Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Pennsylvania Colleges

61.54%

Applicants Changes

7.72%

Acceptance Rate

Pennsylvania Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 67.95% to 75.66%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 75.66%, with 501,221 students accepted out of 820,025 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 74.58%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 76.60%

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 32.94% to 22.20%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 22.20%
    • Women's yield: 19.27%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 820,025 in 2025. This represents a 4.48% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 501,221.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 81,989 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 72.05% where the current academic year rate is 75.66% at Pennsylvania Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.88% and women students' rate is 73.02%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 67.95% 68.32% 68.41%
2015-16 68.07%
0.13%		 66.81%
-1.51%		 68.91%
0.50%
2016-17 69.17%
1.10%		 67.77%
0.96%		 69.94%
1.03%
2017-18 69.51%
0.34%		 68.31%
0.54%		 70.24%
0.30%
2018-19 69.11%
-0.40%		 67.85%
-0.46%		 69.99%
-0.25%
2019-20 71.62%
2.51%		 70.38%
2.53%		 72.77%
2.78%
2020-21 72.63%
1.01%		 71.25%
0.87%		 73.61%
0.85%
2021-22 75.86%
3.24%		 73.82%
2.58%		 77.26%
3.64%
2022-23 76.60%
0.74%		 75.47%
1.65%		 77.71%
0.45%
2023-24 76.40%
-0.20%		 75.13%
-0.34%		 77.74%
0.04%
2024-25 75.66%
-0.74%		 74.58%
-0.55%		 76.60%
-1.15%
Average 72.05% 70.88% 73.02%
Pennsylvania Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 27.81% where the current academic year yield is 22.20%. 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 Pennsylvania Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 32.94% 34.38% 31.76%
2015-16 30.33%
-2.62%		 31.31%
-3.07%		 29.01%
-2.75%
2016-17 30.92%
0.60%		 32.60%
1.29%		 29.03%
0.02%
2017-18 30.38%
-0.54%		 30.95%
-1.65%		 28.71%
-0.32%
2018-19 30.23%
-0.15%		 32.19%
1.24%		 27.72%
-1.00%
2019-20 28.83%
-1.40%		 30.48%
-1.71%		 26.19%
-1.52%
2020-21 26.75%
-2.08%		 28.37%
-2.11%		 23.95%
-2.24%
2021-22 27.05%
0.29%		 28.40%
0.03%		 23.97%
0.01%
2022-23 23.19%
-3.86%		 25.23%
-3.17%		 20.23%
-3.73%
2023-24 23.10%
-0.08%		 24.30%
-0.93%		 20.42%
0.19%
2024-25 22.20%
-0.90%		 23.65%
-0.65%		 19.27%
-1.15%
Average 27.81% 29.26% 25.48%
Pennsylvania Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 620,332, the average number of admitted is 373,732, and the average number of enrolled students is 76,616 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Pennsylvania Colleges increased by 4.48% (35,163 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 507,621 299,594 73,156
2015-16 511,832
0.83%		 295,156
-1.48%		 72,793
-0.50%
2016-17 516,582
0.93%		 296,025
0.29%		 71,611
-1.62%
2017-18 529,206
2.44%		 306,351
3.49%		 72,473
1.20%
2018-19 549,002
3.74%		 310,171
1.25%		 72,104
-0.51%
2019-20 556,138
1.30%		 319,966
3.16%		 70,255
-2.56%
2020-21 630,497
13.37%		 404,926
26.55%		 81,281
15.69%
2021-22 658,119
4.38%		 430,789
6.39%		 81,792
0.63%
2022-23 759,764
15.44%		 469,540
9.00%		 82,557
0.94%
2023-24 784,862
3.30%		 477,311
1.66%		 82,765
0.25%
2024-25 820,025
4.48%		 501,221
5.01%		 81,989
-0.94%
Average 620,332 373,732 76,616
Pennsylvania Colleges Applicants Trends Chart