The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Nebraska is 71.55% - 42,849 students accepted out of total 53,805.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 62.95% to 71.55%. The Nebraska Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 40.04% and the yield is lower than 48.17%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.37% where the current academic year rate is 71.55% at Nebraska Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.88% and women students' rate is 70.75%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into Nebraska Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Nebraska Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
62.95% |
63.99% |
62.85% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
65.88%
2.93% |
64.65%
0.66% |
68.04%
5.18% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
69.12%
3.24% |
70.67%
6.02% |
70.26%
2.23% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
67.54%
-1.58% |
63.87%
-6.80% |
69.02%
-1.25% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
63.53%
-4.02% |
63.75%
-0.12% |
66.29%
-2.73% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
67.90%
4.37% |
68.09%
4.35% |
68.89%
2.61% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
71.04%
3.14% |
71.52%
3.42% |
71.61%
2.72% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
68.70%
-2.34% |
70.01%
-1.51% |
72.36%
0.74% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
79.05%
10.35% |
79.94%
9.93% |
79.45%
7.10% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
75.76%
-3.30% |
73.68%
-6.26% |
77.18%
-2.27% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
71.55%
-4.21% |
78.50%
4.82% |
72.33%
-4.85% |
|---|
| Average |
69.37% |
69.88% |
70.75% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 41.43% where the current academic year yield is 40.04%. 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 Nebraska Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
48.17% |
54.24% |
47.52% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
40.84%
-7.34% |
39.37%
-14.87% |
39.27%
-8.26% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
45.08%
4.25% |
46.13%
6.75% |
44.24%
4.98% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
42.49%
-2.60% |
48.16%
2.03% |
41.03%
-3.21% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
45.77%
3.28% |
45.17%
-2.99% |
40.90%
-0.14% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
40.72%
-5.04% |
41.91%
-3.26% |
40.34%
-0.55% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
37.30%
-3.43% |
36.60%
-5.31% |
37.61%
-2.73% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
37.48%
0.18% |
36.69%
0.09% |
33.89%
-3.72% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
37.10%
-0.38% |
37.92%
1.23% |
34.66%
0.77% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
40.78%
3.68% |
36.93%
-1.00% |
40.63%
5.97% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
40.04%
-0.74% |
34.05%
-2.88% |
39.93%
-0.70% |
|---|
| Average |
41.43% |
41.56% |
40.00% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 47,740, the average number of admitted is 36,219, and the average number of enrolled students is 10,951 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Nebraska Colleges decreased by -1.88% (1,032 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Nebraska Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
34,924 |
24,354 |
10,431 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
39,458
12.98% |
28,435
16.76% |
10,611
1.73% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
38,584
-2.22% |
28,184
-0.88% |
10,887
2.60% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
41,741
8.18% |
30,864
9.51% |
11,151
2.42% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
51,984
24.54% |
37,423
21.25% |
11,294
1.28% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
51,673
-0.60% |
39,404
5.29% |
11,321
0.24% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
52,096
0.82% |
39,800
1.00% |
11,036
-2.52% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
53,716
3.11% |
40,355
1.39% |
11,034
-0.02% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
52,327
-2.59% |
42,773
5.99% |
10,944
-0.82% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
54,837
4.80% |
43,965
2.79% |
10,840
-0.95% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
53,805
-1.88% |
42,849
-2.54% |
10,916
0.70% |
|---|
| Average |
47,740 |
36,219 |
10,951 |
|---|