Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CWU

At Central Washington University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Central Washington University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.91%, and the 2024 yield is 21.01%.

The number of CWU applicants increased by 6.55% (420 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at Central Washington University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.76% and women students' rate is 86.45%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Central Washington University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Central Washington University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.16%	79.15%	84.73%
2014-15	86.46% 4.30%	84.70% 5.54%	87.97% 3.24%
2015-16	81.62% -4.84%	79.72% -4.98%	83.26% -4.71%
2016-17	79.71% -1.91%	77.83% -1.90%	81.24% -2.03%
2017-18	86.34% 6.63%	85.21% 7.38%	87.27% 6.03%
2018-19	78.16% -8.18%	77.76% -7.45%	78.47% -8.80%
2019-20	84.92% 6.76%	82.99% 5.23%	86.38% 7.91%
2020-21	85.99% 1.07%	84.67% 1.68%	86.90% 0.52%
2021-22	88.00% 2.01%	87.00% 2.32%	90.00% 3.11%
2022-23	93.49% 5.49%	93.28% 6.29%	93.68% 3.68%
2023-24	90.00% -3.49%	89.02% -4.27%	91.00% -2.69%
Average	85.17%	83.76%	86.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.91% where the current academic year yield is 21.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Central Washington University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.56%	43.55%	38.17%
2014-15	38.27% -2.30%	41.21% -2.34%	35.82% -2.36%
2015-16	41.25% 2.98%	44.80% 3.59%	38.29% 2.47%
2016-17	33.05% -8.20%	35.97% -8.83%	30.77% -7.52%
2017-18	28.74% -4.31%	31.56% -4.41%	26.49% -4.29%
2018-19	28.29% -0.44%	32.55% 0.99%	25.14% -1.35%
2019-20	23.22% -5.08%	26.77% -5.78%	20.65% -4.49%
2020-21	15.11% -8.11%	18.02% -8.76%	13.16% -7.48%
2021-22	13.99% -1.11%	18.01% 0.00%	12.00% -1.16%
2022-23	23.53% 9.54%	27.19% 9.18%	21.03% 9.03%
2023-24	21.01% -2.53%	23.98% -3.21%	18.00% -3.02%
Average	27.91%	31.24%	25.41%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,986, the average number of admitted is 6,800, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,703.

The number of CWU applicants increased by 6.55% (420 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Central Washington University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,507	3,703	1,502
2014-15	4,120 -8.59%	3,562 -3.81%	1,363 -9.25%
2015-16	4,934 19.76%	4,027 13.05%	1,661 21.86%
2016-17	7,255 47.04%	5,783 43.61%	1,911 15.05%
2017-18	8,597 18.50%	7,423 28.36%	2,133 11.62%
2018-19	10,148 18.04%	7,932 6.86%	2,244 5.20%
2019-20	11,017 8.56%	9,356 17.95%	2,172 -3.21%
2020-21	13,263 20.39%	11,405 21.90%	1,723 -20.67%
2021-22	10,767 -18.82%	9,475 -16.92%	1,326 -23.04%
2022-23	6,409 -40.48%	5,992 -36.76%	1,410 6.33%
2023-24	6,829 6.55%	6,146 2.57%	1,291 -8.44%
Average	7,986	6,800	1,703

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Central Washington University and similar schools.