Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for New Hampshire Colleges

74.64%

Applicants Changes

4.07%

Acceptance Rate

New Hampshire Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 75.76% to 79.83%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 79.83%, with 87,507 students accepted out of 123,755 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 77.16%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 81.60%

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 28.55% to 21.18%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 21.18%
    • Women's yield: 20.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 123,755 in 2025. This represents a 2.67% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 87,507.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 23,704 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 77.80% where the current academic year rate is 79.83% at New Hampshire Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.56% and women students' rate is 79.30%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 75.76% 73.06% 77.78%
2015-16 76.92%
1.17%		 74.83%
1.77%		 78.50%
0.72%
2016-17 76.24%
-0.69%		 74.35%
-0.48%		 77.41%
-1.09%
2017-18 78.12%
1.89%		 75.80%
1.45%		 79.65%
2.23%
2018-19 65.76%
-12.37%		 63.87%
-11.93%		 67.10%
-12.55%
2019-20 79.32%
13.56%		 76.68%
12.81%		 81.06%
13.96%
2020-21 80.41%
1.09%		 77.64%
0.96%		 82.12%
1.06%
2021-22 82.28%
1.87%		 80.34%
2.70%		 83.47%
1.35%
2022-23 83.12%
0.85%		 80.56%
0.21%		 84.63%
1.16%
2023-24 78.09%
-5.03%		 76.85%
-3.70%		 78.96%
-5.67%
2024-25 79.83%
1.74%		 77.16%
0.31%		 81.60%
2.64%
Average 77.80% 75.56% 79.30%
New Hampshire Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 26.42% where the current academic year yield is 21.18%. 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 New Hampshire Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 28.55% 27.99% 29.01%
2015-16 27.51%
-1.04%		 30.42%
2.43%		 25.04%
-3.97%
2016-17 27.67%
0.17%		 29.16%
-1.26%		 27.24%
2.20%
2017-18 27.67%
-0.01%		 28.25%
-0.90%		 27.20%
-0.04%
2018-19 30.71%
3.04%		 31.19%
2.94%		 30.16%
2.97%
2019-20 28.19%
-2.52%		 29.14%
-2.05%		 27.19%
-2.97%
2020-21 25.14%
-3.05%		 24.95%
-4.19%		 25.13%
-2.06%
2021-22 23.88%
-1.26%		 25.03%
0.08%		 23.01%
-2.12%
2022-23 22.17%
-1.71%		 24.22%
-0.81%		 21.02%
-1.99%
2023-24 27.93%
5.76%		 29.07%
4.85%		 27.12%
6.10%
2024-25 21.18%
-6.75%		 21.96%
-7.12%		 20.60%
-6.53%
Average 26.42% 27.40% 25.70%
New Hampshire Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 98,675, the average number of admitted is 66,494, and the average number of enrolled students is 17,016 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to New Hampshire Colleges increased by 2.67% (3,220 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 70,864 44,217 9,050
2015-16 72,809
2.74%		 44,200
-0.04%		 9,336
3.16%
2016-17 77,299
6.17%		 47,697
7.91%		 9,164
-1.84%
2017-18 93,484
20.94%		 61,250
28.41%		 15,650
70.78%
2018-19 96,349
3.06%		 58,581
-4.36%		 17,746
13.39%
2019-20 103,314
7.23%		 70,515
20.37%		 18,325
3.26%
2020-21 108,994
5.50%		 80,567
14.26%		 22,956
25.27%
2021-22 105,413
-3.29%		 71,055
-11.81%		 17,882
-22.10%
2022-23 112,612
6.83%		 79,882
12.42%		 20,865
16.68%
2023-24 120,535
7.04%		 85,967
7.62%		 22,503
7.85%
2024-25 123,755
2.67%		 87,507
1.79%		 23,704
5.34%
Average 98,675 66,494 17,016
New Hampshire Colleges Applicants Trends Chart