Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Arizona Colleges

91.27%

Applicants Changes

15.87%

Acceptance Rate

Arizona Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 71.28% to 87.15%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 87.15%, with 197,609 students accepted out of 231,906 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 86.42%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 87.21%

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 36.53% to 34.07%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 34.07%
    • Women's yield: 34.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 231,906 in 2025. This represents a 2.14% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 197,609.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 40,422 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 77.04% where the current academic year rate is 87.15% at Arizona Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.09% and women students' rate is 78.50%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 71.28% 74.73% 74.82%
2015-16 69.70%
-1.58%		 71.95%
-2.78%		 71.25%
-3.56%
2016-17 74.09%
4.39%		 74.04%
2.10%		 76.46%
5.20%
2017-18 78.83%
4.75%		 80.07%
6.03%		 78.36%
1.91%
2018-19 72.09%
-6.74%		 75.91%
-4.16%		 73.94%
-4.42%
2019-20 77.73%
5.64%		 80.92%
5.01%		 78.38%
4.44%
2020-21 76.18%
-1.55%		 77.32%
-3.60%		 79.47%
1.09%
2021-22 76.05%
-0.14%		 75.55%
-1.77%		 77.03%
-2.44%
2022-23 81.35%
5.30%		 79.94%
4.39%		 82.27%
5.24%
2023-24 83.02%
1.67%		 82.14%
2.20%		 84.27%
2.00%
2024-25 87.15%
4.13%		 86.42%
4.28%		 87.21%
2.94%
Average 77.04% 78.09% 78.50%
Arizona Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 38.62% where the current academic year yield is 34.07%. 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 Arizona Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 36.53% 34.34% 36.10%
2015-16 38.29%
1.76%		 37.28%
2.94%		 36.44%
0.33%
2016-17 38.56%
0.26%		 36.59%
-0.69%		 36.73%
0.29%
2017-18 37.70%
-0.85%		 31.64%
-4.96%		 38.50%
1.77%
2018-19 39.81%
2.11%		 37.46%
5.82%		 39.01%
0.51%
2019-20 40.82%
1.01%		 39.17%
1.71%		 42.45%
3.44%
2020-21 43.25%
2.43%		 43.93%
4.77%		 40.44%
-2.01%
2021-22 39.59%
-3.66%		 41.87%
-2.06%		 37.97%
-2.47%
2022-23 40.81%
1.22%		 42.67%
0.80%		 40.33%
2.36%
2023-24 35.43%
-5.38%		 36.44%
-6.23%		 34.59%
-5.74%
2024-25 34.07%
-1.36%		 33.12%
-3.32%		 34.13%
-0.46%
Average 38.62% 37.68% 37.88%
Arizona Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 175,224, the average number of admitted is 140,237, and the average number of enrolled students is 34,002 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Arizona Colleges increased by 2.14% (4,865 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 121,245 89,587 25,662
2015-16 137,127
13.10%		 93,330
4.18%		 27,595
7.53%
2016-17 144,053
5.05%		 105,029
12.54%		 27,520
-0.27%
2017-18 141,839
-1.54%		 109,912
4.65%		 27,761
0.88%
2018-19 148,639
4.79%		 119,079
8.34%		 30,081
8.36%
2019-20 164,458
10.64%		 134,003
12.53%		 33,670
11.93%
2020-21 196,929
19.74%		 163,633
22.11%		 37,107
10.21%
2021-22 203,561
3.37%		 169,951
3.86%		 39,593
6.70%
2022-23 210,668
3.49%		 175,835
3.46%		 42,706
7.86%
2023-24 227,041
7.77%		 184,639
5.01%		 41,901
-1.88%
2024-25 231,906
2.14%		 197,609
7.02%		 40,422
-3.53%
Average 175,224 140,237 34,002
Arizona Colleges Applicants Trends Chart