The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Massachusetts is 63.12% - 265,034 students accepted out of total 715,019.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 58.61% to 63.12%. The Massachusetts Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 25.20% and the yield is lower than 30.49%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.08% where the current academic year rate is 63.12% at Massachusetts Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.28% and women students' rate is 62.75%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Massachusetts Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
58.61% |
57.88% |
59.78% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
60.24%
1.63% |
58.51%
0.62% |
62.27%
2.49% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
60.37%
0.13% |
59.71%
1.20% |
62.16%
-0.11% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
60.33%
-0.04% |
59.52%
-0.19% |
61.68%
-0.48% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
61.76%
1.43% |
60.98%
1.46% |
63.92%
2.24% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
59.82%
-1.94% |
59.99%
-0.98% |
61.01%
-2.91% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
58.35%
-1.48% |
57.71%
-2.29% |
59.86%
-1.15% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
62.22%
3.88% |
61.36%
3.66% |
63.72%
3.86% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
63.75%
1.53% |
62.68%
1.32% |
66.25%
2.54% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
63.27%
-0.48% |
62.41%
-0.27% |
65.28%
-0.97% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
63.12%
-0.16% |
62.39%
-0.02% |
64.32%
-0.96% |
|---|
| Average |
61.08% |
60.28% |
62.75% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 26.85% where the current academic year yield is 25.20%. 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 Massachusetts Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
30.49% |
32.09% |
28.74% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
28.33%
-2.16% |
29.72%
-2.38% |
27.40%
-1.35% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
29.27%
0.93% |
31.37%
1.66% |
28.05%
0.66% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
27.19%
-2.08% |
28.18%
-3.20% |
26.56%
-1.49% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
27.16%
-0.03% |
28.66%
0.48% |
26.27%
-0.30% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
26.68%
-0.47% |
28.21%
-0.45% |
25.90%
-0.36% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
27.45%
0.76% |
29.32%
1.11% |
25.95%
0.05% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
23.54%
-3.91% |
25.09%
-4.23% |
22.07%
-3.88% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
25.40%
1.87% |
26.38%
1.29% |
24.91%
2.84% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
24.61%
-0.79% |
25.95%
-0.43% |
23.56%
-1.35% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
25.20%
0.60% |
27.11%
1.16% |
24.04%
0.48% |
|---|
| Average |
26.85% |
28.37% |
25.77% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 579,514, the average number of admitted is 244,021, and the average number of enrolled students is 53,910 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Massachusetts Colleges decreased by 1.24% (8,765 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Massachusetts Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
483,193 |
223,090 |
53,235 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
489,226
1.25% |
225,118
0.91% |
53,509
0.51% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
514,925
5.25% |
228,753
1.61% |
53,393
-0.22% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
535,151
3.93% |
239,244
4.59% |
53,825
0.81% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
550,857
2.93% |
246,124
2.88% |
54,866
1.93% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
574,652
4.32% |
243,078
-1.24% |
55,313
0.81% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
587,056
2.16% |
243,294
0.09% |
55,010
-0.55% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
568,915
-3.09% |
252,081
3.61% |
51,261
-6.82% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
649,405
14.15% |
258,366
2.49% |
55,150
7.59% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
706,254
8.75% |
260,050
0.65% |
53,937
-2.20% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
715,019
1.24% |
265,034
1.92% |
53,506
-0.80% |
|---|
| Average |
579,514 |
244,021 |
53,910 |
|---|