Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Vermont Colleges

Vermont Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, dropping from 77.32% to 62.25%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 62.25%, with 33,044 students accepted out of 58,655 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 59.16%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 63.83%

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 33.47% to 21.23%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 21.23%
    • Women's yield: 18.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 58,655 in 2025. This represents a -4.16% decrease from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 33,044.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 5,522 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 68.71% where the current academic year rate is 62.25% at Vermont Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.23% and women students' rate is 69.69%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 77.32% 76.68% 77.14%
2015-16 70.75%
-6.58%
67.31%
-9.37%
71.92%
-5.22%
2016-17 67.70%
-3.04%
66.38%
-0.93%
68.03%
-3.89%
2017-18 71.03%
3.32%
67.15%
0.77%
71.78%
3.75%
2018-19 70.83%
-0.20%
70.62%
3.47%
69.89%
-1.89%
2019-20 70.71%
-0.12%
69.98%
-0.64%
69.44%
-0.45%
2020-21 71.44%
0.73%
69.10%
-0.88%
72.27%
2.82%
2021-22 70.84%
-0.61%
70.33%
1.23%
70.09%
-2.18%
2022-23 63.99%
-6.85%
61.37%
-8.95%
64.49%
-5.60%
2023-24 58.93%
-5.06%
61.46%
0.09%
67.77%
3.28%
2024-25 62.25%
3.32%
59.16%
-2.30%
63.83%
-3.94%
Average 68.71% 67.23% 69.69%
Vermont Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 28.93% where the current academic year yield is 21.23%. 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 Vermont Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 33.47% 37.67% 31.23%
2015-16 30.18%
-3.29%
33.86%
-3.81%
27.36%
-3.87%
2016-17 36.32%
6.14%
38.38%
4.52%
34.93%
7.57%
2017-18 34.61%
-1.71%
30.31%
-8.07%
34.15%
-0.78%
2018-19 28.33%
-6.28%
28.43%
-1.89%
27.61%
-6.53%
2019-20 26.46%
-1.87%
28.10%
-0.33%
25.99%
-1.62%
2020-21 26.22%
-0.24%
27.93%
-0.17%
25.33%
-0.66%
2021-22 31.11%
4.89%
32.93%
5.00%
29.77%
4.45%
2022-23 27.20%
-3.91%
26.12%
-6.81%
27.05%
-2.72%
2023-24 23.05%
-4.14%
24.75%
-1.38%
21.94%
-5.12%
2024-25 21.23%
-1.82%
23.75%
-1.00%
18.95%
-2.99%
Average 28.93% 30.20% 27.66%
Vermont Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 54,328, the average number of admitted is 32,189, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,049 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Vermont Colleges decreased by -4.16% (2,548 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 50,960 32,993 6,086
2015-16 53,862
5.69%
33,538
1.65%
5,996
-1.48%
2016-17 50,711
-5.85%
31,386
-6.42%
6,432
7.27%
2017-18 50,208
-0.99%
30,486
-2.87%
6,319
-1.76%
2018-19 52,003
3.58%
31,972
4.87%
6,365
0.73%
2019-20 48,492
-6.75%
29,665
-7.22%
6,044
-5.04%
2020-21 45,072
-7.05%
28,838
-2.79%
5,469
-9.51%
2021-22 58,977
30.85%
33,772
17.11%
6,188
13.15%
2022-23 67,460
14.38%
36,070
6.80%
6,273
1.37%
2023-24 61,203
-9.28%
32,319
-10.40%
5,841
-6.89%
2024-25 58,655
-4.16%
33,044
2.24%
5,522
-5.46%
Average 54,328 32,189 6,049
Vermont Colleges Applicants Trends Chart
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