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: 2018-19

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	3,608	2,296	1,312	1,589	724	865	2,019	1,572	447	1,359	1,280	79	660	292	368
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	49.3	25.0	92.0	65.3	25.6	98.6	36.8	24.7	79.2	17.4	14.5	64.6	76.5	69.2	82.3
90 percent or more accepted	8.0	11.1	2.6	4.5	9.9	0.0	10.7	11.6	7.6	11.8	12.0	7.6	8.6	9.9	7.6
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	12.9	19.2	2.0	12.1	26.4	0.1	13.6	15.9	5.6	17.7	18.2	10.1	5.2	5.8	4.6
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	20.2	30.3	2.6	13.2	27.6	1.0	25.8	31.6	5.6	35.4	36.8	12.7	6.1	8.6	4.1
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	7.0	10.7	0.7	4.2	8.8	0.2	9.3	11.5	1.6	12.6	13.1	3.8	2.6	4.5	1.1
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	0.0	2.8	3.4	0.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	1.1	2.1	0.3
Less than 10 percent accepted	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.5	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Number of applications (in thousands)	11,273	11,210	63	6,350	6,326	24	4,922	4,884	39	4,834	4,810	24	89	74	15
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	4.4	4.4	10.6	5.4	5.4	0.0	3.2	3.1	17.3	3.0	3.0	1.2	12.4	6.2	42.4
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	20.5	20.6	13.1	24.6	24.7	4.9	15.3	15.3	18.3	15.4	15.4	13.1	10.2	6.8	26.5
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	37.4	37.3	46.8	37.8	37.5	91.6	36.9	37.0	18.5	36.3	36.5	14.4	65.0	73.2	24.8
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	22.7	22.8	2.7	25.9	26.0	3.5	18.6	18.7	2.2	18.7	18.8	0.8	12.0	13.6	4.4
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	10.3	10.2	26.8	6.1	6.1	0.0	15.7	15.5	43.8	16.0	15.8	70.4	0.4	0.1	1.8
Less than 10 percent accepted	4.6	4.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	10.3	10.4	0.0	10.5	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Number of admissions (in thousands)	6,262	6,225	37	3,806	3,790	16	2,457	2,435	21	2,395	2,385	9	62	50	12
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	7.5	7.4	17.1	8.4	8.5	0.0	6.0	5.8	29.6	5.7	5.8	3.1	16.9	8.8	49.6
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	30.1	30.2	18.2	33.5	33.7	5.9	24.8	24.8	27.2	25.1	25.1	27.9	11.8	8.2	26.6
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	42.6	42.6	51.7	39.4	39.2	92.1	47.7	47.9	22.0	47.3	47.4	23.1	64.0	74.5	21.2
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	15.9	16.0	1.8	16.8	16.9	2.0	14.6	14.7	1.6	14.8	14.9	0.8	7.1	8.4	2.1
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	3.2	3.2	11.3	1.8	1.8	0.0	5.4	5.3	19.7	5.6	5.4	45.1	0.1	#	0.5
Less than 10 percent accepted	0.6	0.6	0.0	#	#	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Number of enrollees (in thousands)	1,625	1,610	15	1,090	1,084	7	535	526	9	514	512	3	21	15	6
Percentage distribution of enrollees
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	8.4	8.3	20.0	9.1	9.1	0.0	7.0	6.5	35.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	26.7	17.8	49.4
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	29.5	29.6	21.4	33.9	34.0	8.0	20.7	20.5	31.6	21.0	20.8	45.0	13.2	8.5	25.1
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	40.1	40.0	52.1	38.5	38.1	88.3	43.5	43.8	24.5	43.2	43.3	28.1	50.2	61.0	22.7
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	15.6	15.7	2.6	15.6	15.7	3.7	15.5	15.7	1.8	15.7	15.8	1.8	9.6	12.6	1.8
10.0 to 24.9 percent accepted	4.9	4.9	3.9	2.9	2.9	0.0	9.1	9.1	6.9	9.5	9.4	19.0	0.4	0.1	1.0
Less than 10 percent accepted	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	4.3	4.3	0.0	4.4	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
SAT scores of enrollees
Evidence-based reading and writing    (ERW), 25th percentile2	517	517	461	511	512	454	520	520	473	520	521	473	474	474	---
ERW, 75th percentile2	613	614	564	607	607	563	618	618	565	618	618	565	583	583	---
Mathematics, 25th percentile2	511	511	451	505	506	439	514	514	471	514	515	471	478	478	---
Mathematics, 75th percentile2	610	610	563	604	605	551	613	613	583	613	613	583	591	591	---
ACT scores of enrollees
Composite, 25th percentile2	20.6	20.7	15.8	20.1	20.2	15.3	20.9	20.9	16.3	20.9	20.9	16.3	18.8	18.8	---
Composite, 75th percentile2	26.0	26.0	20.6	25.6	25.6	21.1	26.2	26.2	20.0	26.2	26.3	20.0	25.2	25.2	---
English, 25th percentile2	19.7	19.8	13.0	19.1	19.2	13.6	20.1	20.1	12.2	20.1	20.1	12.2	18.0	18.0	---
English, 75th percentile2	26.3	26.4	19.3	25.8	25.8	20.4	26.6	26.7	17.8	26.7	26.7	17.8	24.0	24.0	---
Mathematics, 25th percentile2	19.4	19.4	14.6	19.1	19.1	15.4	19.5	19.6	13.4	19.5	19.6	13.4	19.5	19.5	---
Mathematics, 75th percentile2	25.4	25.4	19.4	25.2	25.2	20.9	25.5	25.6	17.4	25.5	25.6	17.4	23.5	23.5	---

---Not available.

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

1 The total on this table differs slightly from other counts of institutions with first-year undergraduates because approximately 1.0 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 evidence-based reading and writing (ERW) 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), Winter 2018-19, Admissions component. (This table was prepared November 2019.)