New Jersey Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)
- Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 72.14% to 75.28%.
- Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 75.28%, with 258,043 students accepted out of 396,241 total applicants.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's acceptance rate: 73.18%
- Women's acceptance rate: 77.68%
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
- Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently increased.
- 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 46.31% to 49.46%.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's yield: 49.46%
- Women's yield: 20.41%
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
- Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 396,241 in 2025. This represents a 25.63% increase from the previous year.
- Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 258,043.
- Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 37,393 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 72.73% where the current academic year rate is 75.28% at New Jersey Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.91% and women students' rate is 72.95%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into New Jersey Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at New Jersey Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
72.14% |
71.29% |
65.88% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
68.96%
-3.17% |
68.05%
-3.25% |
68.62%
2.75% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
65.33%
-3.63% |
65.58%
-2.47% |
66.32%
-2.30% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
71.49%
6.16% |
70.69%
5.11% |
68.58%
2.26% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
70.42%
-1.07% |
70.50%
-0.19% |
70.61%
2.03% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
73.85%
3.43% |
73.09%
2.59% |
74.75%
4.14% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
76.65%
2.80% |
76.07%
2.98% |
75.08%
0.33% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
74.63%
-2.02% |
73.33%
-2.74% |
78.15%
3.07% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
73.54%
-1.09% |
72.36%
-0.97% |
77.12%
-1.04% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
77.72%
4.19% |
76.89%
4.53% |
79.65%
2.53% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
75.28%
-2.44% |
73.18%
-3.70% |
77.68%
-1.96% |
|---|
| Average |
72.73% |
71.91% |
72.95% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 47.09% where the current academic year yield is 49.46%. 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 Jersey Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
46.31% |
48.23% |
27.32% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
43.48%
-2.82% |
45.37%
-2.86% |
26.57%
-0.75% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
39.21%
-4.27% |
40.45%
-4.93% |
26.10%
-0.47% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
43.48%
4.27% |
45.11%
4.66% |
26.31%
0.21% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
45.88%
2.40% |
47.81%
2.70% |
23.05%
-3.26% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
47.03%
1.15% |
47.48%
-0.33% |
22.71%
-0.33% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
49.76%
2.72% |
50.75%
3.27% |
22.00%
-0.71% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
50.38%
0.62% |
51.15%
0.41% |
19.96%
-2.04% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
50.67%
0.29% |
51.19%
0.04% |
24.13%
4.16% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
52.30%
1.63% |
52.41%
1.22% |
23.78%
-0.34% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
49.46%
-2.84% |
48.24%
-4.17% |
20.41%
-3.37% |
|---|
| Average |
47.09% |
48.02% |
23.85% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 273,738, the average number of admitted is 172,361, and the average number of enrolled students is 33,613 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to New Jersey Colleges increased by 25.63% (80,848 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at New Jersey Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
210,483 |
122,727 |
30,888 |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
223,140
6.01% |
130,835
6.61% |
31,342
1.47% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
238,933
7.08% |
138,219
5.64% |
31,892
1.75% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
249,230
4.31% |
149,358
8.06% |
33,256
4.28% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
265,662
6.59% |
159,838
7.02% |
35,305
6.16% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
266,250
0.22% |
165,068
3.27% |
35,129
-0.50% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
272,354
2.29% |
179,446
8.71% |
32,268
-8.14% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
275,321
1.09% |
184,205
2.65% |
32,332
0.20% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
298,106
8.28% |
198,626
7.83% |
34,684
7.27% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
315,393
5.80% |
209,607
5.53% |
35,259
1.66% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
396,241
25.63% |
258,043
23.11% |
37,393
6.05% |
|---|
| Average |
273,738 |
172,361 |
33,613 |
|---|