Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for New York Colleges

37.31%

Applicants Changes

2.28%

Acceptance Rate

New York Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 65.49% to 67.77%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 67.77%, with 800,991 students accepted out of 1,494,009 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 66.29%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 67.03%

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 44.54% to 40.01%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 40.01%
    • Women's yield: 23.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 1,494,009 in 2025. This represents a 6.42% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 800,991.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 122,565 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 66.45% where the current academic year rate is 67.77% at New York Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.55% and women students' rate is 63.24%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 65.49% 64.81% 59.11%
2015-16 64.01%
-1.48%		 63.50%
-1.31%		 59.20%
0.08%
2016-17 64.03%
0.02%		 63.94%
0.44%		 60.33%
1.14%
2017-18 66.55%
2.52%		 66.03%
2.09%		 61.28%
0.95%
2018-19 65.01%
-1.54%		 64.37%
-1.66%		 61.63%
0.35%
2019-20 65.22%
0.21%		 64.45%
0.08%		 61.77%
0.14%
2020-21 66.50%
1.27%		 65.35%
0.91%		 64.04%
2.27%
2021-22 68.93%
2.43%		 67.44%
2.09%		 67.10%
3.05%
2022-23 69.22%
0.29%		 67.97%
0.53%		 67.40%
0.30%
2023-24 68.19%
-1.03%		 66.93%
-1.04%		 66.79%
-0.61%
2024-25 67.77%
-0.42%		 66.29%
-0.64%		 67.03%
0.24%
Average 66.45% 65.55% 63.24%
New York Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 41.08% where the current academic year yield is 40.01%. 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 York Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 44.54% 44.95% 30.73%
2015-16 44.68%
0.14%		 44.86%
-0.09%		 29.64%
-1.10%
2016-17 40.71%
-3.96%		 41.54%
-3.32%		 28.96%
-0.68%
2017-18 41.08%
0.36%		 41.43%
-0.10%		 28.18%
-0.78%
2018-19 40.55%
-0.52%		 41.26%
-0.17%		 27.10%
-1.07%
2019-20 39.37%
-1.18%		 40.16%
-1.11%		 25.68%
-1.43%
2020-21 40.42%
1.05%		 41.52%
1.36%		 23.45%
-2.23%
2021-22 39.58%
-0.84%		 40.82%
-0.69%		 23.51%
0.05%
2022-23 41.05%
1.47%		 42.30%
1.48%		 23.97%
0.46%
2023-24 39.90%
-1.15%		 40.78%
-1.53%		 23.73%
-0.24%
2024-25 40.01%
0.11%		 40.64%
-0.13%		 23.82%
0.09%
Average 41.08% 41.84% 26.25%
New York Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 1,244,769, the average number of admitted is 635,768, and the average number of enrolled students is 120,916 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to New York Colleges increased by 6.42% (90,135 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 1,088,035 531,368 118,590
2015-16 1,102,880
1.36%		 544,258
2.43%		 119,663
0.90%
2016-17 1,128,840
2.35%		 563,557
3.55%		 121,828
1.81%
2017-18 1,135,832
0.62%		 559,518
-0.72%		 119,860
-1.62%
2018-19 1,212,979
6.79%		 591,714
5.75%		 123,515
3.05%
2019-20 1,259,766
3.86%		 630,392
6.54%		 123,126
-0.31%
2020-21 1,242,249
-1.39%		 663,357
5.23%		 116,421
-5.45%
2021-22 1,286,894
3.59%		 680,904
2.65%		 121,337
4.22%
2022-23 1,337,101
3.90%		 699,636
2.75%		 122,147
0.67%
2023-24 1,403,874
4.99%		 727,750
4.02%		 121,022
-0.92%
2024-25 1,494,009
6.42%		 800,991
10.06%		 122,565
1.27%
Average 1,244,769 635,768 120,916
New York Colleges Applicants Trends Chart