The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Kentucky is 77.94% - 107,409 students accepted out of total 129,101.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 69.21% to 77.94%. The Kentucky Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 30.92% and the yield is lower than 36.35%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.71% where the current academic year rate is 77.94% at Kentucky Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.36% and women students' rate is 72.98%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Kentucky Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
69.21% |
67.36% |
70.16% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
69.22%
0.01% |
66.35%
-1.02% |
71.45%
1.29% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
67.45%
-1.77% |
65.64%
-0.71% |
68.79%
-2.66% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
70.55%
3.09% |
69.90%
4.27% |
71.46%
2.67% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
70.29%
-0.26% |
69.68%
-0.22% |
70.90%
-0.56% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
69.92%
-0.37% |
69.07%
-0.61% |
70.95%
0.04% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
70.74%
0.82% |
70.26%
1.19% |
71.32%
0.37% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
73.40%
2.66% |
72.10%
1.84% |
74.78%
3.45% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
73.89%
0.49% |
72.30%
0.21% |
75.61%
0.83% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
76.25%
2.36% |
74.28%
1.98% |
78.12%
2.51% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
77.94%
1.70% |
77.01%
2.73% |
79.20%
1.08% |
|---|
| Average |
71.71% |
70.36% |
72.98% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 31.21% where the current academic year yield is 30.92%. 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 Kentucky Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
36.35% |
39.42% |
33.60% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
31.18%
-5.17% |
32.81%
-6.61% |
29.88%
-3.72% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
31.24%
0.06% |
33.75%
0.93% |
29.19%
-0.69% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
31.46%
0.22% |
35.36%
1.61% |
30.16%
0.97% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
30.72%
-0.74% |
33.97%
-1.38% |
28.41%
-1.76% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
31.34%
0.62% |
34.95%
0.98% |
28.83%
0.42% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
31.44%
0.10% |
34.71%
-0.24% |
29.48%
0.66% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
31.07%
-0.38% |
36.88%
2.17% |
27.15%
-2.33% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
29.37%
-1.69% |
32.40%
-4.48% |
26.92%
-0.24% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
28.17%
-1.21% |
31.98%
-0.42% |
25.04%
-1.88% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
30.92%
2.75% |
32.99%
1.01% |
29.14%
4.10% |
|---|
| Average |
31.21% |
34.48% |
28.89% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 112,925, the average number of admitted is 87,925, and the average number of enrolled students is 24,185 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Kentucky Colleges increased by 9.51% (11,210 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Kentucky Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
103,705 |
70,776 |
24,802 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
108,683
4.80% |
79,333
12.09% |
24,613
-0.76% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
109,004
0.30% |
81,859
3.18% |
24,600
-0.05% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
110,217
1.11% |
84,506
3.23% |
24,423
-0.72% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
109,147
-0.97% |
86,264
2.08% |
24,054
-1.51% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
114,003
4.45% |
89,034
3.21% |
24,058
0.02% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
113,061
-0.83% |
88,086
-1.06% |
24,079
0.09% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
120,623
6.69% |
94,944
7.79% |
23,867
-0.88% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
106,740
-11.51% |
88,468
-6.82% |
22,228
-6.87% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
117,891
10.45% |
96,501
9.08% |
23,778
6.97% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
129,101
9.51% |
107,409
11.30% |
25,534
7.38% |
|---|
| Average |
112,925 |
87,925 |
24,185 |
|---|