Alaska Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)
- Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 42.07% to 79.87%.
- Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 79.87%, with 790 students accepted out of 938 total applicants.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's acceptance rate: 87.87%
- Women's acceptance rate: 75.22%
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
- Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently increased.
- 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 13.77% to 40.21%.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's yield: 40.21%
- Women's yield: 43.52%
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
- Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 938 in 2025. This represents a -82.75% decrease from the previous year.
- Admitted Students: The number of admitted students decreased to 790.
- Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 194 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 70.09% where the current academic year rate is 79.87% at Alaska Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.59% and women students' rate is 69.23%.
Last year, it was easier to get into Alaska Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Alaska Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
42.07% |
44.94% |
41.00% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
57.88%
15.81% |
59.61%
14.67% |
56.73%
15.73% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
65.09%
7.21% |
68.28%
8.66% |
63.55%
6.82% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
79.14%
14.06% |
79.09%
10.82% |
79.00%
15.45% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
76.21%
-2.94% |
73.33%
-5.76% |
77.28%
-1.72% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
77.19%
0.98% |
78.56%
5.22% |
76.43%
-0.86% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
74.50%
-2.69% |
73.79%
-4.77% |
74.85%
-1.58% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
71.51%
-3.00% |
72.08%
-1.71% |
71.24%
-3.62% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
75.76%
4.25% |
77.60%
5.52% |
74.84%
3.60% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
71.74%
-4.02% |
72.31%
-5.28% |
71.38%
-3.46% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
79.87%
8.13% |
87.87%
15.56% |
75.22%
3.84% |
|---|
| Average |
70.09% |
71.59% |
69.23% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 43.68% where the current academic year yield is 40.21%. 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 Alaska Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
13.77% |
12.50% |
14.29% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
61.47%
47.71% |
60.76%
48.26% |
61.66%
47.38% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
56.92%
-4.55% |
57.34%
-3.43% |
56.41%
-5.25% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
48.44%
-8.48% |
49.67%
-7.67% |
47.31%
-9.10% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
48.64%
0.20% |
51.37%
1.70% |
46.41%
-0.90% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
46.00%
-2.64% |
47.43%
-3.94% |
44.99%
-1.42% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
43.52%
-2.48% |
44.87%
-2.56% |
42.67%
-2.32% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
45.49%
1.97% |
46.79%
1.92% |
44.46%
1.79% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
34.82%
-10.67% |
37.37%
-9.42% |
33.13%
-11.34% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
41.21%
6.39% |
41.74%
4.37% |
40.79%
7.67% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
40.21%
-1.00% |
36.47%
-5.27% |
43.52%
2.73% |
|---|
| Average |
43.68% |
44.21% |
43.24% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 4,890, the average number of admitted is 3,606, and the average number of enrolled students is 1,832 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Alaska Colleges decreased by -82.75% (4,500 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Alaska Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
328 |
138 |
19 |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
6,486
1,877.44% |
4,297
3,013.77% |
2,912
15,226.32% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
6,041
-6.86% |
4,597
6.98% |
2,722
-6.52% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
6,246
3.39% |
5,035
9.53% |
2,905
6.72% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
6,346
1.60% |
4,989
-0.91% |
2,621
-9.78% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
5,901
-7.01% |
4,711
-5.57% |
2,266
-13.54% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
5,358
-9.20% |
3,977
-15.58% |
1,904
-15.98% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
5,801
8.27% |
4,022
1.13% |
1,864
-2.10% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
4,905
-15.45% |
3,339
-16.98% |
1,267
-32.03% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
5,438
10.87% |
3,770
12.91% |
1,481
16.89% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
938
-82.75% |
790
-79.05% |
194
-86.90% |
|---|
| Average |
4,890 |
3,606 |
1,832 |
|---|