The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in New Hampshire is 78.03% - 85,858 students accepted out of total 120,535.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 74.49% to 78.03%. The New Hampshire Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 27.91% and the yield is higher than 26.70%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.31% where the current academic year rate is 78.03% at New Hampshire Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.09% and women students' rate is 78.85%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into New Hampshire Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at New Hampshire Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
74.49% |
71.84% |
76.47% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
75.76%
1.27% |
73.06%
1.22% |
77.78%
1.31% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
76.92%
1.17% |
74.83%
1.77% |
78.50%
0.72% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
76.24%
-0.69% |
74.35%
-0.48% |
77.41%
-1.09% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
78.12%
1.89% |
75.80%
1.45% |
79.65%
2.23% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
65.76%
-12.37% |
63.87%
-11.93% |
67.10%
-12.55% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
79.32%
13.56% |
76.68%
12.81% |
81.06%
13.96% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
80.41%
1.09% |
77.64%
0.96% |
82.12%
1.06% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
82.28%
1.87% |
80.34%
2.70% |
83.47%
1.35% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
83.12%
0.85% |
80.56%
0.21% |
84.63%
1.16% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
78.03%
-5.10% |
76.98%
-3.58% |
79.13%
-5.50% |
|---|
| Average |
77.31% |
75.09% |
78.85% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 26.92% where the current academic year yield is 27.91%. 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 New Hampshire Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
26.70% |
26.91% |
26.37% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
28.55%
1.84% |
27.99%
1.07% |
29.01%
2.64% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
27.51%
-1.04% |
30.42%
2.43% |
25.04%
-3.97% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
27.67%
0.17% |
29.16%
-1.26% |
27.24%
2.20% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
27.67%
-0.01% |
28.25%
-0.90% |
27.20%
-0.04% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
30.71%
3.04% |
31.19%
2.94% |
30.16%
2.97% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
28.19%
-2.52% |
29.14%
-2.05% |
27.19%
-2.97% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
25.14%
-3.05% |
24.95%
-4.19% |
25.13%
-2.06% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
23.88%
-1.26% |
25.03%
0.08% |
23.01%
-2.12% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
22.17%
-1.71% |
24.22%
-0.81% |
21.02%
-1.99% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
27.91%
5.74% |
28.98%
4.76% |
27.34%
6.32% |
|---|
| Average |
26.92% |
27.84% |
26.25% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 94,184, the average number of admitted is 62,480, and the average number of enrolled students is 15,673 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to New Hampshire Colleges increased by 7.04% (7,923 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at New Hampshire Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
74,349 |
43,461 |
9,157 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
70,864
-4.69% |
44,217
1.74% |
9,050
-1.17% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
72,809
2.74% |
44,200
-0.04% |
9,336
3.16% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
77,299
6.17% |
47,697
7.91% |
9,164
-1.84% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
93,484
20.94% |
61,250
28.41% |
15,650
70.78% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
96,349
3.06% |
58,581
-4.36% |
17,746
13.39% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
103,314
7.23% |
70,515
20.37% |
18,325
3.26% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
108,994
5.50% |
80,567
14.26% |
22,956
25.27% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
105,413
-3.29% |
71,055
-11.81% |
17,882
-22.10% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
112,612
6.83% |
79,882
12.42% |
20,865
16.68% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
120,535
7.04% |
85,858
7.48% |
22,272
6.74% |
|---|
| Average |
94,184 |
62,480 |
15,673 |
|---|