Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Minnesota Colleges

11.67%

Applicants Changes

5.06%

Acceptance Rate

Minnesota Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 69.35% to 74.41%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 74.41%, with 116,681 students accepted out of 161,602 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 71.05%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 76.03%

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 37.81% to 29.38%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 29.38%
    • Women's yield: 29.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 161,602 in 2025. This represents a 7.09% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 116,681.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 26,239 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 70.88% where the current academic year rate is 74.41% at Minnesota Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.18% and women students' rate is 72.28%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 69.35% 68.54% 69.98%
2015-16 67.35%
-2.00%		 64.72%
-3.82%		 69.18%
-0.80%
2016-17 67.86%
0.52%		 64.55%
-0.17%		 68.89%
-0.29%
2017-18 66.58%
-1.29%		 62.22%
-2.32%		 67.96%
-0.92%
2018-19 69.04%
2.47%		 66.48%
4.26%		 69.84%
1.88%
2019-20 70.22%
1.18%		 68.76%
2.27%		 70.90%
1.06%
2020-21 70.63%
0.41%		 68.31%
-0.45%		 72.05%
1.15%
2021-22 74.37%
3.74%		 71.43%
3.12%		 75.46%
3.41%
2022-23 75.32%
0.95%		 71.56%
0.13%		 77.61%
2.16%
2023-24 74.55%
-0.77%		 72.32%
0.76%		 77.17%
-0.44%
2024-25 74.41%
-0.14%		 71.05%
-1.27%		 76.03%
-1.15%
Average 70.88% 68.18% 72.28%
Minnesota Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 34.26% where the current academic year yield is 29.38%. 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 Minnesota Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 37.81% 40.36% 35.99%
2015-16 38.07%
0.26%		 40.31%
-0.05%		 37.24%
1.25%
2016-17 37.84%
-0.23%		 40.61%
0.30%		 36.68%
-0.55%
2017-18 35.79%
-2.06%		 37.78%
-2.82%		 34.85%
-1.83%
2018-19 36.73%
0.94%		 38.04%
0.25%		 35.68%
0.82%
2019-20 35.09%
-1.64%		 36.28%
-1.76%		 35.21%
-0.47%
2020-21 32.57%
-2.52%		 33.80%
-2.47%		 31.98%
-3.23%
2021-22 31.90%
-0.67%		 35.10%
1.30%		 30.71%
-1.27%
2022-23 31.17%
-0.74%		 32.86%
-2.25%		 30.55%
-0.17%
2023-24 30.51%
-0.66%		 32.57%
-0.29%		 30.15%
-0.40%
2024-25 29.38%
-1.13%		 32.03%
-0.54%		 29.22%
-0.93%
Average 34.26% 36.34% 33.48%
Minnesota Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 151,456, the average number of admitted is 97,293, and the average number of enrolled students is 25,914 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Minnesota Colleges increased by 7.09% (10,699 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 144,715 85,411 26,338
2015-16 149,152
3.07%		 86,217
0.94%		 26,403
0.25%
2016-17 159,745
7.10%		 91,954
6.65%		 26,862
1.74%
2017-18 156,593
-1.97%		 93,781
1.99%		 26,698
-0.61%
2018-19 155,377
-0.78%		 94,270
0.52%		 26,741
0.16%
2019-20 150,007
-3.46%		 93,802
-0.50%		 26,359
-1.43%
2020-21 146,073
-2.62%		 98,641
5.16%		 24,373
-7.53%
2021-22 143,887
-1.50%		 98,650
0.01%		 24,883
2.09%
2022-23 147,958
2.83%		 102,578
3.98%		 24,870
-0.05%
2023-24 150,903
1.99%		 108,233
5.51%		 25,290
1.69%
2024-25 161,602
7.09%		 116,681
7.81%		 26,239
3.75%
Average 151,456 97,293 25,914
Minnesota Colleges Applicants Trends Chart