The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Montana is 83.32% - 33,046 students accepted out of total 37,450.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 82.52% to 83.32%. The Montana Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 34.23% and the yield is lower than 36.88%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.95% where the current academic year rate is 83.32% at Montana Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.11% and women students' rate is 78.74%.
Last year, it was easier to get into Montana Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Montana Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
82.52% |
82.72% |
81.84% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
81.77%
-0.75% |
79.90%
-2.81% |
83.21%
1.38% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
82.06%
0.29% |
82.08%
2.17% |
81.67%
-1.54% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
79.22%
-2.84% |
80.96%
-1.11% |
77.22%
-4.45% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
79.08%
-0.13% |
78.04%
-2.92% |
79.81%
2.59% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
76.88%
-2.20% |
78.45%
0.41% |
75.92%
-3.89% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
69.28%
-7.60% |
71.46%
-6.99% |
66.97%
-8.96% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
80.22%
10.94% |
79.32%
7.86% |
83.05%
16.08% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
76.45%
-3.77% |
76.47%
-2.85% |
77.04%
-6.01% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
77.60%
1.16% |
77.95%
1.49% |
77.61%
0.57% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
83.32%
5.71% |
82.86%
4.91% |
81.81%
4.20% |
|---|
| Average |
78.95% |
79.11% |
78.74% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 34.38% where the current academic year yield is 34.23%. 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 Montana Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
36.88% |
40.96% |
34.25% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
36.20%
-0.68% |
36.52%
-4.44% |
35.85%
1.60% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
32.33%
-3.87% |
35.17%
-1.35% |
30.12%
-5.74% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
27.22%
-5.12% |
28.83%
-6.34% |
25.90%
-4.22% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
33.37%
6.16% |
33.93%
5.10% |
32.90%
7.00% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
35.13%
1.76% |
38.25%
4.32% |
32.66%
-0.24% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
42.26%
7.12% |
45.66%
7.42% |
41.05%
8.40% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
41.44%
-0.81% |
40.80%
-4.87% |
42.00%
0.95% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
29.41%
-12.03% |
32.26%
-8.54% |
27.51%
-14.49% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
29.68%
0.26% |
32.63%
0.37% |
27.56%
0.04% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
34.23%
4.55% |
36.63%
4.00% |
34.10%
6.55% |
|---|
| Average |
34.38% |
36.51% |
33.08% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 31,924, the average number of admitted is 25,836, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,254 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Montana Colleges decreased by -15.17% (6,696 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Montana Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
24,259 |
19,632 |
6,056 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
27,208
12.16% |
21,836
11.23% |
6,217
2.66% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
28,862
6.08% |
23,123
5.89% |
6,093
-1.99% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
29,476
2.13% |
24,233
4.80% |
6,227
2.20% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
29,402
-0.25% |
24,523
1.20% |
6,424
3.16% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
30,799
4.75% |
24,987
1.89% |
6,270
-2.40% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
30,398
-1.30% |
24,572
-1.66% |
6,062
-3.32% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
29,175
-4.02% |
24,079
-2.01% |
5,747
-5.20% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
39,994
37.08% |
29,935
24.32% |
6,625
15.28% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
44,146
10.38% |
34,226
14.33% |
6,607
-0.27% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
37,450
-15.17% |
33,046
-3.45% |
6,471
-2.06% |
|---|
| Average |
31,924 |
25,836 |
6,254 |
|---|