Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.90% where the current academic year rate is 72.82% at Alabama Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.10% and women students' rate is 70.80%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Alabama Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 70.13% | 69.54% | 69.29% |
| 2015-16 | 66.73% -3.40% |
66.66% -2.88% |
66.49% -2.80% |
| 2016-17 | 62.29% -4.44% |
63.27% -3.39% |
63.35% -3.14% |
| 2017-18 | 68.08% 5.79% |
68.97% 5.70% |
66.33% 2.98% |
| 2018-19 | 68.49% 0.40% |
68.50% -0.47% |
68.24% 1.91% |
| 2019-20 | 67.42% -1.07% |
68.14% -0.36% |
68.85% 0.61% |
| 2020-21 | 76.32% 8.90% |
78.03% 9.88% |
76.40% 7.55% |
| 2021-22 | 77.99% 1.67% |
78.19% 0.16% |
77.84% 1.44% |
| 2022-23 | 76.43% -1.56% |
75.92% -2.27% |
76.69% -1.15% |
| 2023-24 | 73.20% -3.23% |
72.04% -3.88% |
73.40% -3.29% |
| 2024-25 | 72.82% -0.38% |
72.83% 0.79% |
71.91% -1.49% |
| Average | 70.90% | 71.10% | 70.80% |
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 30.52% where the current academic year yield is 25.12%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Alabama Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 39.80% | 42.79% | 36.19% |
| 2015-16 | 38.24% -1.55% |
40.77% -2.02% |
33.36% -2.83% |
| 2016-17 | 37.12% -1.12% |
39.56% -1.21% |
32.73% -0.63% |
| 2017-18 | 32.15% -4.97% |
35.38% -4.18% |
27.01% -5.72% |
| 2018-19 | 24.93% -7.23% |
27.72% -7.66% |
23.44% -3.57% |
| 2019-20 | 29.10% 4.18% |
31.38% 3.66% |
24.63% 1.19% |
| 2020-21 | 26.92% -2.18% |
28.91% -2.47% |
22.38% -2.25% |
| 2021-22 | 27.88% 0.96% |
30.99% 2.09% |
25.87% 3.48% |
| 2022-23 | 28.00% 0.12% |
30.75% -0.25% |
27.14% 1.28% |
| 2023-24 | 26.44% -1.56% |
29.69% -1.05% |
22.93% -4.22% |
| 2024-25 | 25.12% -1.33% |
27.32% -2.37% |
24.13% 1.20% |
| Average | 30.52% | 33.20% | 27.26% |
The average number of applicants is 176,370, the average number of admitted is 121,136, and the average number of enrolled students is 29,641 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Alabama Colleges increased by 7.32% (17,175 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Alabama Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 127,689 | 81,106 | 27,531 |
| 2015-16 | 141,401 10.74% |
88,391 8.98% |
29,180 5.99% |
| 2016-17 | 152,108 7.57% |
93,334 5.59% |
29,691 1.75% |
| 2017-18 | 158,189 4.00% |
104,193 11.63% |
29,890 0.67% |
| 2018-19 | 170,380 7.71% |
116,430 11.74% |
28,778 -3.72% |
| 2019-20 | 167,622 -1.62% |
121,629 4.47% |
28,836 0.20% |
| 2020-21 | 159,204 -5.02% |
124,993 2.77% |
27,883 -3.30% |
| 2021-22 | 167,347 5.11% |
127,799 2.24% |
29,803 6.89% |
| 2022-23 | 209,779 25.36% |
142,774 11.72% |
30,415 2.05% |
| 2023-24 | 234,586 11.83% |
161,531 13.14% |
32,164 5.75% |
| 2024-25 | 251,761 7.32% |
170,321 5.44% |
31,884 -0.87% |
| Average | 176,370 | 121,136 | 29,641 |