Table 305.40.

Acceptance rates; number of applications, admissions, and enrollees; and enrollees’ SAT and ACT scores for degree-granting postsecondary institutions with first-year undergraduates, by control and level of institution: 2012-13

Acceptance rates, applications, admissions, enrollees, and SAT and ACT scores	All institutions			Public institutions			Private institutions
	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year	Nonprofit			For-profit
										Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Number of institutions reporting    application data1	4,264	2,585	1,679	1,579	646	933	2,685	1,939	746	1,335	1,242	93	1,350	697	653
Percentage distribution of institutions      by their acceptance of applications	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No application criteria	51.0	26.4	88.9	65.0	17.8	97.6	42.8	29.3	77.9	16.5	13.8	51.6	68.8	56.8	81.6
90 percent or more accepted	6.2	7.7	3.9	2.8	5.9	0.6	8.2	8.3	7.9	8.8	9.0	5.4	7.6	7.0	8.3
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	12.0	17.8	2.9	9.4	22.4	0.3	13.5	16.3	6.2	15.3	15.9	6.5	11.7	16.9	6.1
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	21.5	33.7	2.8	16.1	37.9	1.0	24.7	32.2	5.1	40.3	41.9	19.4	9.3	15.1	3.1
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	7.6	11.7	1.3	6.1	14.4	0.3	8.5	10.8	2.5	14.8	14.9	14.0	2.3	3.6	0.9
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	1.3	2.1	0.2	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.4	0.3	3.4	3.5	2.2	0.2	0.4	0.0
Less than 10 percent accepted	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Number of applications (in thousands)	8,847	8,739	108	4,814	4,754	60	4,033	3,986	47	3,871	3,856	15	162	130	32
Percentage distribution of applications      by institutions' acceptance of      applications	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No application criteria	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
90 percent or more accepted	3.2	2.8	38.0	3.9	3.4	45.2	2.4	2.1	28.7	1.7	1.7	4.1	20.0	15.0	40.1
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	15.5	15.5	16.8	18.4	18.6	8.0	12.0	11.8	28.2	11.1	11.2	2.6	32.5	30.6	40.0
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	44.2	44.4	29.3	46.9	47.1	32.2	40.9	41.1	25.5	41.3	41.2	46.9	32.8	37.0	15.6
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	27.3	27.5	12.9	27.5	27.7	10.0	27.1	27.2	16.6	27.6	27.6	43.3	14.7	17.3	4.2
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	6.8	6.8	2.7	2.3	2.2	4.7	12.2	12.3	0.1	12.7	12.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
Less than 10 percent accepted	3.0	3.0	0.4	1.0	1.0	0.0	5.3	5.4	0.9	5.6	5.6	2.9	#	#	0.0
Number of admissions (in thousands)	4,922	4,840	82	2,874	2,827	47	2,048	2,012	35	1,931	1,923	8	117	90	27
Percentage distribution of admissions      by institutions' acceptance of      applications	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No application criteria	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
90 percent or more accepted	5.4	4.7	49.2	6.1	5.2	58.2	4.5	4.0	37.3	3.2	3.2	6.9	26.6	20.6	46.4
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	22.6	22.7	18.3	25.1	25.3	8.6	19.2	18.9	31.1	18.1	18.1	4.0	36.9	36.3	39.2
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	50.1	50.5	25.0	49.5	49.9	27.0	50.9	51.4	22.4	52.2	52.2	56.0	28.8	33.8	12.3
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	19.3	19.5	7.1	18.4	18.6	5.5	20.6	20.8	9.2	21.4	21.3	32.7	7.6	9.3	2.1
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	2.2	2.2	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.7	4.1	4.2	#	4.3	4.4	0.1	#	#	0.0
Less than 10 percent accepted	0.4	0.4	#	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Number of enrollees (in thousands)	1,551	1,503	48	997	971	26	554	532	22	486	482	5	67	50	17
Percentage distribution of enrollees      by institutions' acceptance of      applications	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No application criteria	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
90 percent or more accepted	7.1	5.9	44.3	7.3	6.2	48.4	6.9	5.6	39.5	4.5	4.5	9.8	23.9	15.9	47.5
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	22.7	22.8	20.9	24.8	25.1	12.9	19.0	18.5	30.5	16.6	16.7	5.1	36.2	35.8	37.4
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	48.8	49.4	27.8	49.9	50.4	32.1	46.7	47.6	22.7	48.8	48.7	60.4	30.9	37.2	12.5
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	17.7	18.0	6.1	16.8	17.1	5.3	19.2	19.7	7.1	20.6	20.6	23.9	8.9	11.1	2.6
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	2.8	2.9	0.7	0.8	0.8	#	6.3	6.6	#	7.2	7.3	0.1	#	#	0.0
Less than 10 percent accepted	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.0	0.1	2.2	2.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
SAT scores of enrollees
Critical reading, 25th percentile2	469	470	409	457	458	408	476	476	411	476	477	404	437	434	‡
Critical reading, 75th percentile2	579	581	504	564	565	519	588	590	488	589	590	486	541	546	‡
Mathematics, 25th percentile2	478	479	404	471	472	414	482	483	391	483	484	388	433	434	‡
Mathematics, 75th percentile2	587	588	514	579	580	530	592	594	495	593	594	490	552	553	‡
ACT scores of enrollees
Composite, 25th percentile2	20.4	20.4	17.0	19.7	19.8	16.5	20.7	20.8	18.0	20.8	18.8	18.0	18.8	18.8	‡
Composite, 75th percentile2	25.3	25.4	21.4	24.5	24.6	21.1	25.8	25.9	21.9	25.9	23.8	21.9	23.8	23.8	‡
English, 25th percentile2	19.3	19.4	15.6	18.6	18.7	15.2	19.8	19.8	16.4	19.8	19.1	16.4	19.1	19.1	‡
English, 75th percentile2	25.6	25.7	21.3	24.7	24.8	21.4	26.1	26.2	21.1	26.2	25.1	21.1	25.1	25.1	‡
Mathematics, 25th percentile2	19.4	19.5	16.6	19.0	19.0	16.1	19.7	19.7	17.5	19.7	18.8	17.5	18.8	18.8	‡
Mathematics, 75th percentile2	25.2	25.2	21.3	24.6	24.7	20.8	25.5	25.6	22.1	25.5	24.3	22.1	24.3	24.3	‡

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

1 The total on this table differs slightly from other counts of institutions with first-year undergraduates because approximately 0.7 percent of these institutions did not report application information.

2 Data are only for institutions that require test scores for admission. Relatively few 2-year institutions require test scores for admission. The SAT Critical reading and Mathematics scales range from 200 to 800. The ACT Composite, English, and Mathematics scales range from 1 to 36.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Excludes institutions not enrolling any first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2012, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared August 2013.)