The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Maine is 68.84% - 42,202 students accepted out of total 82,197.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 65.42% to 68.84%. The Maine Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 29.11% and the yield is lower than 34.74%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.66% where the current academic year rate is 68.84% at Maine Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.62% and women students' rate is 69.51%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into Maine Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Maine Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
65.42% |
65.95% |
66.36% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
67.07%
1.65% |
66.21%
0.26% |
67.94%
1.59% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
69.31%
2.24% |
71.71%
5.49% |
70.69%
2.74% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
67.62%
-1.70% |
66.99%
-4.72% |
69.32%
-1.37% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
70.95%
3.34% |
70.54%
3.55% |
71.72%
2.40% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
66.15%
-4.81% |
66.41%
-4.13% |
67.34%
-4.39% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
68.32%
2.17% |
67.14%
0.74% |
68.90%
1.56% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
69.30%
0.98% |
71.63%
4.48% |
69.68%
0.78% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
71.17%
1.87% |
70.37%
-1.25% |
71.56%
1.88% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
71.07%
-0.09% |
70.80%
0.43% |
71.63%
0.06% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
68.84%
-2.23% |
67.07%
-3.73% |
69.52%
-2.11% |
|---|
| Average |
68.66% |
68.62% |
69.51% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 32.55% where the current academic year yield is 29.11%. 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 Maine Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
34.74% |
36.50% |
32.19% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
34.96%
0.23% |
32.00%
-4.50% |
34.89%
2.70% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
35.59%
0.63% |
37.98%
5.99% |
33.77%
-1.12% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
33.50%
-2.09% |
30.23%
-7.76% |
32.32%
-1.45% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
32.21%
-1.29% |
33.13%
2.91% |
31.12%
-1.19% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
32.97%
0.76% |
36.80%
3.67% |
30.01%
-1.11% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
32.78%
-0.19% |
34.90%
-1.90% |
31.22%
1.21% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
31.26%
-1.52% |
31.40%
-3.50% |
30.13%
-1.09% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
30.62%
-0.64% |
32.21%
0.81% |
29.61%
-0.52% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
30.28%
-0.34% |
28.89%
-3.32% |
28.92%
-0.69% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
29.11%
-1.17% |
25.71%
-3.18% |
27.81%
-1.11% |
|---|
| Average |
32.55% |
32.70% |
31.09% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 60,633, the average number of admitted is 32,847, and the average number of enrolled students is 7,343 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Maine Colleges increased by 7.84% (5,976 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Maine Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
40,990 |
22,619 |
6,720 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
43,485
6.09% |
25,586
13.12% |
6,545
-2.60% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
49,125
12.97% |
29,124
13.83% |
7,354
12.36% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
54,469
10.88% |
31,609
8.53% |
7,603
3.39% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
57,056
4.75% |
32,824
3.84% |
7,653
0.66% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
61,738
8.21% |
31,762
-3.24% |
7,726
0.95% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
66,364
7.49% |
33,156
4.39% |
7,684
-0.54% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
65,145
-1.84% |
33,643
1.47% |
7,007
-8.81% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
70,169
7.71% |
37,585
11.72% |
7,575
8.11% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
76,221
8.62% |
41,211
9.65% |
7,432
-1.89% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
82,197
7.84% |
42,202
2.40% |
7,478
0.62% |
|---|
| Average |
60,633 |
32,847 |
7,343 |
|---|