Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Arkansas Colleges

42.13%

Applicants Changes

0.77%

Acceptance Rate

Arkansas Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 70.43% to 71.20%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 71.20%, with 61,579 students accepted out of 84,409 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 71.63%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 76.14%

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 43.76% to 33.44%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 33.44%
    • Women's yield: 35.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 84,409 in 2025. This represents a 9.69% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 61,579.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 17,224 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 68.95% where the current academic year rate is 71.20% at Arkansas Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.51% and women students' rate is 70.18%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 70.43% 70.41% 70.36%
2015-16 71.37%
0.94%		 71.11%
0.69%		 71.56%
1.20%
2016-17 68.78%
-2.59%		 68.13%
-2.97%		 69.51%
-2.05%
2017-18 72.09%
3.31%		 71.36%
3.22%		 73.06%
3.54%
2018-19 70.33%
-1.76%		 70.06%
-1.30%		 70.42%
-2.64%
2019-20 65.73%
-4.60%		 65.17%
-4.89%		 66.19%
-4.23%
2020-21 67.25%
1.51%		 66.05%
0.89%		 68.44%
2.26%
2021-22 65.90%
-1.35%		 65.07%
-0.98%		 66.17%
-2.28%
2022-23 66.57%
0.68%		 65.66%
0.59%		 67.38%
1.21%
2023-24 68.83%
2.26%		 68.94%
3.28%		 72.76%
5.37%
2024-25 71.20%
2.37%		 71.63%
2.69%		 76.14%
3.38%
Average 68.95% 68.51% 70.18%
Arkansas Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 36.91% where the current academic year yield is 33.44%. 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 Arkansas Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 43.76% 46.67% 41.89%
2015-16 42.46%
-1.30%		 45.29%
-1.38%		 40.28%
-1.61%
2016-17 40.37%
-2.09%		 42.53%
-2.75%		 38.62%
-1.66%
2017-18 38.13%
-2.23%		 40.96%
-1.57%		 36.13%
-2.49%
2018-19 37.69%
-0.45%		 40.91%
-0.06%		 35.47%
-0.66%
2019-20 37.38%
-0.31%		 41.13%
0.22%		 34.71%
-0.76%
2020-21 33.66%
-3.72%		 37.03%
-4.10%		 31.67%
-3.04%
2021-22 34.04%
0.39%		 38.12%
1.09%		 31.77%
0.11%
2022-23 33.04%
-1.00%		 35.80%
-2.32%		 31.20%
-0.58%
2023-24 32.08%
-0.96%		 40.69%
4.89%		 34.21%
3.01%
2024-25 33.44%
1.36%		 40.72%
0.03%		 35.53%
1.32%
Average 36.91% 40.90% 35.59%
Arkansas Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 67,159, the average number of admitted is 48,259, and the average number of enrolled students is 16,248 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Arkansas Colleges increased by 9.69% (7,456 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 59,388 40,827 17,269
2015-16 61,832
4.12%		 42,303
3.62%		 17,634
2.11%
2016-17 63,744
3.09%		 42,491
0.44%		 16,344
-7.32%
2017-18 60,609
-4.92%		 43,194
1.65%		 15,888
-2.79%
2018-19 60,751
0.23%		 45,129
4.48%		 15,980
0.58%
2019-20 63,230
4.08%		 45,919
1.75%		 15,221
-4.75%
2020-21 68,846
8.88%		 50,370
9.69%		 14,564
-4.32%
2021-22 67,987
-1.25%		 50,163
-0.41%		 15,350
5.40%
2022-23 71,002
4.43%		 52,828
5.31%		 16,496
7.47%
2023-24 76,953
8.38%		 56,049
6.10%		 16,761
1.61%
2024-25 84,409
9.69%		 61,579
9.87%		 17,224
2.76%
Average 67,159 48,259 16,248
Arkansas Colleges Applicants Trends Chart