Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Kansas Colleges

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Applicants Changes

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Acceptance Rate

Kansas Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 74.39% to 78.65%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 78.65%, with 66,397 students accepted out of 76,778 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 79.61%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 77.54%

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 44.45% to 33.16%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 33.16%
    • Women's yield: 32.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 76,778 in 2025. This represents a 10.32% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 66,397.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 16,851 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 73.60% where the current academic year rate is 78.65% at Kansas Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.94% and women students' rate is 74.83%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 74.39% 73.58% 75.59%
2015-16 74.45%
0.06%
72.42%
-1.16%
77.17%
1.58%
2016-17 69.24%
-5.21%
66.92%
-5.50%
71.32%
-5.85%
2017-18 71.57%
2.33%
69.97%
3.05%
74.73%
3.42%
2018-19 68.96%
-2.62%
68.01%
-1.96%
70.72%
-4.02%
2019-20 69.66%
0.71%
69.01%
1.00%
70.67%
-0.05%
2020-21 69.36%
-0.31%
68.08%
-0.93%
71.28%
0.61%
2021-22 77.21%
7.85%
77.24%
9.16%
78.14%
6.86%
2022-23 76.79%
-0.42%
76.58%
-0.66%
76.49%
-1.65%
2023-24 79.32%
2.54%
80.92%
4.34%
79.47%
2.98%
2024-25 78.65%
-0.68%
79.61%
-1.31%
77.54%
-1.93%
Average 73.60% 72.94% 74.83%
Kansas Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 36.97% where the current academic year yield is 33.16%. 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 Kansas Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 44.45% 45.14% 42.44%
2015-16 40.41%
-4.04%
40.43%
-4.72%
40.80%
-1.65%
2016-17 37.82%
-2.59%
39.45%
-0.98%
38.58%
-2.22%
2017-18 39.06%
1.23%
40.41%
0.97%
39.55%
0.97%
2018-19 42.35%
3.30%
44.81%
4.40%
42.45%
2.90%
2019-20 37.22%
-5.14%
39.36%
-5.46%
36.45%
-6.00%
2020-21 33.31%
-3.90%
33.65%
-5.71%
34.42%
-2.03%
2021-22 32.73%
-0.58%
33.63%
-0.02%
33.53%
-0.90%
2022-23 32.67%
-0.06%
33.19%
-0.44%
34.54%
1.01%
2023-24 33.51%
0.84%
34.06%
0.87%
34.93%
0.39%
2024-25 33.16%
-0.35%
34.61%
0.55%
32.30%
-2.63%
Average 36.97% 38.07% 37.27%
Kansas Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 58,499, the average number of admitted is 49,035, and the average number of enrolled students is 15,189 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Kansas Colleges increased by 10.32% (7,182 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 51,787 43,667 15,289
2015-16 51,309
-0.92%
44,030
0.83%
14,858
-2.82%
2016-17 52,976
3.25%
43,785
-0.56%
15,236
2.54%
2017-18 51,791
-2.24%
43,382
-0.92%
15,196
-0.26%
2018-19 51,349
-0.85%
43,018
-0.84%
15,202
0.04%
2019-20 53,581
4.35%
43,455
1.02%
14,681
-3.43%
2020-21 57,496
7.31%
46,336
6.63%
14,011
-4.56%
2021-22 60,819
5.78%
51,358
10.84%
14,677
4.75%
2022-23 66,010
8.54%
55,548
8.16%
15,043
2.49%
2023-24 69,596
5.43%
58,413
5.16%
16,040
6.63%
2024-25 76,778
10.32%
66,397
13.67%
16,851
5.06%
Average 58,499 49,035 15,189
Kansas Colleges Applicants Trends Chart