Admission Statistics, Acceptance Rates, Score Distribution of US Colleges

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled

For academic year 2015-2016, 9,705,992 students have applied and among them 5,430,997 were admitted to US colleges and universities. 1,604,563 students were finally enrolled into one of accepted schools. Next table and chart illustrates the number of applicant, admitted, and enrolled students for US colleges and universities.

	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
Total	9,705,992	5,430,997	1,604,563
Public Schools	5,347,469	3,194,091	1,051,952
4 Years (Or High)	5,289,209	3,152,732	1,026,277
2-4 Years	52,522	38,038	23,150
Less Than 2 Years	5,738	3,321	2,525
Private Schools	4,358,523	2,236,906	552,611
4 Years (Or High)	4,305,077	2,196,534	531,252
2-4 Years	45,951	34,582	17,539
Less Than 2 Years	7,495	5,790	3,820

Acceptance Ratio

The avarage acceptance ratio of US colleges and universities was 55.96% in last academic year. Public schools' average acceptance ratio was 59.73% and the average rate of private schools was 51.32%. Next table and chart illustrates the average acceptance ratio for US colleges and universities with comparable factors.

	Acceptance Ratio
All Schools Average	55.96%
Public Schools	59.73%
4 Years (Or High)	59.61%
2-4 Years	72.42%
Less Than 2 Years	57.88%
Private Schools	51.32%
4 Years (Or High)	51.02%
2-4 Years	75.26%
Less Than 2 Years	77.25%

Admission Yield

The avarage admission yield of US colleges and universities was 55.96% in last academic year. Public schools' average admission yield was 59.73% and the average rate of private schools was 51.32%. The admission yiled is a rate of number of enrolled students over number of students who are allowed to admit. Next table and chart illustrates the average admission yield for US colleges and universities with comparable factors.

	Admission Yield
All Schools Average	29.54%
Public Schools	32.93%
4 Years (Or High)	32.55%
2-4 Years	60.86%
Less Than 2 Years	76.03%
Private Schools	24.70%
4 Years (Or High)	24.19%
2-4 Years	50.72%
Less Than 2 Years	65.98%

ACT Scores

Next table shows ACT averages scores of 25th and 75th percentile by subject and school type/level. The 25th percentile is the lower 25th score and 75th percentile is the upper 25th score of students who enrolled in colleges.

		Composite	English	Math	Writing
All Schools Average	25%	18.83	17.71	18.15	6.19
	75%	23.51	23.40	23.42	7.87
Public Schools	25%	18.39	17.21	17.77	5.94
	75%	23.08	23.29	23.18	7.62
4 Years (or High)	25%	19.93	18.87	19.09	6.55
	75%	24.94	25.03	24.99	8.23
2-4 Years	25%	16.86	15.55	16.45	5.33
	75%	21.21	21.55	21.36	7.00
Private Schools	25%	19.27	18.22	18.53	6.44
	75%	23.95	23.50	23.67	8.12
4 Years (or High)	25%	20.76	19.93	19.67	6.87
	75%	26.00	26.41	25.74	8.74
2-4 Years	25%	17.78	16.50	17.40	6.00
	75%	21.89	20.60	21.60	7.50

SAT Scores

Next table shows SAT averages scores of 25th and 75th percentile by subject and school type/level. The 25th percentile is the lower 25th score and 75th percentile is the upper 25th score of students who enrolled in colleges.

		Critical Reading	Writing	Math
All Schools Average	25%	437.30	423.56	441.79
	75%	543.90	521.97	546.05
Public Schools	25%	438.64	424.17	447.47
	75%	541.07	523.91	546.17
4 Years (or High)	25%	460.00	448.33	472.67
	75%	567.59	552.81	580.97
2-4 Years	25%	417.27	400.00	422.27
	75%	514.55	495.00	511.36
Private Schools	25%	435.96	422.96	436.11
	75%	546.73	520.03	545.93
4 Years (or High)	25%	475.42	477.51	479.61
	75%	585.15	584.66	590.06
2-4 Years	25%	396.50	368.40	392.60
	75%	508.30	455.40	501.80