Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Colorado Colleges

Colorado Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 72.45% to 80.19%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 80.19%, with 181,821 students accepted out of 235,507 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 77.26%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 81.50%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

  • Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
  • 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 41.75% to 30.18%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 30.18%
    • Women's yield: 29.23%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 235,507 in 2025. This represents a 9.65% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 181,821.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 29,309 in 2024-2025.

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.

Acceptance Rate Trends

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.11% where the current academic year rate is 80.19% at Colorado Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.31% and women students' rate is 76.16%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Colorado Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 72.45% 71.35% 73.43%
2015-16 72.18%
-0.27%
70.87%
-0.47%
71.98%
-1.45%
2016-17 73.65%
1.47%
71.15%
0.28%
74.61%
2.62%
2017-18 74.98%
1.33%
72.12%
0.97%
75.67%
1.07%
2018-19 70.95%
-4.03%
75.05%
2.93%
70.92%
-4.75%
2019-20 72.45%
1.49%
73.45%
-1.60%
73.46%
2.55%
2020-21 73.55%
1.11%
73.41%
-0.05%
77.01%
3.55%
2021-22 78.00%
4.45%
76.51%
3.10%
79.20%
2.18%
2022-23 79.77%
1.77%
79.28%
2.77%
80.79%
1.60%
2023-24 78.00%
-1.76%
76.97%
-2.31%
79.16%
-1.63%
2024-25 80.19%
2.19%
77.26%
0.29%
81.50%
2.34%
Average 75.11% 74.31% 76.16%
Colorado Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 35.53% where the current academic year yield is 30.18%. 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 Colorado Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 41.75% 38.49% 39.75%
2015-16 39.46%
-2.29%
39.63%
1.14%
37.16%
-2.59%
2016-17 34.54%
-4.92%
33.41%
-6.22%
33.17%
-3.99%
2017-18 35.79%
1.25%
34.71%
1.30%
34.45%
1.28%
2018-19 39.04%
3.25%
39.84%
5.13%
37.51%
3.06%
2019-20 38.81%
-0.23%
36.13%
-3.71%
37.02%
-0.49%
2020-21 34.04%
-4.78%
32.65%
-3.48%
32.39%
-4.63%
2021-22 26.23%
-7.81%
29.63%
-3.02%
24.17%
-8.22%
2022-23 35.08%
8.85%
34.72%
5.10%
33.60%
9.43%
2023-24 35.87%
0.79%
32.73%
-1.99%
35.31%
1.71%
2024-25 30.18%
-5.69%
28.27%
-4.46%
29.23%
-6.08%
Average 35.53% 34.56% 33.98%
Colorado Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 188,793, the average number of admitted is 135,836, and the average number of enrolled students is 28,230 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Colorado Colleges increased by 9.65% (20,720 applicants) compared to last year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Colorado Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 137,765 95,279 27,014
2015-16 149,839
8.76%
103,192
8.31%
27,348
1.24%
2016-17 171,722
14.60%
113,370
9.86%
28,347
3.65%
2017-18 177,042
3.10%
121,585
7.25%
28,921
2.02%
2018-19 181,271
2.39%
122,496
0.75%
29,613
2.39%
2019-20 187,782
3.59%
127,129
3.78%
29,075
-1.82%
2020-21 193,424
3.00%
137,721
8.33%
25,962
-10.71%
2021-22 216,630
12.00%
159,333
15.69%
27,723
6.78%
2022-23 210,950
-2.62%
162,615
2.06%
28,515
2.86%
2023-24 214,787
1.82%
169,655
4.33%
28,701
0.65%
2024-25 235,507
9.65%
181,821
7.17%
29,309
2.12%
Average 188,793 135,836 28,230
Colorado Colleges Applicants Trends Chart
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