2022-2023 Acceptance Rate by State

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats by State

The following geographic chart illustrates the 2023 acceptance rates of 4-years colleges by state. Darker colored states have lower acceptance rates, while lighter colored states have higher acceptance rates. You may want to click on a state to see acceptance rates for all colleges in that state.

2023 Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics Comparison Table By State

The following table compares the acceptance rates with number of applicants, accepted, and enrolled students by State. For the comparison, we include 1,770 four-years colleges that do not have the open admission policy. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate Comparison Table by State
State	Number of 4-years Colleges	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Alaska	3	4,905 -896	3,339 -682	1,267 -590	68.07% -1.24%	37.95% -8.24%
Alabama	25	209,779 42,432	142,774 15,039	30,415 663	68.06% -8.27%	21.30% -1.99%
Arkansas	17	71,002 3,015	52,828 2,703	16,496 1,101	74.40% 0.68%	31.23% 0.51%
Arizona	15	210,668 7,029	175,835 5,469	42,706 2,966	83.47% -0.20%	24.29% 0.96%
California	120	1,896,058 126,431	805,927 9,327	143,907 1,738	42.51% -2.51%	17.86% 0.01%
Colorado	22	210,950 -6,059	162,615 3,274	28,515 626	77.09% 3.66%	17.54% 0.03%
Connecticut	24	236,263 16,625	122,132 8,100	21,133 447	51.69% -0.22%	17.30% -0.84%
District of Columbia	8	100,365 -10,580	41,460 -4,381	9,882 -477	41.31% -0.01%	23.84% 1.24%
Delaware	3	43,096 3,701	30,397 2,588	6,440 672	70.53% -0.06%	21.19% 0.44%
Florida	60	642,575 102,241	304,596 13,983	70,228 -807	47.40% -6.38%	23.06% -1.39%
Federated States of Micronesia	1	1,336 68	1,055 75	507 -131	78.97% 1.68%	48.06% -17.05%
Georgia	50	336,626 16,095	177,221 -8,789	57,456 -2,714	52.65% -5.39%	32.42% 0.07%
Guam	1	45 22	31 14	31 23	68.89% -5.02%	100.00% 52.94%
Hawaii	6	38,692 668	30,296 491	4,939 -470	78.30% -0.08%	16.30% -1.85%
Iowa	32	112,240 -5,660	86,201 -2,010	19,732 172	76.80% 1.98%	22.89% 0.72%
Idaho	8	52,420 9,074	42,374 5,695	10,572 -98	80.84% -3.78%	24.95% -4.14%
Illinois	60	489,435 59,174	286,394 29,090	52,953 1,216	58.52% -1.29%	18.49% -1.62%
Indiana	46	320,548 27,657	219,772 5,634	47,232 -215	68.56% -4.55%	21.49% -0.67%
Kansas	24	66,010 5,191	55,548 4,150	15,043 312	84.15% -0.36%	27.08% -1.58%
Kentucky	26	117,891 11,151	96,501 8,009	23,778 1,495	81.86% -1.05%	24.64% -0.54%
Louisiana	24	165,282 -848	101,111 7,250	27,224 -234	61.17% 4.68%	26.92% -2.33%
Massachusetts	67	706,254 56,845	260,050 1,619	53,937 -1,446	36.82% -2.97%	20.74% -0.69%
Maryland	28	223,344 9,234	122,821 3,165	24,271 577	54.99% -0.89%	19.76% -0.04%
Maine	17	76,221 6,052	41,211 3,588	7,432 -149	54.07% 0.45%	18.03% -2.12%
Michigan	47	361,964 29,791	236,685 19,343	48,863 561	65.39% -0.04%	20.64% -1.58%
Minnesota	37	147,958 4,071	102,578 3,869	24,870 34	69.33% 0.73%	24.24% -0.92%
Missouri	50	157,162 2,801	98,568 2,617	25,634 -90	62.72% 0.56%	26.01% -0.80%
Mississippi	16	86,548 9,843	68,309 10,694	13,073 1,088	78.93% 3.81%	19.14% -1.66%
Montana	7	44,146 4,206	34,226 4,322	6,607 34	77.53% 2.66%	19.30% -2.68%
North Carolina	59	461,086 29,752	261,566 14,794	51,662 -774	56.73% -0.48%	19.75% -1.50%
North Dakota	9	19,740 809	17,435 522	5,945 -178	88.32% -1.02%	34.10% -2.10%
Nebraska	16	54,837 1,536	43,965 797	10,840 -208	80.17% -0.82%	24.66% -0.94%
New Hampshire	12	112,612 7,199	79,882 8,872	20,865 2,939	70.94% 3.57%	26.12% 0.88%
New Jersey	52	298,106 22,774	198,626 14,485	34,684 2,220	66.63% -0.25%	17.46% -0.17%
New Mexico	6	31,967 5,083	26,227 6,213	6,723 818	82.04% 7.60%	25.63% -3.87%
Nevada	6	24,314 538	20,738 489	8,084 161	85.29% 0.13%	38.98% -0.15%
New York	175	1,337,101 50,018	699,636 18,475	122,147 866	52.32% -0.60%	17.46% -0.35%
Ohio	72	448,377 33,468	306,051 12,646	60,809 1,376	68.26% -2.46%	19.87% -0.39%
Oklahoma	17	77,231 10,547	54,880 3,387	16,405 660	71.06% -6.16%	29.89% -0.68%
Oregon	24	125,796 10,124	101,766 3,309	17,810 1,294	80.90% -4.22%	17.50% 0.73%
Pennsylvania	123	759,764 119,999	469,540 56,895	82,557 4,805	61.80% -2.70%	17.58% -1.26%
Puerto Rico	37	39,983 5,875	22,296 2,267	14,695 -122	55.76% -2.96%	65.91% -8.07%
Rhode Island	11	129,918 6,943	58,549 366	11,686 679	45.07% -2.25%	19.96% 1.04%
South Carolina	31	225,664 19,447	145,573 10,808	28,347 685	64.51% -0.84%	19.47% -1.05%
South Dakota	12	24,364 2,259	20,280 1,933	6,476 328	83.24% 0.24%	31.93% -1.58%
Tennessee	39	208,490 13,013	127,177 9,936	32,378 1,191	61.00% 1.02%	25.46% -1.14%
Texas	79	679,665 30,525	460,577 27,355	122,313 5,952	67.77% 1.03%	26.56% -0.30%
Utah	9	70,012 4,157	59,363 2,846	18,434 405	84.79% -1.03%	31.05% -0.85%
Virginia	47	371,341 26,779	246,267 11,973	51,908 3,026	66.32% -1.68%	21.08% 0.21%
Virgin Islands	1	612 45	593 35	251 19	96.90% -1.52%	42.33% 0.75%
Vermont	12	67,460 8,483	36,070 2,335	6,273 80	53.47% -3.73%	17.39% -0.97%
Washington	21	147,340 3,003	104,054 -3,101	24,550 289	70.62% -3.62%	23.59% 0.95%
Wisconsin	39	210,595 14,434	152,781 3,410	35,898 -21	72.55% -3.60%	23.50% -0.55%
West Virginia	16	46,002 1,807	39,765 1,069	10,340 305	86.44% -1.12%	26.00% 0.07%
Wyoming	1	5,797 152	5,564 101	1,627 150	95.98% -0.80%	29.24% 2.21%
Total	1,770	13,107,957 958,143	7,662,076 366,463	1,638,850 33,249	58.45% -1.59%	21.39% -0.62%

58.45% of Applicants Accepted to Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

2023 Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics Comparison Table By State