The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Alabama is 73.12% - 161,202 students accepted out of total 234,586.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 69.69% to 73.12%. The Alabama Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 26.38% and the yield is lower than 40.02%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.61% where the current academic year rate is 73.12% at Alabama Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.87% and women students' rate is 70.56%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into Alabama Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Alabama Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
69.69% |
70.38% |
69.41% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
70.13%
0.44% |
69.54%
-0.84% |
69.29%
-0.13% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
66.73%
-3.40% |
66.66%
-2.88% |
66.49%
-2.80% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
62.29%
-4.44% |
63.27%
-3.39% |
63.35%
-3.14% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
68.08%
5.79% |
68.97%
5.70% |
66.33%
2.98% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
68.49%
0.40% |
68.50%
-0.47% |
68.24%
1.91% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
67.42%
-1.07% |
68.14%
-0.36% |
68.85%
0.61% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
76.32%
8.90% |
78.03%
9.88% |
76.40%
7.55% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
77.99%
1.67% |
78.19%
0.16% |
77.84%
1.44% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
76.43%
-1.56% |
75.92%
-2.27% |
76.69%
-1.15% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
73.12%
-3.31% |
72.01%
-3.91% |
73.31%
-3.38% |
|---|
| Average |
70.61% |
70.87% |
70.56% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 31.87% where the current academic year yield is 26.38%. 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 Alabama Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
40.02% |
42.60% |
38.51% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
39.80%
-0.22% |
42.79%
0.19% |
36.19%
-2.32% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
38.24%
-1.55% |
40.77%
-2.02% |
33.36%
-2.83% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
37.12%
-1.12% |
39.56%
-1.21% |
32.73%
-0.63% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
32.15%
-4.97% |
35.38%
-4.18% |
27.01%
-5.72% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
24.93%
-7.23% |
27.72%
-7.66% |
23.44%
-3.57% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
29.10%
4.18% |
31.38%
3.66% |
24.63%
1.19% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
26.92%
-2.18% |
28.91%
-2.47% |
22.38%
-2.25% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
27.88%
0.96% |
30.99%
2.09% |
25.87%
3.48% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
28.00%
0.12% |
30.75%
-0.25% |
27.14%
1.28% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
26.38%
-1.62% |
29.74%
-1.01% |
22.94%
-4.21% |
|---|
| Average |
31.87% |
34.60% |
28.57% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 164,624, the average number of admitted is 112,804, and the average number of enrolled students is 29,130 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Alabama Colleges increased by 11.83% (24,807 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Alabama Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
122,556 |
78,992 |
26,321 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
127,689
4.19% |
81,106
2.68% |
27,531
4.60% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
141,401
10.74% |
88,391
8.98% |
29,180
5.99% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
152,108
7.57% |
93,334
5.59% |
29,691
1.75% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
158,189
4.00% |
104,193
11.63% |
29,890
0.67% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
170,380
7.71% |
116,430
11.74% |
28,778
-3.72% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
167,622
-1.62% |
121,629
4.47% |
28,836
0.20% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
159,204
-5.02% |
124,993
2.77% |
27,883
-3.30% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
167,347
5.11% |
127,799
2.24% |
29,803
6.89% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
209,779
25.36% |
142,774
11.72% |
30,415
2.05% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
234,586
11.83% |
161,202
12.91% |
32,101
5.54% |
|---|
| Average |
164,624 |
112,804 |
29,130 |
|---|