Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CUW

At Concordia University-Wisconsin, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Concordia University-Wisconsin than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.08%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of CUW applicants increased by 28.02% (993 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.00% at Concordia University-Wisconsin. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.87% and women students' rate is 73.53%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Concordia University-Wisconsin than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.92%	66.37%	72.72%
2014-15	75.41% 5.49%	70.14% 3.77%	79.35% 6.63%
2015-16	66.70% -8.71%	66.01% -4.12%	71.19% -8.16%
2016-17	63.35% -3.35%	53.29% -12.72%	70.33% -0.85%
2017-18	63.19% -0.16%	55.42% 2.13%	70.05% -0.29%
2018-19	64.73% 1.55%	58.61% 3.19%	69.85% -0.19%
2019-20	64.13% -0.60%	58.51% -0.10%	69.57% -0.28%
2020-21	70.53% 6.40%	64.08% 5.57%	76.80% 7.23%
2021-22	68.99% -1.54%	62.02% -2.06%	75.97% -0.83%
2022-23	70.37% 1.38%	64.06% 2.04%	78.05% 2.08%
2023-24	68.00% -2.38%	62.02% -2.05%	75.00% -3.05%
Average	67.76%	61.87%	73.53%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.08% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Concordia University-Wisconsin from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.05%	34.60%	31.93%
2014-15	32.87% -0.18%	33.55% -1.06%	32.42% 0.49%
2015-16	32.01% -0.86%	32.99% -0.56%	31.37% -1.06%
2016-17	28.66% -3.35%	28.87% -4.12%	28.55% -2.82%
2017-18	24.48% -4.18%	25.72% -3.15%	23.61% -4.94%
2018-19	26.51% 2.03%	26.39% 0.67%	26.59% 2.99%
2019-20	23.89% -2.61%	22.84% -3.55%	24.76% -1.84%
2020-21	21.54% -2.36%	20.40% -2.44%	22.46% -2.30%
2021-22	21.02% -0.51%	19.97% -0.43%	22.98% 0.52%
2022-23	16.88% -4.14%	14.61% -5.36%	19.15% -3.83%
2023-24	15.01% -1.87%	14.01% -0.60%	14.99% -4.16%
Average	25.08%	24.90%	25.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,324, the average number of admitted is 2,248, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 543.

The number of CUW applicants increased by 28.02% (993 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,510	1,755	580
2014-15	2,582 2.87%	1,947 10.94%	640 10.34%
2015-16	2,937 13.75%	1,959 0.62%	627 -2.03%
2016-17	2,633 -10.35%	1,668 -14.85%	478 -23.76%
2017-18	3,621 37.52%	2,288 37.17%	560 17.15%
2018-19	3,380 -6.66%	2,188 -4.37%	580 3.57%
2019-20	3,772 11.60%	2,419 10.56%	578 -0.34%
2020-21	3,509 -6.97%	2,475 2.32%	533 -7.79%
2021-22	3,544 1.00%	2,445 -1.21%	514 -3.56%
2022-23	3,544	2,494 2.00%	421 -18.09%
2023-24	4,537 28.02%	3,085 23.70%	463 9.98%
Average	3,324	2,248	543

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Concordia University-Wisconsin and similar schools.