The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in North Carolina is 69.89% - 292,506 students accepted out of total 508,381.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 56.60% to 69.89%. The North Carolina Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 25.60% and the yield is lower than 33.75%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 62.49% where the current academic year rate is 69.89% at North Carolina Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.38% and women students' rate is 63.50%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at North Carolina Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
56.60% |
56.19% |
56.95% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
57.32%
0.72% |
56.00%
-0.18% |
58.04%
1.09% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
59.30%
1.98% |
57.49%
1.49% |
59.98%
1.94% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
60.58%
1.28% |
58.59%
1.10% |
61.41%
1.43% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
61.27%
0.70% |
60.45%
1.86% |
61.20%
-0.21% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
58.80%
-2.47% |
58.59%
-1.86% |
60.38%
-0.82% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
63.58%
4.78% |
62.17%
3.58% |
63.58%
3.20% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
64.77%
1.19% |
64.70%
2.53% |
66.58%
3.00% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
67.43%
2.66% |
65.66%
0.96% |
69.86%
3.27% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
67.88%
0.46% |
67.17%
1.51% |
68.90%
-0.96% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
69.89%
2.01% |
68.15%
0.98% |
71.62%
2.72% |
|---|
| Average |
62.49% |
61.38% |
63.50% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 29.94% where the current academic year yield is 25.60%. 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 North Carolina Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
33.75% |
37.29% |
31.96% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
31.58%
-2.17% |
34.98%
-2.31% |
29.74%
-2.22% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
32.73%
1.15% |
35.18%
0.20% |
31.39%
1.65% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
32.75%
0.02% |
35.05%
-0.13% |
30.99%
-0.40% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
33.07%
0.32% |
33.45%
-1.60% |
30.55%
-0.44% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
31.21%
-1.87% |
31.97%
-1.48% |
29.34%
-1.22% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
28.67%
-2.54% |
32.26%
0.28% |
25.91%
-3.43% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
26.40%
-2.27% |
28.41%
-3.85% |
25.09%
-0.82% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
28.55%
2.15% |
29.78%
1.37% |
27.53%
2.43% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
25.05%
-3.50% |
25.97%
-3.80% |
23.60%
-3.93% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
25.60%
0.55% |
27.01%
1.04% |
24.06%
0.46% |
|---|
| Average |
29.94% |
31.94% |
28.20% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 391,911, the average number of admitted is 211,786, and the average number of enrolled students is 51,247 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to North Carolina Colleges increased by 10.26% (47,295 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at North Carolina Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
316,266 |
158,072 |
48,453 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
323,129
2.17% |
162,472
2.78% |
48,557
0.21% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
332,431
2.88% |
170,299
4.82% |
49,563
2.07% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
362,872
9.16% |
186,166
9.32% |
51,019
2.94% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
369,087
1.71% |
195,938
5.25% |
51,923
1.77% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
397,199
7.62% |
205,873
5.07% |
53,375
2.80% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
400,552
0.84% |
217,192
5.50% |
51,988
-2.60% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
409,901
2.33% |
234,067
7.77% |
50,938
-2.02% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
430,113
4.93% |
245,493
4.88% |
52,142
2.36% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
461,086
7.20% |
261,566
6.55% |
51,662
-0.92% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
508,381
10.26% |
292,506
11.83% |
54,094
4.71% |
|---|
| Average |
391,911 |
211,786 |
51,247 |
|---|