The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Texas is 75.42% - 496,657 students accepted out of total 739,977.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 66.71% to 75.42%. The Texas Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 31.49% and the yield is lower than 40.69%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.05% where the current academic year rate is 75.42% at Texas Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.67% and women students' rate is 69.52%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Texas Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
66.71% |
66.47% |
67.23% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
66.91%
0.20% |
65.97%
-0.50% |
67.33%
0.10% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
65.01%
-1.89% |
64.77%
-1.20% |
65.37%
-1.96% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
63.25%
-1.76% |
62.54%
-2.22% |
63.82%
-1.55% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
64.73%
1.47% |
64.69%
2.15% |
65.34%
1.52% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
65.86%
1.14% |
65.98%
1.29% |
65.51%
0.18% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
69.13%
3.27% |
69.74%
3.76% |
69.39%
3.88% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
70.87%
1.74% |
71.67%
1.93% |
70.77%
1.38% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
75.07%
4.20% |
74.01%
2.34% |
75.48%
4.72% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
76.61%
1.54% |
75.74%
1.73% |
77.64%
2.16% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
75.42%
-1.19% |
73.81%
-1.93% |
76.80%
-0.84% |
|---|
| Average |
69.05% |
68.67% |
69.52% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 35.84% where the current academic year yield is 31.49%. 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 Texas Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
40.69% |
41.48% |
39.17% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
40.13%
-0.56% |
42.36%
0.89% |
39.27%
0.11% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
40.57%
0.44% |
40.23%
-2.13% |
38.90%
-0.38% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
37.66%
-2.91% |
39.32%
-0.91% |
35.90%
-2.99% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
35.32%
-2.34% |
37.01%
-2.31% |
33.58%
-2.32% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
36.20%
0.88% |
36.92%
-0.08% |
34.60%
1.01% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
35.11%
-1.08% |
36.59%
-0.33% |
33.92%
-0.67% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
32.00%
-3.11% |
34.84%
-1.75% |
30.19%
-3.74% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
31.86%
-0.15% |
33.58%
-1.27% |
29.94%
-0.25% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
33.20%
1.35% |
35.34%
1.76% |
32.10%
2.16% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
31.49%
-1.71% |
33.82%
-1.52% |
30.48%
-1.62% |
|---|
| Average |
35.84% |
37.41% |
34.37% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 581,866, the average number of admitted is 364,386, and the average number of enrolled students is 109,670 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Texas Colleges increased by 8.87% (60,312 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Texas Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
449,543 |
269,450 |
95,302 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
476,676
6.04% |
283,261
5.13% |
99,335
4.23% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
498,892
4.66% |
291,850
3.03% |
101,869
2.55% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
542,369
8.71% |
310,393
6.35% |
103,292
1.40% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
561,022
3.44% |
333,498
7.44% |
108,530
5.07% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
579,851
3.36% |
344,979
3.44% |
111,082
2.35% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
606,751
4.64% |
373,444
8.25% |
111,364
0.25% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
616,559
1.62% |
410,828
10.01% |
109,625
-1.56% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
649,218
5.30% |
433,312
5.47% |
116,520
6.29% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
679,665
4.69% |
460,577
6.29% |
122,313
4.97% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
739,977
8.87% |
496,657
7.83% |
127,133
3.94% |
|---|
| Average |
581,866 |
364,386 |
109,670 |
|---|