The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in California is 65.02% - 876,849 students accepted out of total 1,981,799.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 60.40% to 65.02%. The California Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 34.41% and the yield is lower than 36.50%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.00% where the current academic year rate is 65.02% at California Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.44% and women students' rate is 61.74%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at California Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
60.40% |
59.56% |
60.44% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
59.95%
-0.45% |
57.63%
-1.93% |
60.19%
-0.25% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
58.99%
-0.96% |
57.03%
-0.60% |
59.53%
-0.66% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
58.73%
-0.26% |
56.85%
-0.18% |
59.50%
-0.03% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
58.82%
0.09% |
57.51%
0.66% |
60.14%
0.65% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
59.09%
0.28% |
58.32%
0.81% |
59.96%
-0.18% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
59.61%
0.52% |
58.47%
0.15% |
61.32%
1.36% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
62.11%
2.50% |
60.83%
2.35% |
61.93%
0.61% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
63.90%
1.79% |
61.99%
1.17% |
64.73%
2.80% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
64.33%
0.42% |
62.18%
0.19% |
66.24%
1.52% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
65.02%
0.70% |
63.42%
1.24% |
65.21%
-1.03% |
|---|
| Average |
61.00% |
59.44% |
61.74% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 35.61% where the current academic year yield is 34.41%. 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 California Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
36.50% |
38.19% |
35.12% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
37.42%
0.92% |
40.64%
2.44% |
34.11%
-1.01% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
36.96%
-0.46% |
37.99%
-2.65% |
35.05%
0.93% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
38.14%
1.18% |
39.00%
1.01% |
35.04%
-0.01% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
37.96%
-0.18% |
38.36%
-0.64% |
37.05%
2.01% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
36.93%
-1.03% |
40.10%
1.74% |
34.95%
-2.10% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
33.32%
-3.60% |
35.05%
-5.05% |
31.87%
-3.07% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
34.82%
1.49% |
34.43%
-0.62% |
32.76%
0.88% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
31.83%
-2.99% |
34.35%
-0.07% |
30.11%
-2.65% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
33.46%
1.63% |
34.92%
0.56% |
31.52%
1.41% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
34.41%
0.95% |
35.58%
0.66% |
32.08%
0.56% |
|---|
| Average |
35.61% |
37.14% |
33.60% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 1,621,073, the average number of admitted is 701,530, and the average number of enrolled students is 140,155 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to California Colleges increased by 4.52% (85,741 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at California Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
1,215,095 |
541,699 |
125,947 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
1,376,101
13.25% |
593,539
9.57% |
135,631
7.69% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
1,450,832
5.43% |
598,237
0.79% |
136,550
0.68% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
1,522,756
4.96% |
651,332
8.88% |
140,015
2.54% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
1,578,897
3.69% |
662,235
1.67% |
143,787
2.69% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
1,699,460
7.64% |
676,914
2.22% |
145,395
1.12% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
1,713,287
0.81% |
728,518
7.62% |
142,438
-2.03% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
1,627,424
-5.01% |
784,158
7.64% |
136,152
-4.41% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
1,770,098
8.77% |
797,423
1.69% |
142,522
4.68% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
1,896,058
7.12% |
805,927
1.07% |
143,907
0.97% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
1,981,799
4.52% |
876,849
8.80% |
149,358
3.79% |
|---|
| Average |
1,621,073 |
701,530 |
140,155 |
|---|