
Clark Atlanta University's overall acceptance rates have shown a declining trend in recent years. For the application year 2022, the acceptance rate was 56.29%, with 16,153 applicants and 9,088 admissions. This marked a drop from 58.27% in 2021 and 59.04% in 2020, when the respective applicant counts were 16,718 and 15,613. The acceptance rate was notably higher at 71.85% in 2016, compared to a low of 51.22% in 2015. This history highlights an increasingly competitive applicant pool at Clark Atlanta University.