
Trinity Washington University	758 21	735 18	157 -63	96.97% -0.32%	21.36% -9.32%
Saint Michael College of Allied Health	125	72	42	57.60%	58.33%
NewU University	824	745	18	90.41%	2.42%

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