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 78.71% where the current academic year rate is 79.95% at Montana Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.77% and women students' rate is 78.64%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into Montana Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Montana Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 81.77% | 79.90% | 83.21% |
| 2015-16 | 82.06% 0.29% |
82.08% 2.17% |
81.67% -1.54% |
| 2016-17 | 79.22% -2.84% |
80.96% -1.11% |
77.22% -4.45% |
| 2017-18 | 79.08% -0.13% |
78.04% -2.92% |
79.81% 2.59% |
| 2018-19 | 76.88% -2.20% |
78.45% 0.41% |
75.92% -3.89% |
| 2019-20 | 69.28% -7.60% |
71.46% -6.99% |
66.97% -8.96% |
| 2020-21 | 80.22% 10.94% |
79.32% 7.86% |
83.05% 16.08% |
| 2021-22 | 76.45% -3.77% |
76.47% -2.85% |
77.04% -6.01% |
| 2022-23 | 77.60% 1.16% |
77.95% 1.49% |
77.61% 0.57% |
| 2023-24 | 83.27% 5.66% |
82.90% 4.95% |
81.79% 4.18% |
| 2024-25 | 79.95% -3.32% |
78.93% -3.97% |
80.76% -1.03% |
| Average | 78.71% | 78.77% | 78.64% |
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 33.34% where the current academic year yield is 25.43%. 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 Montana Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 36.20% | 36.52% | 35.85% |
| 2015-16 | 32.33% -3.87% |
35.17% -1.35% |
30.12% -5.74% |
| 2016-17 | 27.22% -5.12% |
28.83% -6.34% |
25.90% -4.22% |
| 2017-18 | 33.37% 6.16% |
33.93% 5.10% |
32.90% 7.00% |
| 2018-19 | 35.13% 1.76% |
38.25% 4.32% |
32.66% -0.24% |
| 2019-20 | 42.26% 7.12% |
45.66% 7.42% |
41.05% 8.40% |
| 2020-21 | 41.44% -0.81% |
40.80% -4.87% |
42.00% 0.95% |
| 2021-22 | 29.41% -12.03% |
32.26% -8.54% |
27.51% -14.49% |
| 2022-23 | 29.68% 0.26% |
32.63% 0.37% |
27.56% 0.04% |
| 2023-24 | 34.22% 4.55% |
36.76% 4.13% |
34.11% 6.56% |
| 2024-25 | 25.43% -8.80% |
27.71% -9.05% |
23.41% -10.71% |
| Average | 33.34% | 35.32% | 32.10% |
The average number of applicants is 33,176, the average number of admitted is 26,994, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,307 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Montana Colleges decreased by 1.52% (571 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Montana Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 27,208 | 21,836 | 6,217 |
| 2015-16 | 28,862 6.08% |
23,123 5.89% |
6,093 -1.99% |
| 2016-17 | 29,476 2.13% |
24,233 4.80% |
6,227 2.20% |
| 2017-18 | 29,402 -0.25% |
24,523 1.20% |
6,424 3.16% |
| 2018-19 | 30,799 4.75% |
24,987 1.89% |
6,270 -2.40% |
| 2019-20 | 30,398 -1.30% |
24,572 -1.66% |
6,062 -3.32% |
| 2020-21 | 29,175 -4.02% |
24,079 -2.01% |
5,747 -5.20% |
| 2021-22 | 39,994 37.08% |
29,935 24.32% |
6,625 15.28% |
| 2022-23 | 44,146 10.38% |
34,226 14.33% |
6,607 -0.27% |
| 2023-24 | 37,450 -15.17% |
32,966 -3.68% |
6,489 -1.79% |
| 2024-25 | 38,021 1.52% |
32,453 -1.56% |
6,614 1.93% |
| Average | 33,176 | 26,994 | 6,307 |