59.18% of Applicants Accepted to Colleges in 2025 Admission

14,686,579

Applicants

8,691,101

Admitted

59.18%

Acceptance Rate

19.38%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of U.S. colleges is 59.18%, 8,691,101 accepted out of 14,686,579 applicants.

The total number of applicants increased by 839,684 (6.06%) compared to last year, from 13,846,895 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 14,765, which is more than 0.88% last year.

The acceptance rate increased by 0.67% compared to last year, which means easier to get into colleges. The yield decreased by 1.23%.

Massachusetts has the lowest acceptance rate of 37.06% with 270,762 accepted students out of 730,638 applicants. California has the most number of applicants of 2,007,136 and it also has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 147,745.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics by State

2025 Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics Comparison Table By State

The following table compares the acceptance rates with number of applicants, accepted, and enrolled students by State. For the comparison, we include 1,717 four-years colleges that do not have the open admission policy. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate Comparison Table by State
State4-Year CollegesApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Alaska2938
-4,500		790
-2,980		194
-1,287		84.22%
14.89%		24.56%
-14.73%
Alabama25251,761
17,175		170,321
8,790		31,884
-280		67.65%
-1.21%		18.72%
-1.19%
Arkansas1784,409
7,456		61,579
5,530		17,224
463		72.95%
0.12%		27.97%
-1.93%
Arizona14231,906
4,865		197,609
12,970		40,422
-1,479		85.21%
3.89%		20.46%
-2.24%
California1162,007,136
25,336		952,367
78,248		147,745
-548		47.45%
3.34%		15.51%
-1.45%
Colorado19225,415
20,072		180,481
12,056		28,234
555		80.07%
-1.96%		15.64%
-0.79%
Connecticut22299,524
40,283		150,457
18,747		22,549
795		50.23%
-0.57%		14.99%
-1.53%
District of Columbia7112,888
2,025		47,907
4,756		9,567
17		42.44%
3.51%		19.97%
-2.16%
Delaware349,428
2,905		33,007
2,827		5,917
-189		66.78%
1.91%		17.93%
-2.31%
Florida56710,194
51,518		331,237
19,117		72,396
1,775		46.64%
-0.75%		21.86%
-0.77%
Federated States of Micronesia11,322
54		1,151
125		569
28		87.07%
6.15%		49.44%
-3.29%
Georgia49401,502
34,693		211,963
14,367		61,351
725		52.79%
-1.08%		28.94%
-1.74%
Guam110
-61		10
-18		10
3		100.00%
60.56%		100.00%
75.00%
Hawaii636,959
-3,406		31,061
9		4,801
-100		84.04%
7.11%		15.46%
-0.33%
Iowa30121,314
5,412		90,879
2,946		19,957
91		74.91%
-0.96%		21.96%
-0.63%
Idaho859,681
8,645		49,991
8,564		14,494
4,125		83.76%
2.59%		28.99%
3.96%
Illinois59534,828
23,593		314,455
14,175		52,675
-911		58.80%
0.06%		16.75%
-1.09%
Indiana46358,092
21,542		239,397
14,925		49,507
1,921		66.85%
0.16%		20.68%
-0.52%
Kansas2576,778
7,182		66,397
7,984		16,851
811		86.48%
2.55%		25.38%
-2.08%
Kentucky27141,610
12,509		114,455
6,969		25,698
252		80.82%
-2.43%		22.45%
-1.22%
Louisiana24200,984
14,767		119,315
12,347		29,261
1,245		59.37%
1.92%		24.52%
-1.67%
Massachusetts64730,638
15,763		270,762
6,325		52,397
-1,056		37.06%
0.07%		19.35%
-0.86%
Maryland27252,029
21,278		142,070
7,562		23,858
-126		56.37%
-1.92%		16.79%
-1.04%
Maine1678,789
-3,408		35,871
-6,261		6,826
-616		45.53%
-5.73%		19.03%
1.37%
Michigan44430,523
46,357		281,805
29,030		49,273
-867		65.46%
-0.34%		17.48%
-2.35%
Minnesota37161,602
10,699		116,681
8,448		26,239
949		72.20%
0.48%		22.49%
-0.88%
Missouri48183,451
12,464		116,663
8,886		27,508
913		63.59%
0.56%		23.58%
-1.10%
Mississippi17103,099
6,724		84,431
8,307		15,237
700		81.89%
2.91%		18.05%
-1.05%
Montana738,021
571		32,453
-513		6,614
125		85.36%
-2.67%		20.38%
0.70%
North Carolina57569,430
61,049		326,761
34,555		54,571
481		57.38%
-0.09%		16.70%
-1.81%
North Dakota820,812
1,167		16,749
334		6,092
471		80.48%
-3.08%		36.37%
2.13%
Nebraska1651,685
-2,120		43,504
663		10,782
-150		84.17%
4.55%		24.78%
-0.73%
New Hampshire11123,755
3,220		87,507
1,540		23,704
1,201		70.71%
-0.61%		27.09%
0.91%
New Jersey51396,241
80,848		258,043
48,436		37,393
2,134		65.12%
-1.34%		14.49%
-2.33%
New Mexico629,111
-2,740		25,886
-2		6,950
98		88.92%
7.64%		26.85%
0.38%
Nevada532,295
8,128		26,915
4,938		8,453
-105		83.34%
-7.60%		31.41%
-7.53%
New York1661,481,835
89,212		799,597
73,271		121,445
1,531		53.96%
1.80%		15.19%
-1.32%
Ohio73491,360
9,542		336,679
16,505		62,022
1,862		68.52%
2.07%		18.42%
-0.37%
Oklahoma1781,704
8,921		61,569
7,576		18,180
682		75.36%
1.17%		29.53%
-2.88%
Oregon25134,212
600		108,443
1,285		17,415
-113		80.80%
0.60%		16.06%
-0.30%
Pennsylvania116820,025
35,163		501,221
23,910		81,989
-776		61.12%
0.31%		16.36%
-0.98%
Puerto Rico3939,694
2,575		22,655
104		15,116
-116		57.07%
-3.68%		66.72%
-0.82%
Rhode Island11135,626
-922		61,594
1,299		11,708
-16		45.41%
1.26%		19.01%
-0.44%
South Carolina31274,063
20,036		167,432
9,399		30,139
217		61.09%
-1.12%		18.00%
-0.93%
South Dakota1128,355
3,610		24,711
3,307		6,753
305		87.15%
0.65%		27.33%
-2.80%
Tennessee38258,291
14,388		137,672
-2,706		33,454
-1,323		53.30%
-4.25%		24.30%
-0.47%
Texas79806,204
66,225		544,805
47,377		128,699
1,596		67.58%
0.35%		23.62%
-1.93%
Utah982,967
6,409		69,116
4,845		19,392
511		83.31%
-0.65%		28.06%
-1.32%
Virginia45427,183
28,493		266,468
5,763		53,003
-614		62.38%
-3.01%		19.89%
-0.68%
Virgin Islands1977
117		967
129		340
-2		98.98%
1.53%		35.16%
-5.65%
Vermont958,655
-2,548		33,044
725		5,522
-319		56.34%
3.53%		16.71%
-1.36%
Washington22181,553
8,008		119,778
1,413		24,857
-314		65.97%
-2.23%		20.75%
-0.51%
Wisconsin37219,173
-2,882		154,655
-861		35,619
160		70.56%
0.53%		23.03%
0.23%
West Virginia1550,316
960		43,733
1,422		9,977
-349		86.92%
1.19%		22.81%
-1.59%
Wyoming26,226
-288		6,032
-336		1,443
-321		96.88%
-0.87%		23.92%
-3.78%
Total1,71714,686,579
839,684		8,691,101
589,129		1,684,276
14,765		59.18%
0.67%		19.38%
-1.23%