The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Wisconsin is 80.14% - 155,169 students accepted out of total 222,055.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 74.61% to 80.14%. The Wisconsin Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 29.31% and the yield is lower than 42.46%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.60% where the current academic year rate is 80.14% at Wisconsin Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.39% and women students' rate is 78.28%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Wisconsin Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
74.61% |
71.31% |
76.38% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
76.78%
2.18% |
76.67%
5.36% |
78.72%
2.33% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
78.80%
2.02% |
77.19%
0.52% |
80.07%
1.36% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
73.42%
-5.39% |
71.18%
-6.01% |
75.04%
-5.04% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
71.75%
-1.67% |
68.41%
-2.77% |
73.72%
-1.32% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
73.39%
1.64% |
72.51%
4.10% |
74.59%
0.88% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
74.60%
1.20% |
72.06%
-0.45% |
75.74%
1.15% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
78.73%
4.13% |
77.60%
5.54% |
79.70%
3.96% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
80.19%
1.46% |
76.18%
-1.43% |
82.90%
3.20% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
80.19%
0.00% |
78.63%
2.46% |
81.69%
-1.21% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
80.14%
-0.05% |
76.60%
-2.03% |
82.58%
0.90% |
|---|
| Average |
76.60% |
74.39% |
78.28% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 36.50% where the current academic year yield is 29.31%. 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 Wisconsin Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
42.46% |
43.75% |
41.59% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
41.92%
-0.55% |
42.38%
-1.37% |
40.93%
-0.66% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
39.80%
-2.12% |
41.84%
-0.54% |
38.82%
-2.11% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
39.39%
-0.40% |
37.72%
-4.12% |
39.24%
0.42% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
37.03%
-2.37% |
44.74%
7.02% |
34.50%
-4.74% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
37.73%
0.70% |
39.80%
-4.93% |
36.62%
2.12% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
37.19%
-0.54% |
34.87%
-4.93% |
36.89%
0.27% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
34.71%
-2.48% |
33.22%
-1.66% |
34.58%
-2.32% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
31.75%
-2.96% |
33.72%
0.50% |
31.09%
-3.49% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
30.17%
-1.58% |
32.82%
-0.90% |
29.77%
-1.32% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
29.31%
-0.86% |
28.76%
-4.06% |
29.26%
-0.51% |
|---|
| Average |
36.50% |
37.60% |
35.75% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 164,447, the average number of admitted is 117,363, and the average number of enrolled students is 35,235 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Wisconsin Colleges increased by 5.44% (11,460 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Wisconsin Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
132,470 |
96,529 |
34,532 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
129,497
-2.24% |
94,831
-1.76% |
34,098
-1.26% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
135,465
4.61% |
101,006
6.51% |
34,487
1.14% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
142,918
5.50% |
98,193
-2.78% |
34,084
-1.17% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
151,138
5.75% |
102,675
4.56% |
34,200
0.34% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
165,792
9.70% |
111,940
9.02% |
37,712
10.27% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
160,699
-3.07% |
112,057
0.10% |
36,819
-2.37% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
162,798
1.31% |
117,333
4.71% |
34,661
-5.86% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
195,491
20.08% |
148,474
26.54% |
35,690
2.97% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
210,595
7.73% |
152,781
2.90% |
35,898
0.58% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
222,055
5.44% |
155,169
1.56% |
35,409
-1.36% |
|---|
| Average |
164,447 |
117,363 |
35,235 |
|---|