2021 EngineeringCAS Cycle Report

How can the engineering education community navigate the "new normal" shaped by the pandemic?

This one-of-a-kind report serves as a powerful resource to empower institutions to understand trends and influence recruitment analysis, benchmarking, and strategic decision-making.

Key Highlights:

• The 2020-2021 cycle saw a 25% increase in application volume from the previous cycle.
  
  
• 35% of all submitted applicants identified themselves as first generation college students.
  
  
• 69% of applicants reported a language other than English as their first language, with 14% reporting Chinese as their first language. 
  
  

This annual release aggregates data for all submitted Centralized Application Service applications during the 2020-2021 admission cycle (September 9, 2020 through March 31, 2022).