Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Delaware Colleges

36.16%

Applicants Changes

12.43%

Acceptance Rate

Delaware Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 54.80% to 67.23%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 67.23%, with 33,007 students accepted out of 49,428 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 61.15%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 71.62%

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 30.27% to 23.16%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 23.16%
    • Women's yield: 20.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 49,428 in 2025. This represents a 6.24% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 33,007.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 5,917 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 59.84% where the current academic year rate is 67.23% at Delaware Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.84% and women students' rate is 61.94%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 54.80% 52.69% 56.16%
2015-16 54.44%
-0.36%		 51.30%
-1.38%		 56.35%
0.20%
2016-17 57.17%
2.73%		 54.45%
3.15%		 58.97%
2.61%
2017-18 55.34%
-1.84%		 52.10%
-2.35%		 57.60%
-1.37%
2018-19 57.65%
2.32%		 55.50%
3.40%		 59.00%
1.40%
2019-20 60.55%
2.90%		 59.36%
3.86%		 61.35%
2.35%
2020-21 54.78%
-5.77%		 52.13%
-7.22%		 56.40%
-4.95%
2021-22 64.69%
9.91%		 60.97%
8.83%		 67.00%
10.60%
2022-23 63.82%
-0.88%		 60.99%
0.03%		 67.18%
0.19%
2023-24 67.77%
3.95%		 64.64%
3.65%		 69.67%
2.49%
2024-25 67.23%
-0.54%		 61.15%
-3.49%		 71.62%
1.95%
Average 59.84% 56.84% 61.94%
Delaware Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 26.51% where the current academic year yield is 23.16%. 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 Delaware Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 30.27% 31.96% 29.22%
2015-16 26.48%
-3.79%		 27.62%
-4.35%		 25.79%
-3.43%
2016-17 26.90%
0.43%		 30.74%
3.13%		 24.45%
-1.34%
2017-18 29.63%
2.73%		 32.21%
1.46%		 27.96%
3.50%
2018-19 25.11%
-4.52%		 29.00%
-3.21%		 22.55%
-5.41%
2019-20 25.75%
0.64%		 28.64%
-0.35%		 23.74%
1.19%
2020-21 24.36%
-1.39%		 28.36%
-0.28%		 21.19%
-2.54%
2021-22 31.34%
6.98%		 33.01%
4.65%		 29.92%
8.73%
2022-23 27.24%
-4.10%		 29.33%
-3.69%		 25.97%
-3.95%
2023-24 21.41%
-5.83%		 22.74%
-6.58%		 20.57%
-5.40%
2024-25 23.16%
1.75%		 27.03%
4.29%		 20.93%
0.36%
Average 26.51% 29.15% 24.75%
Delaware Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 41,236, the average number of admitted is 26,428, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,014 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Delaware Colleges increased by 6.24% (2,905 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 36,301 22,415 5,990
2015-16 37,847
4.26%		 23,062
2.89%		 5,984
-0.10%
2016-17 37,197
-1.72%		 22,994
-0.29%		 5,897
-1.45%
2017-18 39,051
4.98%		 23,076
0.36%		 6,201
5.16%
2018-19 38,549
-1.29%		 24,133
4.58%		 6,172
-0.47%
2019-20 38,988
1.14%		 25,793
6.88%		 6,173
0.02%
2020-21 47,219
21.11%		 27,955
8.38%		 5,470
-11.39%
2021-22 39,395
-16.57%		 27,699
-0.92%		 5,806
6.14%
2022-23 43,096
9.39%		 30,397
9.74%		 6,440
10.92%
2023-24 46,523
7.95%		 30,180
-0.71%		 6,106
-5.19%
2024-25 49,428
6.24%		 33,007
9.37%		 5,917
-3.10%
Average 41,236 26,428 6,014
Delaware Colleges Applicants Trends Chart