
For the application year 2023, Emerson College's Regular Decision acceptance rate stands at 47%, with 5,267 students admitted from a total of 11,092 applicants. This is consistent with the previous year, where the acceptance rate was also 47%. However, a noticeable trend shows a decline in acceptance rates over recent years, dropping from 49% in 2015 to 41% in 2020, before hovering around the mid-40s since then. The most competitive year noted was 2019, with an acceptance rate of only 33%, indicating a fluctuating but generally decreasing trend in admissions competitiveness.