Spelman College's admit rate has fallen 30.2 percentage points across the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 23.8% | 648 | 77.0% | 95.0% | 1,220 |
| 2024-2025 | 24.9% | 705 | 78.0% | 94.0% | 1,240 |
| 2023-2024 | 34.1% | 727 | 76.0% | 94.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 28.4% | 577 | 74.0% | 89.0% | — |
| 2021-2022 | 50.8% | 794 | 76.0% | 91.0% | — |
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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 27.0 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Spelman College's admit rate fell from 50.8% (2021-2022) to 23.8% (2025-2026) — a 27.0 pp drop. Year-over-year: 50.8 → 28.4 → 34.1 → 24.9 → 23.8. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 21 percentage points.
Spelman College'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.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
Spelman College's 95.0% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 18.2 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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