Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Colorado

At Colorado College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 16.44%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 19.99%. Colorado's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years. Colorado College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 40.70%, and the 2024 yield is 34.00%.

The number of Colorado applicants decreased by -4.00% (314 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 16.44%, and this year's acceptance rate is 19.99% at Colorado College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 16.89% and women students' rate is 16.25%. Colorado College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Colorado College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	22.28%	20.69%	23.79%
2014-15	17.90% -4.38%	18.28% -2.41%	17.66% -6.13%
2015-16	17.13% -0.77%	16.88% -1.40%	17.31% -0.35%
2016-17	15.99% -1.15%	17.49% 0.61%	15.01% -2.30%
2017-18	15.13% -0.86%	16.67% -0.83%	14.14% -0.87%
2018-19	15.00% -0.13%	15.78% -0.89%	14.47% 0.33%
2019-20	13.50% -1.50%	14.40% -1.37%	12.91% -1.56%
2020-21	13.60% 0.10%	13.81% -0.59%	13.47% 0.56%
2021-22	14.00% 0.40%	15.01% 1.20%	13.99% 0.53%
2022-23	16.30% 2.30%	16.71% 1.71%	16.02% 2.02%
2023-24	19.99% 3.69%	20.01% 3.30%	20.00% 3.98%
Average	16.44%	16.89%	16.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 40.70% where the current academic year yield is 34.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Colorado College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.53%	42.18%	39.37%
2014-15	40.34% -0.19%	45.83% 3.65%	36.31% -3.06%
2015-16	42.22% 1.88%	46.84% 1.00%	39.13% 2.82%
2016-17	42.23% 0.02%	43.83% -3.00%	41.03% 1.90%
2017-18	43.73% 1.50%	46.18% 2.35%	41.87% 0.84%
2018-19	42.40% -1.33%	43.14% -3.05%	41.83% -0.04%
2019-20	41.90% -0.51%	45.22% 2.08%	39.43% -2.40%
2020-21	38.64% -3.26%	41.62% -3.60%	36.67% -2.76%
2021-22	40.01% 1.38%	40.94% -0.68%	38.98% 2.31%
2022-23	41.75% 1.74%	43.26% 2.32%	40.67% 1.69%
2023-24	34.00% -7.75%	33.94% -9.32%	34.99% -5.68%
Average	40.70%	43.00%	39.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,380, the average number of admitted is 1,347, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 546.

The number of Colorado applicants decreased by -4.00% (314 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Colorado College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,780	1,288	522
2014-15	7,602 31.52%	1,361 5.67%	549 5.17%
2015-16	8,060 6.02%	1,381 1.47%	583 6.19%
2016-17	7,894 -2.06%	1,262 -8.62%	533 -8.58%
2017-18	8,223 4.17%	1,244 -1.43%	544 2.06%
2018-19	8,552 4.00%	1,283 3.14%	544
2019-20	9,456 10.57%	1,277 -0.47%	535 -1.65%
2020-21	10,257 8.47%	1,395 9.24%	539 0.75%
2021-22	10,975 7.00%	1,537 10.18%	615 14.10%
2022-23	7,846 -28.51%	1,279 -16.79%	534 -13.17%
2023-24	7,532 -4.00%	1,506 17.75%	512 -4.12%
Average	8,380	1,347	546

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Colorado College and similar schools.