*Totals are estimates since not all participating high schools report data to the state campaigns.
Data from the 2025 American College Application Campaign, as reported by ACAC states on the 2025 annual survey, indicate that:
Because not all data are reported, we know these results are conservative.
ACAC has seen a meteoric rise in participation and impact since it began in a single North Carolina high school in 2005.
By fall 2014, it reached a tipping point, expanding to all 50 states and the District of Columbia to include more than 4,100 high schools and almost 265,000 high school seniors, generating approximately 411,000 college applications.
Launched the ACAC School of Excellence Awards as an annual opportunity to lift up and highlight exemplary high schools for their work in helping students pursue postsecondary success. Twenty-one high schools received the award in its first year.
During the 2025 implementation, over 9,900 high schools hosted programs with more than 1 million seniors submitting nearly 2.7 million college applications.
