The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in West Virginia is 82.30% - 42,205 students accepted out of total 49,356.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 60.37% to 82.30%. The West Virginia Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 30.39% and the yield is lower than 43.34%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.04% where the current academic year rate is 82.30% at West Virginia Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.24% and women students' rate is 74.06%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at West Virginia Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
60.37% |
60.20% |
60.82% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
64.94%
4.57% |
64.23%
4.03% |
65.45%
4.62% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
69.87%
4.93% |
70.74%
6.51% |
72.62%
7.17% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
70.62%
0.75% |
69.16%
-1.58% |
71.90%
-0.71% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
68.59%
-2.03% |
67.97%
-1.19% |
69.07%
-2.84% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
71.84%
3.24% |
70.66%
2.69% |
72.59%
3.52% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
71.61%
-0.23% |
70.49%
-0.17% |
72.39%
-0.19% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
77.64%
6.03% |
76.41%
5.92% |
78.89%
6.50% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
81.87%
4.23% |
80.97%
4.56% |
82.51%
3.62% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
83.84%
1.97% |
82.95%
1.99% |
84.33%
1.82% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
82.30%
-1.54% |
80.89%
-2.07% |
84.07%
-0.26% |
|---|
| Average |
73.04% |
72.24% |
74.06% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 33.27% where the current academic year yield is 30.39%. 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 West Virginia Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
43.34% |
45.71% |
41.01% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
42.43%
-0.91% |
45.53%
-0.18% |
39.68%
-1.33% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
36.58%
-5.86% |
38.99%
-6.54% |
34.43%
-5.24% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
32.30%
-4.27% |
35.76%
-3.23% |
29.64%
-4.79% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
33.04%
0.74% |
36.60%
0.84% |
30.18%
0.54% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
31.16%
-1.88% |
35.19%
-1.41% |
28.14%
-2.04% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
30.26%
-0.90% |
31.31%
-3.88% |
29.30%
1.16% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
27.90%
-2.36% |
28.93%
-2.37% |
27.68%
-1.62% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
28.59%
0.70% |
30.66%
1.73% |
27.00%
-0.68% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
29.95%
1.35% |
33.17%
2.50% |
28.08%
1.08% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
30.39%
0.45% |
32.96%
-0.21% |
28.40%
0.32% |
|---|
| Average |
33.27% |
35.89% |
31.23% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 48,699, the average number of admitted is 37,660, and the average number of enrolled students is 11,391 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to West Virginia Colleges increased by 7.29% (3,354 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at West Virginia Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
47,760 |
32,627 |
12,814 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
43,293
-9.35% |
31,157
-4.51% |
12,245
-4.44% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
45,969
6.18% |
34,767
11.59% |
12,061
-1.50% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
55,796
21.38% |
40,929
17.72% |
12,385
2.69% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
55,142
-1.17% |
38,898
-4.96% |
12,048
-2.72% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
49,567
-10.11% |
37,454
-3.71% |
11,294
-6.26% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
50,666
2.22% |
38,718
3.37% |
11,145
-1.32% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
47,944
-5.37% |
38,971
0.65% |
10,532
-5.50% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
44,195
-7.82% |
38,773
-0.51% |
10,067
-4.42% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
46,002
4.09% |
39,765
2.56% |
10,340
2.71% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
49,356
7.29% |
42,205
6.14% |
10,370
0.29% |
|---|
| Average |
48,699 |
37,660 |
11,391 |
|---|