The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Arizona is 82.99% - 184,529 students accepted out of total 227,041.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 72.33% to 82.99%. The Arizona Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 35.47% and the yield is lower than 42.32%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.69% where the current academic year rate is 82.99% at Arizona Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.05% and women students' rate is 77.40%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Arizona Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
72.33% |
75.10% |
75.16% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
71.28%
-1.05% |
74.73%
-0.37% |
74.82%
-0.34% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
69.70%
-1.58% |
71.95%
-2.78% |
71.25%
-3.56% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
74.09%
4.39% |
74.04%
2.10% |
76.46%
5.20% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
78.83%
4.75% |
80.07%
6.03% |
78.36%
1.91% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
72.09%
-6.74% |
75.91%
-4.16% |
73.94%
-4.42% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
77.73%
5.64% |
80.92%
5.01% |
78.38%
4.44% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
76.18%
-1.55% |
77.32%
-3.60% |
79.47%
1.09% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
76.05%
-0.14% |
75.55%
-1.77% |
77.03%
-2.44% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
81.35%
5.30% |
79.94%
4.39% |
82.27%
5.24% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
82.99%
1.65% |
82.04%
2.10% |
84.29%
2.02% |
|---|
| Average |
75.69% |
77.05% |
77.40% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 39.38% where the current academic year yield is 35.47%. 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 Arizona Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
42.32% |
35.81% |
44.43% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
36.53%
-5.79% |
34.34%
-1.47% |
36.10%
-8.33% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
38.29%
1.76% |
37.28%
2.94% |
36.44%
0.33% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
38.56%
0.26% |
36.59%
-0.69% |
36.73%
0.29% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
37.70%
-0.85% |
31.64%
-4.96% |
38.50%
1.77% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
39.81%
2.11% |
37.46%
5.82% |
39.01%
0.51% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
40.82%
1.01% |
39.17%
1.71% |
42.45%
3.44% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
43.25%
2.43% |
43.93%
4.77% |
40.44%
-2.01% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
39.59%
-3.66% |
41.87%
-2.06% |
37.97%
-2.47% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
40.81%
1.22% |
42.67%
0.80% |
40.33%
2.36% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
35.47%
-5.34% |
36.38%
-6.29% |
34.50%
-5.83% |
|---|
| Average |
39.38% |
37.92% |
38.81% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 163,821, the average number of admitted is 129,831, and the average number of enrolled students is 32,574 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Arizona Colleges increased by 7.77% (16,373 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Arizona Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
106,467 |
83,254 |
24,558 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
121,245
13.88% |
89,587
7.61% |
25,662
4.50% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
137,127
13.10% |
93,330
4.18% |
27,595
7.53% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
144,053
5.05% |
105,029
12.54% |
27,520
-0.27% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
141,839
-1.54% |
109,912
4.65% |
27,761
0.88% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
148,639
4.79% |
119,079
8.34% |
30,081
8.36% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
164,458
10.64% |
134,003
12.53% |
33,670
11.93% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
196,929
19.74% |
163,633
22.11% |
37,107
10.21% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
203,561
3.37% |
169,951
3.86% |
39,593
6.70% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
210,668
3.49% |
175,835
3.46% |
42,706
7.86% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
227,041
7.77% |
184,529
4.94% |
42,059
-1.52% |
|---|
| Average |
163,821 |
129,831 |
32,574 |
|---|