The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Colorado is 77.97% - 169,594 students accepted out of total 214,787.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 73.91% to 77.97%. The Colorado Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 35.82% and the yield is lower than 41.50%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.53% where the current academic year rate is 77.97% at Colorado Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.78% and women students' rate is 75.53%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Colorado Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
73.91% |
71.50% |
74.57% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
72.45%
-1.46% |
71.35%
-0.16% |
73.43%
-1.14% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
72.18%
-0.27% |
70.87%
-0.47% |
71.98%
-1.45% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
73.65%
1.47% |
71.15%
0.28% |
74.61%
2.62% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
74.98%
1.33% |
72.12%
0.97% |
75.67%
1.07% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
70.95%
-4.03% |
75.05%
2.93% |
70.92%
-4.75% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
72.45%
1.49% |
73.45%
-1.60% |
73.46%
2.55% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
73.55%
1.11% |
73.41%
-0.05% |
77.01%
3.55% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
78.00%
4.45% |
76.51%
3.10% |
79.20%
2.18% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
79.77%
1.77% |
79.28%
2.77% |
80.79%
1.60% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
77.97%
-1.79% |
76.93%
-2.35% |
79.14%
-1.65% |
|---|
| Average |
74.53% |
73.78% |
75.53% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 36.55% where the current academic year yield is 35.82%. 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 Colorado Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
41.50% |
41.55% |
39.88% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
41.75%
0.25% |
38.49%
-3.06% |
39.75%
-0.13% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
39.46%
-2.29% |
39.63%
1.14% |
37.16%
-2.59% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
34.54%
-4.92% |
33.41%
-6.22% |
33.17%
-3.99% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
35.79%
1.25% |
34.71%
1.30% |
34.45%
1.28% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
39.04%
3.25% |
39.84%
5.13% |
37.51%
3.06% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
38.81%
-0.23% |
36.13%
-3.71% |
37.02%
-0.49% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
34.04%
-4.78% |
32.65%
-3.48% |
32.39%
-4.63% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
26.23%
-7.81% |
29.63%
-3.02% |
24.17%
-8.22% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
35.08%
8.85% |
34.72%
5.10% |
33.60%
9.43% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
35.82%
0.74% |
32.75%
-1.97% |
35.39%
1.79% |
|---|
| Average |
36.55% |
35.77% |
34.95% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 178,733, the average number of admitted is 127,142, and the average number of enrolled students is 27,991 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Colorado Colleges decreased by 1.82% (3,837 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Colorado Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
124,851 |
86,246 |
26,801 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
137,765
10.34% |
95,279
10.47% |
27,014
0.79% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
149,839
8.76% |
103,192
8.31% |
27,348
1.24% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
171,722
14.60% |
113,370
9.86% |
28,347
3.65% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
177,042
3.10% |
121,585
7.25% |
28,921
2.02% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
181,271
2.39% |
122,496
0.75% |
29,613
2.39% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
187,782
3.59% |
127,129
3.78% |
29,075
-1.82% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
193,424
3.00% |
137,721
8.33% |
25,962
-10.71% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
216,630
12.00% |
159,333
15.69% |
27,723
6.78% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
210,950
-2.62% |
162,615
2.06% |
28,515
2.86% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
214,787
1.82% |
169,594
4.29% |
28,587
0.25% |
|---|
| Average |
178,733 |
127,142 |
27,991 |
|---|