North Carolina Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)
- Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 57.32% to 67.29%.
- Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 67.29%, with 326,761 students accepted out of 569,430 total applicants.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's acceptance rate: 65.93%
- Women's acceptance rate: 69.22%
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 31.58% to 21.79%.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's yield: 21.79%
- Women's yield: 20.78%
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
- Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 569,430 in 2025. This represents a 12.01% increase from the previous year.
- Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 326,761.
- Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 54,571 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 63.46% where the current academic year rate is 67.29% at North Carolina Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.26% and women students' rate is 64.61%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into North Carolina Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at North Carolina Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
57.32% |
56.00% |
58.04% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
59.30%
1.98% |
57.49%
1.49% |
59.98%
1.94% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
60.58%
1.28% |
58.59%
1.10% |
61.41%
1.43% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
61.27%
0.70% |
60.45%
1.86% |
61.20%
-0.21% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
58.80%
-2.47% |
58.59%
-1.86% |
60.38%
-0.82% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
63.58%
4.78% |
62.17%
3.58% |
63.58%
3.20% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
64.77%
1.19% |
64.70%
2.53% |
66.58%
3.00% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
67.43%
2.66% |
65.66%
0.96% |
69.86%
3.27% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
67.88%
0.46% |
67.17%
1.51% |
68.90%
-0.96% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
69.87%
1.99% |
68.15%
0.98% |
71.61%
2.71% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
67.29%
-2.58% |
65.93%
-2.22% |
69.22%
-2.39% |
|---|
| Average |
63.46% |
62.26% |
64.61% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 28.86% where the current academic year yield is 21.79%. 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 North Carolina Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
31.58% |
34.98% |
29.74% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
32.73%
1.15% |
35.18%
0.20% |
31.39%
1.65% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
32.75%
0.02% |
35.05%
-0.13% |
30.99%
-0.40% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
33.07%
0.32% |
33.45%
-1.60% |
30.55%
-0.44% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
31.21%
-1.87% |
31.97%
-1.48% |
29.34%
-1.22% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
28.67%
-2.54% |
32.26%
0.28% |
25.91%
-3.43% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
26.40%
-2.27% |
28.41%
-3.85% |
25.09%
-0.82% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
28.55%
2.15% |
29.78%
1.37% |
27.53%
2.43% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
25.05%
-3.50% |
25.97%
-3.80% |
23.60%
-3.93% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
25.64%
0.58% |
27.01%
1.03% |
24.09%
0.49% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
21.79%
-3.84% |
23.42%
-3.58% |
20.78%
-3.31% |
|---|
| Average |
28.86% |
30.68% |
27.18% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 414,926, the average number of admitted is 227,094, and the average number of enrolled students is 51,803 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to North Carolina Colleges increased by 12.01% (61,049 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at North Carolina Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
323,129 |
162,472 |
48,557 |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
332,431
2.88% |
170,299
4.82% |
49,563
2.07% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
362,872
9.16% |
186,166
9.32% |
51,019
2.94% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
369,087
1.71% |
195,938
5.25% |
51,923
1.77% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
397,199
7.62% |
205,873
5.07% |
53,375
2.80% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
400,552
0.84% |
217,192
5.50% |
51,988
-2.60% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
409,901
2.33% |
234,067
7.77% |
50,938
-2.02% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
430,113
4.93% |
245,493
4.88% |
52,142
2.36% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
461,086
7.20% |
261,566
6.55% |
51,662
-0.92% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
508,381
10.26% |
292,206
11.71% |
54,090
4.70% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
569,430
12.01% |
326,761
11.83% |
54,571
0.89% |
|---|
| Average |
414,926 |
227,094 |
51,803 |
|---|