Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Massachusetts Colleges

49.37%

Applicants Changes

1.39%

Acceptance Rate

Massachusetts Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 60.24% to 61.62%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 61.62%, with 270,873 students accepted out of 730,742 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 60.57%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 63.69%

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 28.33% to 24.58%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 24.58%
    • Women's yield: 23.87%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 730,742 in 2025. This represents a 2.20% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 270,873.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 52,452 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 61.35% where the current academic year rate is 61.62% at Massachusetts Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.53% and women students' rate is 63.11%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 60.24% 58.51% 62.27%
2015-16 60.37%
0.13%		 59.71%
1.20%		 62.16%
-0.11%
2016-17 60.33%
-0.04%		 59.52%
-0.19%		 61.68%
-0.48%
2017-18 61.76%
1.43%		 60.98%
1.46%		 63.92%
2.24%
2018-19 59.82%
-1.94%		 59.99%
-0.98%		 61.01%
-2.91%
2019-20 58.35%
-1.48%		 57.71%
-2.29%		 59.86%
-1.15%
2020-21 62.22%
3.88%		 61.36%
3.66%		 63.72%
3.86%
2021-22 63.75%
1.53%		 62.68%
1.32%		 66.25%
2.54%
2022-23 63.27%
-0.48%		 62.41%
-0.27%		 65.28%
-0.97%
2023-24 63.11%
-0.16%		 62.44%
0.03%		 64.36%
-0.92%
2024-25 61.62%
-1.49%		 60.57%
-1.87%		 63.69%
-0.66%
Average 61.35% 60.53% 63.11%
Massachusetts Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 26.31% where the current academic year yield is 24.58%. 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 Massachusetts Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 28.33% 29.72% 27.40%
2015-16 29.27%
0.93%		 31.37%
1.66%		 28.05%
0.66%
2016-17 27.19%
-2.08%		 28.18%
-3.20%		 26.56%
-1.49%
2017-18 27.16%
-0.03%		 28.66%
0.48%		 26.27%
-0.30%
2018-19 26.68%
-0.47%		 28.21%
-0.45%		 25.90%
-0.36%
2019-20 27.45%
0.76%		 29.32%
1.11%		 25.95%
0.05%
2020-21 23.54%
-3.91%		 25.09%
-4.23%		 22.07%
-3.88%
2021-22 25.40%
1.87%		 26.38%
1.29%		 24.91%
2.84%
2022-23 24.61%
-0.79%		 25.95%
-0.43%		 23.56%
-1.35%
2023-24 25.19%
0.59%		 27.10%
1.14%		 24.03%
0.47%
2024-25 24.58%
-0.61%		 25.93%
-1.17%		 23.87%
-0.16%
Average 26.31% 27.81% 25.32%
Massachusetts Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 602,018, the average number of admitted is 248,325, and the average number of enrolled students is 53,842 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Massachusetts Colleges increased by 2.20% (15,723 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 489,226 225,118 53,509
2015-16 514,925
5.25%		 228,753
1.61%		 53,393
-0.22%
2016-17 535,151
3.93%		 239,244
4.59%		 53,825
0.81%
2017-18 550,857
2.93%		 246,124
2.88%		 54,866
1.93%
2018-19 574,652
4.32%		 243,078
-1.24%		 55,313
0.81%
2019-20 587,056
2.16%		 243,294
0.09%		 55,010
-0.55%
2020-21 568,915
-3.09%		 252,081
3.61%		 51,261
-6.82%
2021-22 649,405
14.15%		 258,366
2.49%		 55,150
7.59%
2022-23 706,254
8.75%		 260,050
0.65%		 53,937
-2.20%
2023-24 715,019
1.24%		 264,592
1.75%		 53,542
-0.73%
2024-25 730,742
2.20%		 270,873
2.37%		 52,452
-2.04%
Average 602,018 248,325 53,842
Massachusetts Colleges Applicants Trends Chart