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Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics by State

The following geographic chart illustrates the 2024 acceptance rates of 4-year colleges by state. Darker colored states have lower acceptance rates, while lighter colored states have higher acceptance rates. You may want to click on a state to see acceptance rates for all colleges in that state.

2024 Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics Comparison Table By State

The following table compares the acceptance rates with number of applicants, accepted, and enrolled students by State. For the comparison, we include 1,727 four-years colleges that do not have the open admission policy. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate Comparison Table by State
State4-Year CollegesApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Alaska35,438
533		3,791
452		1,496
229		69.71%
1.64%		39.46%
1.52%
Alabama26234,586
24,807		161,202
18,428		32,101
1,686		68.72%
0.66%		19.91%
-1.39%
Arkansas1876,953
5,951		56,174
3,346		16,749
253		73.00%
-1.41%		29.82%
-1.41%
Arizona14227,041
16,373		184,529
8,694		42,059
-647		81.28%
-2.19%		22.79%
-1.49%
California1191,981,799
87,232		876,849
72,116		149,358
5,629		44.25%
1.77%		17.03%
-0.83%
Colorado19205,244
2,647		168,258
6,999		27,532
73		81.98%
2.38%		16.36%
-0.66%
Connecticut23259,241
24,738		132,078
10,366		22,040
1,196		50.95%
-0.95%		16.69%
-0.44%
District of Columbia8110,863
10,498		43,225
1,765		9,552
-330		38.99%
-2.32%		22.10%
-1.74%
Delaware346,523
3,427		30,169
-228		6,207
-233		64.85%
-5.69%		20.57%
-0.61%
Florida56658,641
16,066		312,254
7,658		70,666
438		47.41%
0.01%		22.63%
-0.43%
Federated States of Micronesia11,268
-68		1,027
-28		544
37		80.99%
2.03%		52.97%
4.91%
Georgia50366,809
30,183		197,218
19,997		60,370
2,914		53.77%
1.12%		30.61%
-1.81%
Guam171
26		28
-3		7
-24		39.44%
-29.45%		25.00%
-75.00%
Hawaii640,365
1,673		31,061
765		4,904
-35		76.95%
-1.35%		15.79%
-0.51%
Iowa30115,902
6,637		88,003
4,206		19,901
362		75.93%
-0.76%		22.61%
-0.70%
Idaho851,036
-1,384		41,428
-946		10,286
-286		81.17%
0.34%		24.83%
-0.12%
Illinois59508,740
22,939		298,314
14,901		52,943
235		58.64%
0.30%		17.75%
-0.85%
Indiana46336,550
16,002		224,173
4,401		47,870
638		66.61%
-1.95%		21.35%
-0.14%
Kansas2469,596
3,586		58,335
2,787		16,024
981		83.82%
-0.33%		27.47%
0.39%
Kentucky27129,101
11,210		107,409
10,908		25,534
1,756		83.20%
1.34%		23.77%
-0.87%
Louisiana24186,217
20,935		107,286
6,175		28,177
953		57.61%
-3.56%		26.26%
-0.66%
Massachusetts65688,115
15,737		263,689
5,028		52,349
-427		38.32%
-0.15%		19.85%
-0.55%
Maryland27230,751
20,334		134,773
13,342		23,862
775		58.41%
0.70%		17.71%
-1.31%
Maine1782,197
5,976		42,202
991		7,478
46		51.34%
-2.73%		17.72%
-0.31%
Michigan45384,166
23,612		252,995
17,257		49,921
1,186		65.86%
0.47%		19.73%
-0.94%
Minnesota37150,903
2,945		108,243
5,665		25,266
396		71.73%
2.40%		23.34%
-0.90%
Missouri48162,806
11,955		101,818
8,393		25,443
955		62.54%
0.61%		24.99%
-1.22%
Mississippi1696,375
9,827		76,105
7,796		14,616
1,543		78.97%
0.04%		19.21%
0.07%
Montana837,450
-6,696		33,046
-1,180		6,471
-136		88.24%
10.71%		19.58%
0.28%
North Carolina57508,381
47,295		292,506
30,940		54,094
2,432		57.54%
0.81%		18.49%
-1.26%
North Dakota819,645
-95		16,419
-1,016		5,665
-280		83.58%
-4.74%		34.50%
0.40%
Nebraska1653,805
-1,032		42,849
-1,116		10,916
76		79.64%
-0.54%		25.48%
0.82%
New Hampshire12120,535
7,923		85,858
5,976		22,272
1,407		71.23%
0.30%		25.94%
-0.18%
New Jersey52315,393
17,287		209,205
10,579		34,965
281		66.33%
-0.30%		16.71%
-0.75%
New Mexico631,851
-116		25,872
-355		6,832
109		81.23%
-0.82%		26.41%
0.77%
Nevada524,167
-147		21,912
1,174		8,570
486		90.67%
5.38%		39.11%
0.13%
New York1641,380,300
73,366		722,721
30,954		118,646
-826		52.36%
-0.57%		16.42%
-0.85%
Ohio71481,427
33,050		320,515
14,464		60,331
-478		66.58%
-1.68%		18.82%
-1.05%
Oklahoma1772,783
-4,448		54,138
-742		17,543
1,138		74.38%
3.32%		32.40%
2.51%
Oregon26133,612
7,816		107,176
5,410		17,437
-373		80.21%
-0.68%		16.27%
-1.23%
Pennsylvania120784,862
25,160		477,343
7,847		82,453
-83		60.82%
-0.98%		17.27%
-0.31%
Puerto Rico3737,119
-2,864		22,497
201		15,215
520		60.61%
4.84%		67.63%
1.72%
Rhode Island11136,548
6,630		60,290
1,741		11,687
1		44.15%
-0.91%		19.38%
-0.57%
South Carolina31254,027
28,363		157,825
12,252		29,853
1,506		62.13%
-2.38%		18.92%
-0.56%
South Dakota1124,745
938		21,407
1,548		6,458
62		86.51%
3.09%		30.17%
-2.04%
Tennessee37243,869
35,960		140,165
13,300		34,732
2,576		57.48%
-3.54%		24.78%
-0.57%
Texas77739,977
60,312		496,657
36,080		127,133
4,820		67.12%
-0.65%		25.60%
-0.96%
Utah976,558
6,546		64,194
4,831		18,948
514		83.85%
-0.94%		29.52%
-1.54%
Virginia46398,690
27,349		260,608
14,341		53,862
1,954		65.37%
-0.95%		20.67%
-0.41%
Virgin Islands1860
248		834
241		342
91		96.98%
0.08%		41.01%
-1.32%
Vermont1061,203
-111		32,298
945		5,802
213		52.77%
1.64%		17.96%
0.14%
Washington21173,545
26,205		118,538
14,484		24,710
160		68.30%
-2.32%		20.85%
-2.75%
Wisconsin37222,055
12,188		155,169
3,062		35,409
-387		69.88%
-2.60%		22.82%
-0.71%
West Virginia1650,226
5,185		43,075
3,619		10,675
287		85.76%
-1.84%		24.78%
-1.55%
Wyoming15,644
-153		5,475
-89		1,478
-149		97.01%
1.02%		27.00%
-2.25%
Total1,72713,796,574
800,556		8,091,228
460,722		1,665,754
36,220		58.65%
-0.07%		20.59%
-0.77%