startz Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 From the 2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings, p. 641 PhD Applications 2019-2020, 71 institutions [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Applications[/TD] [TD]Offers of admission[/TD] [TD]Acceptances[/TD] [TD]New students enrolled[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]19,039[/TD] [TD]3,266[/TD] [TD]1,070[/TD] [TD]1,020[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradoecon Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I am curious how many applicants there were for the cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startz Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 I am curious how many applicants there were for the cycle. Me too, but there's no way for anyone to know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newguyfromindia Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 So does this mean on average, 17 percent of applications are accepted. If so, which colleges are likely to have acceptance rates around this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutonic Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 A sizeable portion of applicants apply to more than 5 schools each year. If we were to assume that an applicant receives 1.5 offers on average (very conservative), the acceptance rate would fall to approximately 9%, which is in line with what most departments report; approximately 10% acceptance rate. Obviously the top schools will have markedly lower acceptance rates due to the sheer amount of applications they receive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startz Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Universities generally report how many applications they receive and the size of their entering class. They rarely report how many offers they make. But here is the info that UCLA provides: Generally we receive almost 700 applications per application cycle. We typically admit 100 to 120 applicants, and enroll approximately 25 students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahududu Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Universities generally report how many applications they receive and the size of their entering class. They rarely report how many offers they make. But here is the info that UCLA provides: I think also NYU and Columbia gives these statistics approximately. But yes majority of the schools do not share such numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startz Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 I think also NYU and Columbia gives these statistics approximately. But yes majority of the schools do not share such numbers. Good point. NYU says: Over the last two years, we have averaged over 900 applicants per year. We take 18-20. We make between 45 and 50 offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradoecon Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 UW-Madison has slightly more than 500 applications each year, and in the past three years has admitted between 93 and 146 students to achieve an entering class of 25-30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahududu Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 UW-Madison has slightly more than 500 applications each year, and in the past three years has admitted between 93 and 146 students to achieve an entering class of 25-30. Is this real?! Especially 146 seemed to be extremely high number! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutonic Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 The admit number will always be higher than the final entering class since people who get into top 40 schools, for example, will usually hold multiple offers, and adcoms know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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