The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Michigan is 75.61% - 252,995 students accepted out of total 384,166.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 68.61% to 75.61%. The Michigan Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 27.86% and the yield is lower than 35.05%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.24% where the current academic year rate is 75.61% at Michigan Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.14% and women students' rate is 71.83%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Michigan Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
68.61% |
67.82% |
67.86% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
68.48%
-0.13% |
67.20%
-0.61% |
69.70%
1.84% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
71.09%
2.61% |
69.43%
2.23% |
72.02%
2.32% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
69.23%
-1.86% |
68.52%
-0.91% |
69.93%
-2.09% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
67.36%
-1.87% |
66.95%
-1.56% |
66.99%
-2.94% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
68.63%
1.27% |
68.04%
1.09% |
69.23%
2.24% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
72.53%
3.89% |
70.89%
2.85% |
72.84%
3.60% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
72.32%
-0.21% |
71.37%
0.48% |
71.50%
-1.34% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
75.14%
2.83% |
75.28%
3.91% |
76.28%
4.78% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
74.61%
-0.53% |
73.27%
-2.02% |
76.36%
0.08% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
75.61%
1.00% |
72.74%
-0.52% |
77.46%
1.10% |
|---|
| Average |
71.24% |
70.14% |
71.83% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 31.71% where the current academic year yield is 27.86%. 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 Michigan Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
35.05% |
37.46% |
29.75% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
35.04%
-0.01% |
37.63%
0.17% |
31.49%
1.74% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
33.26%
-1.78% |
35.49%
-2.15% |
30.40%
-1.10% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
32.27%
-0.98% |
35.26%
-0.23% |
28.41%
-1.99% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
34.47%
2.20% |
37.05%
1.79% |
31.64%
3.23% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
32.18%
-2.30% |
33.84%
-3.21% |
29.17%
-2.46% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
29.78%
-2.40% |
31.24%
-2.61% |
27.15%
-2.02% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
31.72%
1.94% |
31.81%
0.57% |
27.59%
0.44% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
30.07%
-1.65% |
32.57%
0.76% |
24.06%
-3.54% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
27.16%
-2.92% |
28.65%
-3.92% |
24.27%
0.22% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
27.86%
0.70% |
28.53%
-0.12% |
23.61%
-0.66% |
|---|
| Average |
31.71% |
33.59% |
27.96% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 303,409, the average number of admitted is 193,864, and the average number of enrolled students is 49,817 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Michigan Colleges increased by 6.13% (22,202 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Michigan Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
256,193 |
161,870 |
49,237 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
261,191
1.95% |
166,725
3.00% |
49,900
1.35% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
269,021
3.00% |
170,449
2.23% |
50,532
1.27% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
279,265
3.81% |
177,776
4.30% |
50,750
0.43% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
285,909
2.38% |
173,000
-2.69% |
50,778
0.06% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
299,349
4.70% |
188,307
8.85% |
51,629
1.68% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
302,430
1.03% |
189,163
0.45% |
50,414
-2.35% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
305,843
1.13% |
198,309
4.83% |
47,637
-5.51% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
332,173
8.61% |
217,226
9.54% |
48,323
1.44% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
361,964
8.97% |
236,685
8.96% |
48,863
1.12% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
384,166
6.13% |
252,995
6.89% |
49,921
2.17% |
|---|
| Average |
303,409 |
193,864 |
49,817 |
|---|