Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Texas Colleges

Texas Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 66.91% to 74.66%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 74.66%, with 544,805 students accepted out of 806,204 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 73.55%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 76.18%

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 40.13% to 30.88%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 30.88%
    • Women's yield: 29.47%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 806,204 in 2025. This represents a 8.95% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 544,805.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 128,699 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 69.78% where the current academic year rate is 74.66% at Texas Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.32% and women students' rate is 70.33%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 66.91% 65.97% 67.33%
2015-16 65.01%
-1.89%
64.77%
-1.20%
65.37%
-1.96%
2016-17 63.25%
-1.76%
62.54%
-2.22%
63.82%
-1.55%
2017-18 64.73%
1.47%
64.69%
2.15%
65.34%
1.52%
2018-19 65.86%
1.14%
65.98%
1.29%
65.51%
0.18%
2019-20 69.13%
3.27%
69.74%
3.76%
69.39%
3.88%
2020-21 70.87%
1.74%
71.67%
1.93%
70.77%
1.38%
2021-22 75.07%
4.20%
74.01%
2.34%
75.48%
4.72%
2022-23 76.61%
1.54%
75.74%
1.73%
77.64%
2.16%
2023-24 75.44%
-1.17%
73.80%
-1.94%
76.77%
-0.87%
2024-25 74.66%
-0.79%
73.55%
-0.25%
76.18%
-0.58%
Average 69.78% 69.32% 70.33%
Texas Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 34.95% where the current academic year yield is 30.88%. 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 Texas Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 40.13% 42.36% 39.27%
2015-16 40.57%
0.44%
40.23%
-2.13%
38.90%
-0.38%
2016-17 37.66%
-2.91%
39.32%
-0.91%
35.90%
-2.99%
2017-18 35.32%
-2.34%
37.01%
-2.31%
33.58%
-2.32%
2018-19 36.20%
0.88%
36.92%
-0.08%
34.60%
1.01%
2019-20 35.11%
-1.08%
36.59%
-0.33%
33.92%
-0.67%
2020-21 32.00%
-3.11%
34.84%
-1.75%
30.19%
-3.74%
2021-22 31.86%
-0.15%
33.58%
-1.27%
29.94%
-0.25%
2022-23 33.20%
1.35%
35.34%
1.76%
32.10%
2.16%
2023-24 31.50%
-1.71%
33.86%
-1.48%
30.46%
-1.64%
2024-25 30.88%
-0.61%
32.43%
-1.43%
29.47%
-0.99%
Average 34.95% 36.59% 33.48%
Texas Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 614,290, the average number of admitted is 389,489, and the average number of enrolled students is 112,703 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Texas Colleges increased by 8.95% (66,225 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 476,676 283,261 99,335
2015-16 498,892
4.66%
291,850
3.03%
101,869
2.55%
2016-17 542,369
8.71%
310,393
6.35%
103,292
1.40%
2017-18 561,022
3.44%
333,498
7.44%
108,530
5.07%
2018-19 579,851
3.36%
344,979
3.44%
111,082
2.35%
2019-20 606,751
4.64%
373,444
8.25%
111,364
0.25%
2020-21 616,559
1.62%
410,828
10.01%
109,625
-1.56%
2021-22 649,218
5.30%
433,312
5.47%
116,520
6.29%
2022-23 679,665
4.69%
460,577
6.29%
122,313
4.97%
2023-24 739,979
8.87%
497,428
8.00%
127,103
3.92%
2024-25 806,204
8.95%
544,805
9.52%
128,699
1.26%
Average 614,290 389,489 112,703
Texas Colleges Applicants Trends Chart
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