The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Washington is 80.38% - 118,538 students accepted out of total 173,545.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 77.29% to 80.38%. The Washington Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 24.08% and the yield is lower than 36.79%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.69% where the current academic year rate is 80.38% at Washington Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.79% and women students' rate is 79.85%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Washington Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
77.29% |
75.66% |
78.53% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
76.64%
-0.65% |
73.95%
-1.71% |
78.25%
-0.28% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
74.44%
-2.19% |
72.43%
-1.53% |
75.84%
-2.42% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
76.23%
1.79% |
74.96%
2.54% |
77.30%
1.46% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
78.77%
2.54% |
76.99%
2.03% |
80.34%
3.05% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
78.70%
-0.07% |
77.21%
0.22% |
79.82%
-0.52% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
79.79%
1.09% |
77.64%
0.43% |
80.70%
0.88% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
81.90%
2.12% |
79.55%
1.91% |
82.67%
1.98% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
80.54%
-1.36% |
79.33%
-0.22% |
81.88%
-0.79% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
80.93%
0.39% |
79.33%
0.00% |
81.62%
-0.26% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
80.38%
-0.55% |
77.59%
-1.74% |
81.41%
-0.21% |
|---|
| Average |
78.69% |
76.79% |
79.85% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 29.44% where the current academic year yield is 24.08%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Washington Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
36.79% |
39.59% |
35.02% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
31.96%
-4.83% |
34.72%
-4.87% |
30.26%
-4.76% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
30.90%
-1.06% |
33.44%
-1.29% |
29.93%
-0.33% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
28.52%
-2.38% |
30.91%
-2.53% |
27.00%
-2.94% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
29.42%
0.90% |
31.17%
0.26% |
28.24%
1.24% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
35.29%
5.88% |
37.94%
6.78% |
33.31%
5.08% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
30.99%
-4.30% |
29.17%
-8.77% |
30.58%
-2.73% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
24.32%
-6.67% |
25.94%
-3.23% |
23.53%
-7.05% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
23.82%
-0.50% |
26.72%
0.78% |
22.19%
-1.35% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
27.71%
3.90% |
30.54%
3.82% |
26.42%
4.23% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
24.08%
-3.63% |
25.74%
-4.80% |
23.53%
-2.88% |
|---|
| Average |
29.44% |
31.44% |
28.18% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 138,421, the average number of admitted is 97,196, and the average number of enrolled students is 25,325 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Washington Colleges increased by 17.79% (26,205 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Washington Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
107,593 |
76,559 |
24,163 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
110,009
2.25% |
77,849
1.68% |
23,888
-1.14% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
125,388
13.98% |
87,241
12.06% |
25,876
8.32% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
138,024
10.08% |
92,210
5.70% |
25,936
0.23% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
138,948
0.67% |
94,808
2.82% |
26,043
0.41% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
150,254
8.14% |
102,439
8.05% |
28,598
9.81% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
144,490
-3.84% |
102,569
0.13% |
26,666
-6.76% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
142,709
-1.23% |
106,047
3.39% |
23,942
-10.22% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
144,333
1.14% |
106,838
0.75% |
24,199
1.07% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
147,340
2.08% |
104,054
-2.61% |
24,550
1.45% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
173,545
17.79% |
118,538
13.92% |
24,710
0.65% |
|---|
| Average |
138,421 |
97,196 |
25,325 |
|---|