Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Connecticut Colleges

Connecticut Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 56.18% to 64.56%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 64.56%, with 150,893 students accepted out of 301,467 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 62.49%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 66.28%

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 33.31% to 19.87%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 19.87%
    • Women's yield: 18.67%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 301,467 in 2025. This represents a 15.49% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 150,893.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 22,837 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 62.61% where the current academic year rate is 64.56% at Connecticut Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.37% and women students' rate is 64.14%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 56.18% 53.73% 57.23%
2015-16 56.53%
0.35%
54.99%
1.26%
58.13%
0.90%
2016-17 54.98%
-1.56%
52.08%
-2.91%
56.20%
-1.93%
2017-18 62.81%
7.84%
60.16%
8.08%
63.69%
7.49%
2018-19 61.47%
-1.35%
60.02%
-0.15%
62.66%
-1.03%
2019-20 64.75%
3.28%
62.54%
2.52%
66.39%
3.73%
2020-21 67.59%
2.85%
65.61%
3.07%
69.02%
2.63%
2021-22 67.01%
-0.59%
65.00%
-0.61%
68.60%
-0.42%
2022-23 69.19%
2.18%
66.64%
1.64%
71.32%
2.72%
2023-24 63.62%
-5.57%
60.82%
-5.83%
65.98%
-5.34%
2024-25 64.56%
0.94%
62.49%
1.67%
66.28%
0.30%
Average 62.61% 60.37% 64.14%
Connecticut Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 26.17% where the current academic year yield is 19.87%. 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 Connecticut Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 33.31% 34.48% 32.80%
2015-16 31.54%
-1.77%
35.80%
1.32%
30.46%
-2.34%
2016-17 32.18%
0.64%
32.42%
-3.38%
32.63%
2.17%
2017-18 26.03%
-6.15%
26.90%
-5.52%
25.51%
-7.12%
2018-19 25.58%
-0.45%
27.21%
0.32%
24.52%
-0.99%
2019-20 25.39%
-0.19%
26.99%
-0.22%
24.34%
-0.18%
2020-21 23.15%
-2.23%
24.28%
-2.71%
22.38%
-1.96%
2021-22 25.40%
2.25%
26.42%
2.13%
24.32%
1.94%
2022-23 22.67%
-2.73%
24.44%
-1.98%
21.47%
-2.85%
2023-24 22.77%
0.11%
24.12%
-0.32%
21.51%
0.05%
2024-25 19.87%
-2.90%
21.31%
-2.81%
18.67%
-2.84%
Average 26.17% 27.67% 25.33%
Connecticut Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 225,010, the average number of admitted is 114,902, and the average number of enrolled students is 21,540 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Connecticut Colleges increased by 15.49% (40,437 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 186,650 91,279 20,158
2015-16 197,415
5.77%
99,491
9.00%
20,566
2.02%
2016-17 206,054
4.38%
101,647
2.17%
20,987
2.05%
2017-18 212,256
3.01%
110,215
8.43%
22,195
5.76%
2018-19 222,092
4.63%
112,795
2.34%
22,941
3.36%
2019-20 221,121
-0.44%
113,156
0.32%
22,589
-1.53%
2020-21 211,127
-4.52%
116,151
2.65%
20,861
-7.65%
2021-22 219,638
4.03%
114,013
-1.84%
20,631
-1.10%
2022-23 236,263
7.57%
122,132
7.12%
21,133
2.43%
2023-24 261,030
10.48%
132,145
8.20%
22,041
4.30%
2024-25 301,467
15.49%
150,893
14.19%
22,837
3.61%
Average 225,010 114,902 21,540
Connecticut Colleges Applicants Trends Chart
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