The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Minnesota is 74.55% - 108,243 students accepted out of total 150,903.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 68.90% to 74.55%. The Minnesota Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 30.48% and the yield is lower than 38.75%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.38% where the current academic year rate is 74.55% at Minnesota Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.88% and women students' rate is 71.67%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Minnesota Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
68.90% |
67.87% |
69.37% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
69.35%
0.45% |
68.54%
0.67% |
69.98%
0.61% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
67.35%
-2.00% |
64.72%
-3.82% |
69.18%
-0.80% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
67.86%
0.52% |
64.55%
-0.17% |
68.89%
-0.29% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
66.58%
-1.29% |
62.22%
-2.32% |
67.96%
-0.92% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
69.04%
2.47% |
66.48%
4.26% |
69.84%
1.88% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
70.22%
1.18% |
68.76%
2.27% |
70.90%
1.06% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
70.63%
0.41% |
68.31%
-0.45% |
72.05%
1.15% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
74.37%
3.74% |
71.43%
3.12% |
75.46%
3.41% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
75.32%
0.95% |
71.56%
0.13% |
77.61%
2.16% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
74.55%
-0.77% |
72.28%
0.72% |
77.08%
-0.53% |
|---|
| Average |
70.38% |
67.88% |
71.67% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 35.11% where the current academic year yield is 30.48%. 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 Minnesota Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
38.75% |
40.97% |
36.98% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
37.81%
-0.94% |
40.36%
-0.60% |
35.99%
-0.99% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
38.07%
0.26% |
40.31%
-0.05% |
37.24%
1.25% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
37.84%
-0.23% |
40.61%
0.30% |
36.68%
-0.55% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
35.79%
-2.06% |
37.78%
-2.82% |
34.85%
-1.83% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
36.73%
0.94% |
38.04%
0.25% |
35.68%
0.82% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
35.09%
-1.64% |
36.28%
-1.76% |
35.21%
-0.47% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
32.57%
-2.52% |
33.80%
-2.47% |
31.98%
-3.23% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
31.90%
-0.67% |
35.10%
1.30% |
30.71%
-1.27% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
31.17%
-0.74% |
32.86%
-2.25% |
30.55%
-0.17% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
30.48%
-0.68% |
32.58%
-0.28% |
30.13%
-0.41% |
|---|
| Average |
35.11% |
37.15% |
34.18% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 149,682, the average number of admitted is 94,286, and the average number of enrolled students is 25,986 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Minnesota Colleges decreased by 1.99% (2,945 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Minnesota Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
142,096 |
83,596 |
27,056 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
144,715
1.84% |
85,411
2.17% |
26,338
-2.65% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
149,152
3.07% |
86,217
0.94% |
26,403
0.25% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
159,745
7.10% |
91,954
6.65% |
26,862
1.74% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
156,593
-1.97% |
93,781
1.99% |
26,698
-0.61% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
155,377
-0.78% |
94,270
0.52% |
26,741
0.16% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
150,007
-3.46% |
93,802
-0.50% |
26,359
-1.43% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
146,073
-2.62% |
98,641
5.16% |
24,373
-7.53% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
143,887
-1.50% |
98,650
0.01% |
24,883
2.09% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
147,958
2.83% |
102,578
3.98% |
24,870
-0.05% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
150,903
1.99% |
108,243
5.52% |
25,266
1.59% |
|---|
| Average |
149,682 |
94,286 |
25,986 |
|---|