Total Public Four-Year Institutions

Chart (D) | What changes are happening across the recruitment funnel for first-time college students?

Acceptance rate and yield rate by year
Note: Large sudden change in applications/
acceptances may be due to exogenous
factors (e.g., move to Common App).
Status2014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Applied168,432169,496175,203193,251206,080208,530214,489226,858249,060269,864284,779
Accepted102,480109,799113,758126,538133,826141,079151,484150,424162,251174,032179,655
Enrolled32,70134,11534,27335,98235,98237,19834,37535,28437,18038,01538,042



1. First time in college students
Source: Data from State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Research Center
Admissions Report B08