Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Louisiana Colleges

88.55%

Applicants Changes

9.84%

Acceptance Rate

Louisiana Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 64.47% to 74.31%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 74.31%, with 119,315 students accepted out of 200,984 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 69.62%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 77.24%

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 50.21% to 29.71%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 29.71%
    • Women's yield: 28.36%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 200,984 in 2025. This represents a 7.93% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 119,315.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 29,261 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 68.30% where the current academic year rate is 74.31% at Louisiana Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.55% and women students' rate is 68.76%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 64.47% 65.10% 64.01%
2015-16 66.31%
1.84%		 66.30%
1.20%		 66.21%
2.20%
2016-17 61.81%
-4.50%		 63.16%
-3.15%		 61.43%
-4.78%
2017-18 60.21%
-1.61%		 60.44%
-2.71%		 59.87%
-1.56%
2018-19 64.59%
4.38%		 65.74%
5.30%		 64.63%
4.76%
2019-20 66.43%
1.84%		 63.49%
-2.25%		 66.67%
2.04%
2020-21 71.48%
5.05%		 70.23%
6.74%		 72.12%
5.45%
2021-22 73.35%
1.87%		 73.56%
3.33%		 73.68%
1.56%
2022-23 75.23%
1.88%		 74.87%
1.31%		 76.35%
2.67%
2023-24 73.12%
-2.11%		 70.54%
-4.33%		 74.21%
-2.14%
2024-25 74.31%
1.19%		 69.62%
-0.93%		 77.24%
3.03%
Average 68.30% 67.55% 68.76%
Louisiana Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 38.51% where the current academic year yield is 29.71%. 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 Louisiana Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 50.21% 49.61% 49.90%
2015-16 46.27%
-3.95%		 45.56%
-4.05%		 46.13%
-3.77%
2016-17 44.82%
-1.45%		 46.16%
0.60%		 45.54%
-0.59%
2017-18 43.69%
-1.12%		 46.40%
0.24%		 42.45%
-3.09%
2018-19 39.28%
-4.41%		 40.75%
-5.65%		 38.55%
-3.90%
2019-20 38.67%
-0.61%		 37.77%
-2.97%		 39.73%
1.18%
2020-21 33.51%
-5.16%		 34.30%
-3.47%		 32.83%
-6.90%
2021-22 31.51%
-2.00%		 35.57%
1.26%		 29.61%
-3.22%
2022-23 32.68%
1.17%		 34.95%
-0.61%		 30.66%
1.05%
2023-24 33.23%
0.55%		 34.35%
-0.61%		 31.53%
0.87%
2024-25 29.71%
-3.52%		 32.59%
-1.75%		 28.36%
-3.17%
Average 38.51% 39.82% 37.75%
Louisiana Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 150,337, the average number of admitted is 84,437, and the average number of enrolled students is 27,101 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Louisiana Colleges increased by 7.93% (14,767 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 106,597 59,119 24,779
2015-16 107,022
0.40%		 63,358
7.17%		 26,306
6.16%
2016-17 127,157
18.81%		 68,778
8.55%		 26,279
-0.10%
2017-18 132,821
4.45%		 67,725
-1.53%		 26,469
0.72%
2018-19 145,024
9.19%		 77,011
13.71%		 27,766
4.90%
2019-20 153,117
5.58%		 77,803
1.03%		 27,098
-2.41%
2020-21 163,366
6.69%		 93,620
20.33%		 27,473
1.38%
2021-22 166,122
1.69%		 93,997
0.40%		 27,438
-0.13%
2022-23 165,282
-0.51%		 101,111
7.57%		 27,224
-0.78%
2023-24 186,217
12.67%		 106,968
5.79%		 28,016
2.91%
2024-25 200,984
7.93%		 119,315
11.54%		 29,261
4.44%
Average 150,337 84,437 27,101
Louisiana Colleges Applicants Trends Chart