The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Nevada is 88.40% - 21,912 students accepted out of total 24,167.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 74.86% to 88.40%. The Nevada Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 47.86% and the yield is lower than 61.54%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.50% where the current academic year rate is 88.40% at Nevada Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.79% and women students' rate is 80.43%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Nevada Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
74.86% |
72.28% |
77.35% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
71.55%
-3.31% |
72.06%
-0.22% |
70.37%
-6.98% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
79.61%
8.06% |
79.27%
7.21% |
81.89%
11.52% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
78.62%
-0.99% |
78.79%
-0.47% |
78.25%
-3.64% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
78.19%
-0.44% |
80.83%
2.04% |
77.81%
-0.44% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
76.62%
-1.57% |
83.68%
2.86% |
76.81%
-1.00% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
79.62%
3.00% |
80.42%
-3.26% |
79.64%
2.82% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
79.56%
-0.06% |
82.01%
1.59% |
82.70%
3.07% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
80.44%
0.88% |
76.80%
-5.21% |
86.58%
3.88% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
87.05%
6.61% |
89.57%
12.77% |
87.33%
0.75% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
88.40%
1.35% |
93.00%
3.44% |
86.00%
-1.33% |
|---|
| Average |
79.50% |
80.79% |
80.43% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 50.68% where the current academic year yield is 47.86%. 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 Nevada Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
61.54% |
61.55% |
61.15% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
55.00%
-6.54% |
56.48%
-5.07% |
54.04%
-7.11% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
54.94%
-0.07% |
55.53%
-0.94% |
56.34%
2.29% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
59.99%
5.06% |
61.25%
5.72% |
59.40%
3.06% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
38.89%
-21.10% |
42.82%
-18.44% |
42.61%
-16.79% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
53.52%
14.63% |
56.19%
13.38% |
44.49%
1.87% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
51.10%
-2.43% |
49.30%
-6.89% |
55.68%
11.19% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
43.36%
-7.74% |
30.48%
-18.82% |
44.05%
-11.63% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
43.98%
0.62% |
46.46%
15.99% |
43.19%
-0.86% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
47.32%
3.34% |
50.07%
3.61% |
46.52%
3.34% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
47.86%
0.55% |
38.44%
-11.63% |
54.78%
8.26% |
|---|
| Average |
50.68% |
49.87% |
51.11% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 22,030, the average number of admitted is 18,460, and the average number of enrolled students is 8,090 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Nevada Colleges decreased by -0.60% (147 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Nevada Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
16,579 |
13,552 |
7,115 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
18,139
9.41% |
14,918
10.08% |
7,622
7.13% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
19,736
8.80% |
16,029
7.45% |
8,034
5.41% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
20,141
2.05% |
16,332
1.89% |
7,713
-4.00% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
21,969
9.08% |
18,378
12.53% |
8,464
9.74% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
23,417
6.59% |
19,625
6.79% |
8,428
-0.43% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
24,004
2.51% |
19,953
1.67% |
8,604
2.09% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
25,129
4.69% |
20,808
4.29% |
8,387
-2.52% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
24,732
-1.58% |
20,811
0.01% |
7,971
-4.96% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
24,314
-1.69% |
20,738
-0.35% |
8,084
1.42% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
24,167
-0.60% |
21,912
5.66% |
8,570
6.01% |
|---|
| Average |
22,030 |
18,460 |
8,090 |
|---|