The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Louisiana is 73.25% - 107,286 students accepted out of total 186,217.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 61.76% to 73.25%. The Louisiana Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 33.32% and the yield is lower than 51.24%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.17% where the current academic year rate is 73.25% at Louisiana Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.66% and women students' rate is 67.44%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Louisiana Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
61.76% |
59.82% |
62.67% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
64.47%
2.71% |
65.10%
5.28% |
64.01%
1.34% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
66.31%
1.84% |
66.30%
1.20% |
66.21%
2.20% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
61.81%
-4.50% |
63.16%
-3.15% |
61.43%
-4.78% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
60.21%
-1.61% |
60.44%
-2.71% |
59.87%
-1.56% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
64.59%
4.38% |
65.74%
5.30% |
64.63%
4.76% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
66.43%
1.84% |
63.49%
-2.25% |
66.67%
2.04% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
71.48%
5.05% |
70.23%
6.74% |
72.12%
5.45% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
73.35%
1.87% |
73.56%
3.33% |
73.68%
1.56% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
75.23%
1.88% |
74.87%
1.31% |
76.35%
2.67% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
73.25%
-1.98% |
70.57%
-4.30% |
74.21%
-2.14% |
|---|
| Average |
67.17% |
66.66% |
67.44% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 40.47% where the current academic year yield is 33.32%. 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 Louisiana Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
51.24% |
51.61% |
50.33% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
50.21%
-1.03% |
49.61%
-2.00% |
49.90%
-0.43% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
46.27%
-3.95% |
45.56%
-4.05% |
46.13%
-3.77% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
44.82%
-1.45% |
46.16%
0.60% |
45.54%
-0.59% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
43.69%
-1.12% |
46.40%
0.24% |
42.45%
-3.09% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
39.28%
-4.41% |
40.75%
-5.65% |
38.55%
-3.90% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
38.67%
-0.61% |
37.77%
-2.97% |
39.73%
1.18% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
33.51%
-5.16% |
34.30%
-3.47% |
32.83%
-6.90% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
31.51%
-2.00% |
35.57%
1.26% |
29.61%
-3.22% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
32.68%
1.17% |
34.95%
-0.61% |
30.66%
1.05% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
33.32%
0.64% |
34.25%
-0.70% |
31.60%
0.94% |
|---|
| Average |
40.47% |
41.54% |
39.76% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 142,150, the average number of admitted is 78,917, and the average number of enrolled students is 26,749 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Louisiana Colleges increased by 12.67% (20,935 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Louisiana Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
110,924 |
58,283 |
25,228 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
106,597
-3.90% |
59,119
1.43% |
24,779
-1.78% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
107,022
0.40% |
63,358
7.17% |
26,306
6.16% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
127,157
18.81% |
68,778
8.55% |
26,279
-0.10% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
132,821
4.45% |
67,725
-1.53% |
26,469
0.72% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
145,024
9.19% |
77,011
13.71% |
27,766
4.90% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
153,117
5.58% |
77,803
1.03% |
27,098
-2.41% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
163,366
6.69% |
93,620
20.33% |
27,473
1.38% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
166,122
1.69% |
93,997
0.40% |
27,438
-0.13% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
165,282
-0.51% |
101,111
7.57% |
27,224
-0.78% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
186,217
12.67% |
107,286
6.11% |
28,177
3.50% |
|---|
| Average |
142,150 |
78,917 |
26,749 |
|---|