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58.71% Average Acceptance Rate for 2023 College Admission

Acceptance Rate by State

For 2022-2023 admission, the average acceptance rate is 58.71% over 12,995,286 applicants. The acceptance rate is lower than last year's rate which means that it became harder to admit to colleges .
The following table shows the average acceptance rate and yield along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students by state. The green or red numbers mean that changes of percentage and headcounts for each column.
Average Acceptance Rate by State
StateApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Alaska4,905-15.45% 3,339-16.96% 1,267-31.77% 68.07-1.25% 37.95-8.23%
Alabama209,779+25.36% 142,774+11.77% 30,415+2.23% 68.06-8.27% 21.30-1.99%
Arkansas71,002+4.43% 52,828+5.39% 16,496+7.15% 74.40+0.67% 31.23+0.52%
Arizona210,668+3.45% 175,835+3.21% 42,706+7.46% 83.47-0.19% 24.29+0.96%
California1,894,567+7.14% 804,733+1.13% 143,729+1.24% 42.48-2.52% 17.86+0.02%
Colorado202,597-1.33% 161,259+2.14% 27,459+2.47% 79.60+2.70% 17.03+0.06%
Connecticut234,503+7.78% 121,712+7.11% 20,844+2.13% 51.90-0.33% 17.13-0.83%
District of Columbia100,365-9.54% 41,460-9.56% 9,882-4.60% 41.31-0.01% 23.84+1.24%
Delaware43,096+9.39% 30,397+9.31% 6,440+11.65% 70.53-0.06% 21.19+0.45%
Florida642,575+18.92% 304,596+4.81% 70,228-1.14% 47.40-6.38% 23.06-1.38%
Federated States of Micronesia1,336+5.36% 1,055+7.65% 507-20.53% 78.97+1.68% 48.06-17.04%
Georgia336,626+5.02% 177,221-4.73% 57,456-4.51% 52.65-5.38% 32.42+0.07%
Guam45+95.65% 31+82.35% 31+287.50% 68.89-5.02% 100.00+52.94%
Hawaii38,692+1.76% 30,296+1.65% 4,939-8.69% 78.30-0.08% 16.30-1.85%
Iowa109,265-4.12% 83,797-1.40% 19,539+1.28% 76.69+2.12% 23.32+0.62%
Idaho52,420+20.93% 42,374+15.53% 10,572-0.92% 80.84-3.78% 24.95-4.14%
Illinois485,801+13.57% 283,413+11.00% 52,708+2.40% 58.34-1.35% 18.60-1.56%
Indiana320,548+9.44% 219,772+2.63% 47,232-0.45% 68.56-4.55% 21.49-0.67%
Kansas66,010+8.54% 55,548+8.07% 15,043+2.12% 84.15-0.36% 27.08-1.58%
Kentucky117,891+10.45% 96,501+9.05% 23,778+6.71% 81.86-1.04% 24.64-0.54%
Louisiana165,282-0.51% 101,111+7.72% 27,224-0.85% 61.17+4.67% 26.92-2.33%
Massachusetts672,378+9.14% 258,661+0.64% 52,776-2.58% 38.47-3.25% 20.40-0.68%
Maryland210,417+6.35% 121,431+2.66% 23,087+2.56% 57.71-2.08% 19.01-0.02%
Maine76,221+8.62% 41,211+9.54% 7,432-1.97% 54.07+0.45% 18.03-2.12%
Michigan360,554+9.16% 235,738+9.20% 48,735+1.19% 65.38+0.02% 20.67-1.64%
Minnesota147,958+2.83% 102,578+3.92% 24,870+0.14% 69.33+0.73% 24.24-0.92%
Missouri150,851+1.36% 93,425+2.41% 24,488-0.19% 61.93+0.63% 26.21-0.69%
Mississippi86,548+12.83% 68,309+18.56% 13,073+9.08% 78.93+3.82% 19.14-1.66%
Montana44,146+10.53% 34,226+14.45% 6,607+0.52% 77.53+2.66% 19.30-2.68%
North Carolina461,086+6.91% 261,566+6.01% 51,662-1.43% 56.73-0.48% 19.75-1.49%
North Dakota19,740+4.27% 17,435+3.09% 5,945-2.91% 88.32-1.02% 34.10-2.10%
Nebraska54,837+2.88% 43,965+1.85% 10,840-1.88% 80.17-0.82% 24.66-0.93%
New Hampshire112,612+6.83% 79,882+12.49% 20,865+16.40% 70.94+3.58% 26.12+0.88%
New Jersey298,106+8.27% 198,626+7.87% 34,684+6.84% 66.63-0.25% 17.46-0.17%
New Mexico31,967+18.91% 26,227+31.04% 6,723+13.85% 82.04+7.59% 25.63-3.87%
Nevada24,314+2.26% 20,738+2.41% 8,084+2.03% 85.29+0.12% 38.98-0.15%
New York1,306,934+3.95% 691,767+2.75% 119,472+0.67% 52.93-0.61% 17.27-0.36%
Ohio448,377+8.07% 306,051+4.31% 60,809+2.32% 68.26-2.46% 19.87-0.39%
Oklahoma77,231+15.82% 54,880+6.58% 16,405+4.19% 71.06-6.16% 29.89-0.69%
Oregon125,796+8.75% 101,766+3.36% 17,810+7.83% 80.90-4.22% 17.50+0.73%
Pennsylvania759,702+18.76% 469,496+13.79% 82,536+6.18% 61.80-2.70% 17.58-1.26%
Puerto Rico39,983+17.22% 22,296+11.32% 14,695-0.82% 55.76-2.96% 65.91-8.07%
Rhode Island129,918+5.65% 58,549+0.63% 11,686+6.17% 45.07-2.24% 19.96+1.04%
South Carolina225,664+9.43% 145,573+8.02% 28,347+2.48% 64.51-0.84% 19.47-1.06%
South Dakota23,807+10.90% 19,859+11.89% 6,396+5.74% 83.42+0.74% 32.21-1.87%
Tennessee207,909+6.62% 126,865+8.49% 32,156+3.97% 61.02+1.05% 25.35-1.10%
Texas679,665+4.70% 460,577+6.31% 122,313+5.12% 67.77+1.03% 26.56-0.30%
Utah70,012+6.31% 59,363+5.04% 18,434+2.25% 84.79-1.03% 31.05-0.85%
Virginia371,341+7.77% 246,267+5.11% 51,908+6.19% 66.32-1.68% 21.08+0.22%
Virgin Islands612+7.94% 593+6.27% 251+8.19% 96.90-1.51% 42.33+0.75%
Vermont61,314+16.62% 31,353+9.56% 5,589+0.90% 51.14-3.29% 17.83-1.52%
Washington147,340+2.08% 104,054-2.89% 24,550+1.19% 70.62-3.62% 23.59+0.95%
Wisconsin209,867+7.31% 152,107+2.19% 35,796-0.03% 72.48-3.63% 23.53-0.53%
West Virginia44,309+4.36% 38,724+3.15% 10,149+3.85% 87.40-1.02% 26.21+0.18%
Wyoming5,797+2.69% 5,564+1.85% 1,627+10.16% 95.98-0.80% 29.24+2.20%
Total12,995,286+8.01% 7,629,774+5.05% 1,629,295+2.10% 58.71-1.66% 21.35-0.62%