42.44% of Applicants Accepted to District of Columbia Colleges in 2025 Admission

112,888

Applicants

47,907

Admitted

42.44%

Acceptance Rate

19.97%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of District of Columbia colleges is 42.44%, 47,907 accepted out of 112,888 applicants.

For District of Columbia college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 2,025 (1.83%) compared to last year, from 110,863 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 17, which is more than 0.18% last year.

District of Columbia colleges' acceptance rate increased by 3.51% compared to last year, which means easier to get into District of Columbia colleges. The yield decreased by 2.16%.

Among District of Columbia colleges, Georgetown University has the lowest acceptance rate of 12.91% with 3,374 accepted students out of 26,131 applicants. Howard University has the most number of applicants of 34,211 and Howard University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,738.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for District of Columbia Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Georgetown University26,131
646
3,374
40
1,575
-24
12.91%
-0.17%
46.68%
-1.28%
Howard University34,211
3,869
14,144
3,557
2,738
470
41.34%
6.45%
19.36%
-2.06%
George Washington University27,016
-78
12,723
925
2,459
-80
47.09%
3.55%
19.33%
-2.19%
Gallaudet University403
-22
234
-25
142
-7
58.06%
-2.88%
60.68%
3.15%
American University17,173
-613
10,640
2,213
1,662
-194
61.96%
14.58%
15.62%
-6.40%
Saint Michael College of Allied Health101
6
76
15
45
11
75.25%
11.04%
59.21%
3.47%
The Catholic University of America6,714
840
5,558
633
742
-119
82.78%
-1.06%
13.35%
-4.13%
Trinity Washington University1,240
126
1,234
129
249
-10
99.52%
0.33%
20.18%
-3.26%
National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts3
3
3
3
3
3
100.00%100.00%