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Table 7. Number of Title IV institutions that do not have an open admissions policy, by level of institution, level of admission consideration, control of institution, and type of admission considerations for first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students: United States, fall 2023
Control of institution and admission considerations All institutions 4-year 2-year Less-than-2-year
Required Considered if submitted Not considered, even if submitted Required Considered if submitted Not considered, even if submitted Required Considered if submitted Not considered, even if submitted Required Considered if submitted Not considered, even if submitted
  
  All institutions
 Secondary school grade point average (GPA) 1,492 256 156 1,431 217 50 47 24 57 14 15 49
 Secondary school rank 103 831 970 101 803 794 2 19 107 0 9 69
 Secondary school record 1,654 166 84 1,492 148 58 101 15 12 61 3 14
 Completion of college-preparatory
   program 		638 656 610 624 621 453 13 26 89 1 9 68
 Recommendations 616 662 626 538 629 531 36 27 65 42 6 30
 Formal demonstration of
   competencies (e.g., portfolios,
   certificates of mastery,
   assessment of instruments) 		157 486 1,261 114 454 1,130 24 23 81 19 9 50
 Work experience 23 845 1,036 18 763 917 3 50 75 2 32 44
 Personal statement or essay 634 725 545 564 689 445 37 27 64 33 9 36
 Legacy status 0 531 1,373 0 504 1,194 0 17 111 0 10 68
 Admission test scores1
  SAT/ACT 95 1,085 724 90 1,073 535 5 11 112 0 1 77
  Other test (ABT, Wonderlic,
   WISC-III, etc.) 		209 136 1,559 90 128 1,480 62 7 59 57 1 20
  English Proficiency Test (for applicable
   students) 		1,376 196 332 1,339 177 182 23 13 92 14 6 58
Public
 Secondary school grade point average (GPA) 505 46 40 486 35 8 12 1 1 7 10 31
 Secondary school rank 66 230 295 66 222 241 0 2 12 0 6 42
 Secondary school record 550 15 26 499 12 18 11 2 1 40 1 7
 Completion of college-preparatory
   program 		282 175 134 276 167 86 6 2 6 0 6 42
 Recommendations 93 189 309 59 182 288 1 5 8 33 2 13
 Formal demonstration of
   competencies (e.g., portfolios,
   certificates of mastery,
   assessment of instruments) 		34 78 479 19 76 434 0 2 12 15 0 33
 Work experience 6 234 351 5 212 312 0 3 11 1 19 28
 Personal statement or essay 141 200 250 116 192 221 0 4 10 25 4 19
 Legacy status 0 83 508 0 75 454 0 2 12 0 6 42
 Admission test scores1
  SAT/ACT 60 379 152 58 374 97 2 4 8 0 1 47
  Other test (ABT, Wonderlic,
   WISC-III, etc.) 		52 33 506 7 30 492 3 2 9 42 1 5
  English Proficiency Test (for applicable
   students) 		485 38 68 470 35 24 6 0 8 9 3 36
Private nonprofit
 Secondary school grade point average (GPA) 900 194 50 877 175 24 22 16 19 1 3 7
 Secondary school rank 35 583 526 33 573 470 2 8 47 0 2 9
 Secondary school record 968 139 37 912 130 34 47 8 2 9 1 1
 Completion of college-preparatory
   program 		353 455 336 346 439 291 6 16 35 1 0 10
 Recommendations 502 440 202 471 427 178 27 11 19 4 2 5
 Formal demonstration of
   competencies (e.g., portfolios,
   certificates of mastery,
   assessment of instruments) 		97 389 658 80 370 626 16 16 25 1 3 7
 Work experience 14 557 573 10 533 533 3 19 35 1 5 5
 Personal statement or essay 452 503 189 425 486 165 23 15 19 4 2 5
 Legacy status 0 435 709 0 420 656 0 14 43 0 1 10
 Admission test scores1
  SAT/ACT 34 670 440 32 665 379 2 5 50 0 0 11
  Other test (ABT, Wonderlic,
   WISC-III, etc.) 		55 88 1,001 30 86 960 20 2 35 5 0 6
  English Proficiency Test (for applicable
   students) 		854 123 167 839 113 124 11 9 37 4 1 6
     
Private for-profit
 Secondary school grade point average (GPA) 87 16 66 68 7 18 13 7 37 6 2 11
 Secondary school rank 2 18 149 2 8 83 0 9 48 0 1 18
 Secondary school record 136 12 21 81 6 6 43 5 9 12 1 6
 Completion of college-preparatory
   program 		3 26 140 2 15 76 1 8 48 0 3 16
 Recommendations 21 33 115 8 20 65 8 11 38 5 2 12
 Formal demonstration of
   competencies (e.g., portfolios,
   certificates of mastery,
   assessment of instruments) 		26 19 124 15 8 70 8 5 44 3 6 10
 Work experience 3 54 112 3 18 72 0 28 29 0 8 11
 Personal statement or essay 41 22 106 23 11 59 14 8 35 4 3 12
 Legacy status 0 13 156 0 9 84 0 1 56 0 3 16
 Admission test scores1
  SAT/ACT 1 36 132 0 34 59 1 2 54 0 0 19
  Other test (ABT, Wonderlic,
   WISC-III, etc.) 		102 15 52 53 12 28 39 3 15 10 0 9
  English Proficiency Test (for applicable
   students) 		37 35 97 30 29 34 6 4 47 1 2 16

¹Institutions that are “test optional” are included under "Considered if submitted" and institutions that are “test blind” are included under "not considered even if submitted".

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is also included in this table. A total of 3,417 Title IV institutions report having an open admissions policy and are not included in this table. Definitions for terms used in IPEDS may be found in the online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2023–24, Admissions component (provisional data).