The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in New Jersey is 77.70% - 209,205 students accepted out of total 315,393.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 70.67% to 77.70%. The New Jersey Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 52.29% and the yield is higher than 45.91%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.31% where the current academic year rate is 77.70% at New Jersey Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.77% and women students' rate is 71.55%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at New Jersey Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
70.67% |
71.62% |
62.30% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
72.14%
1.46% |
71.29%
-0.33% |
65.88%
3.58% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
68.96%
-3.17% |
68.05%
-3.25% |
68.62%
2.75% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
65.33%
-3.63% |
65.58%
-2.47% |
66.32%
-2.30% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
71.49%
6.16% |
70.69%
5.11% |
68.58%
2.26% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
70.42%
-1.07% |
70.50%
-0.19% |
70.61%
2.03% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
73.85%
3.43% |
73.09%
2.59% |
74.75%
4.14% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
76.65%
2.80% |
76.07%
2.98% |
75.08%
0.33% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
74.63%
-2.02% |
73.33%
-2.74% |
78.15%
3.07% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
73.54%
-1.09% |
72.36%
-0.97% |
77.12%
-1.04% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
77.70%
4.17% |
76.86%
4.50% |
79.59%
2.47% |
|---|
| Average |
72.31% |
71.77% |
71.55% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 46.76% where the current academic year yield is 52.29%. 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 Jersey Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
45.91% |
48.01% |
26.65% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
46.31%
0.40% |
48.23%
0.22% |
27.32%
0.66% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
43.48%
-2.82% |
45.37%
-2.86% |
26.57%
-0.75% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
39.21%
-4.27% |
40.45%
-4.93% |
26.10%
-0.47% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
43.48%
4.27% |
45.11%
4.66% |
26.31%
0.21% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
45.88%
2.40% |
47.81%
2.70% |
23.05%
-3.26% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
47.03%
1.15% |
47.48%
-0.33% |
22.71%
-0.33% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
49.76%
2.72% |
50.75%
3.27% |
22.00%
-0.71% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
50.38%
0.62% |
51.15%
0.41% |
19.96%
-2.04% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
50.67%
0.29% |
51.19%
0.04% |
24.13%
4.16% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
52.29%
1.63% |
52.40%
1.21% |
23.75%
-0.37% |
|---|
| Average |
46.76% |
48.00% |
24.41% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 256,486, the average number of admitted is 159,214, and the average number of enrolled students is 32,882 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to New Jersey Colleges increased by 5.80% (17,287 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at New Jersey Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
206,473 |
113,827 |
29,641 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
210,483
1.94% |
122,727
7.82% |
30,888
4.21% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
223,140
6.01% |
130,835
6.61% |
31,342
1.47% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
238,933
7.08% |
138,219
5.64% |
31,892
1.75% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
249,230
4.31% |
149,358
8.06% |
33,256
4.28% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
265,662
6.59% |
159,838
7.02% |
35,305
6.16% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
266,250
0.22% |
165,068
3.27% |
35,129
-0.50% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
272,354
2.29% |
179,446
8.71% |
32,268
-8.14% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
275,321
1.09% |
184,205
2.65% |
32,332
0.20% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
298,106
8.28% |
198,626
7.83% |
34,684
7.27% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
315,393
5.80% |
209,205
5.33% |
34,965
0.81% |
|---|
| Average |
256,486 |
159,214 |
32,882 |
|---|