Clark University's admit rate has fallen 13.2 percentage points across the 5 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 39.5% | 486 | 77.0% | 86.0% | 1,370 |
| 2022-2023 | 50.3% | 703 | 76.0% | 88.0% | 1,340 |
| 2021-2022 | 48.0% | 505 | 79.0% | 87.0% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 47.1% | 487 | 75.0% | 87.0% | — |
| 2019-2020 | 52.8% | 665 | 79.0% | 86.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 13.2 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Clark University's admit rate fell from 52.8% (2019-2020) to 39.5% (2024-2025) — a 13.2 pp drop. Year-over-year: 52.8 → 47.1 → 48.0 → 50.3 → 39.5. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Clark University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 41.5% admit to 89.1% admit — a 47.6 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 21 percentage points.
Clark University's 77.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 20.7 pp.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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