Acceptance Rate Changes
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 17.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 7.61% at Colby College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 16.75% and women students' rate is 17.68%. Colby College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.
The next table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Colby College over the past 11 years (2012-2023).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 28.94% | 27.68% | 30.03% |
| 2013-14 | 26.04% -2.90% |
24.74% -2.82% |
27.21% -2.82% |
| 2014-15 | 28.05% 2.01% |
25.86% 2.84% |
30.04% 2.84% |
| 2015-16 | 22.52% -5.53% |
22.04% -7.10% |
22.95% -7.10% |
| 2016-17 | 18.71% -3.81% |
18.99% -4.46% |
18.49% -4.46% |
| 2017-18 | 15.79% -2.92% |
16.19% -3.05% |
15.43% -3.05% |
| 2018-19 | 13.06% -2.73% |
12.30% -1.70% |
13.73% -1.70% |
| 2019-20 | 9.67% -3.39% |
9.31% -3.75% |
9.99% -3.75% |
| 2020-21 | 10.27% 0.60% |
10.48% 0.11% |
10.10% 0.11% |
| 2021-22 | 9.00% -1.27% |
9.00% -1.10% |
9.00% -1.10% |
| 2022-23 | 7.61% -1.39% |
7.71% -1.46% |
7.54% -1.46% |
| Average | 17.24% | 16.75% | 17.68% |
