The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Iowa is 77.63% - 88,003 students accepted out of total 115,902.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 68.08% to 77.63%. The Iowa Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 29.29% and the yield is lower than 37.65%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.10% where the current academic year rate is 77.63% at Iowa Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.23% and women students' rate is 73.38%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Iowa Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
68.08% |
69.17% |
68.92% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
69.23%
1.15% |
67.92%
-1.25% |
70.33%
1.41% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
70.08%
0.85% |
67.87%
-0.05% |
71.74%
1.41% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
67.27%
-2.81% |
66.75%
-1.12% |
68.37%
-3.38% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
68.43%
1.16% |
68.78%
2.03% |
69.34%
0.97% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
73.15%
4.72% |
70.92%
2.14% |
74.53%
5.19% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
69.29%
-3.87% |
70.86%
-0.07% |
69.25%
-5.28% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
73.81%
4.52% |
71.88%
1.02% |
75.40%
6.14% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
77.39%
3.58% |
74.91%
3.03% |
79.37%
3.98% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
78.81%
1.42% |
77.12%
2.21% |
80.55%
1.17% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
77.63%
-1.18% |
77.38%
0.27% |
79.43%
-1.12% |
|---|
| Average |
72.10% |
71.23% |
73.38% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 31.67% where the current academic year yield is 29.29%. 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 Iowa Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
37.65% |
36.81% |
36.97% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
39.02%
1.37% |
40.57%
3.75% |
38.51%
1.54% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
37.34%
-1.68% |
37.14%
-3.42% |
36.74%
-1.77% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
32.88%
-4.47% |
32.49%
-4.66% |
32.17%
-4.57% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
31.43%
-1.44% |
33.77%
1.28% |
28.77%
-3.40% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
27.37%
-4.07% |
27.51%
-6.26% |
27.43%
-1.34% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
27.02%
-0.34% |
25.53%
-1.99% |
26.93%
-0.50% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
29.35%
2.33% |
26.53%
1.00% |
29.09%
2.16% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
28.65%
-0.70% |
28.00%
1.47% |
27.92%
-1.16% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
28.38%
-0.27% |
27.66%
-0.34% |
28.57%
0.65% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
29.29%
0.91% |
28.22%
0.56% |
29.05%
0.48% |
|---|
| Average |
31.67% |
31.29% |
31.11% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 113,317, the average number of admitted is 82,949, and the average number of enrolled students is 20,342 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Iowa Colleges increased by 3.26% (3,662 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Iowa Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
90,323 |
66,118 |
19,793 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
102,118
13.06% |
74,542
12.74% |
20,979
5.99% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
108,123
5.88% |
77,115
3.45% |
21,541
2.68% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
119,780
10.78% |
84,315
9.34% |
21,853
1.45% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
121,096
1.10% |
87,301
3.54% |
21,012
-3.85% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
122,458
1.12% |
88,081
0.89% |
20,720
-1.39% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
118,845
-2.95% |
85,561
-2.86% |
19,905
-3.93% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
117,732
-0.94% |
86,991
1.67% |
18,883
-5.13% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
117,873
0.12% |
88,215
1.41% |
19,447
2.99% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
112,240
-4.78% |
86,201
-2.28% |
19,732
1.47% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
115,902
3.26% |
88,003
2.09% |
19,901
0.86% |
|---|
| Average |
113,317 |
82,949 |
20,342 |
|---|