Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Edward Waters

At Edward Waters University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.31%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%. Edward Waters's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.17%, and the 2024 yield is 4.00%.

The number of Edward Waters applicants increased by 9.09% (817 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.31%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Edward Waters University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.20% and women students' rate is 62.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	27.32%	29.72%	24.95%
2014-15	52.95% 25.63%	53.75% 24.04%	52.36% 27.41%
2015-16	53.71% 0.76%	51.24% -2.51%	55.43% 3.07%
2016-17	57.70% 3.99%	57.86% 6.62%	57.59% 2.17%
2017-18	60.45% 2.75%	58.28% 0.42%	62.11% 4.52%
2018-19	55.54% -4.91%	54.71% -3.57%	56.07% -6.05%
2019-20	61.12% 5.58%	57.54% 2.82%	63.31% 7.25%
2020-21	57.03% -4.09%	54.67% -2.87%	58.46% -4.86%
2021-22	80.00% 22.97%	77.99% 23.32%	81.00% 22.54%
2022-23	83.54% 3.55%	81.48% 3.49%	84.87% 3.87%
2023-24	85.00% 1.45%	85.00% 3.53%	86.00% 1.13%
Average	61.31%	60.20%	62.01%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.17% where the current academic year yield is 4.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.92%	46.10%	32.64%
2014-15	21.49% -18.43%	32.08% -14.02%	13.45% -19.19%
2015-16	14.38% -7.11%	20.34% -11.74%	10.56% -2.88%
2016-17	11.53% -2.85%	15.90% -4.45%	8.50% -2.06%
2017-18	16.64% 5.11%	21.38% 5.48%	13.23% 4.73%
2018-19	16.48% -0.16%	24.15% 2.77%	11.75% -1.48%
2019-20	11.35% -5.12%	15.82% -8.33%	8.87% -2.88%
2020-21	8.89% -2.46%	12.84% -2.99%	6.66% -2.21%
2021-22	7.00% -1.90%	10.01% -2.83%	5.00% -1.65%
2022-23	4.23% -2.76%	6.53% -3.47%	2.87% -2.14%
2023-24	4.00% -0.24%	5.01% -1.52%	3.00% 0.13%
Average	14.17%	19.11%	10.59%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,683, the average number of admitted is 3,217, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 281.

The number of Edward Waters applicants increased by 9.09% (817 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,907	521	208
2014-15	2,100 10.12%	1,112 113.44%	239 14.90%
2015-16	3,353 59.67%	1,801 61.96%	259 8.37%
2016-17	3,759 12.11%	2,169 20.43%	250 -3.47%
2017-18	2,923 -22.24%	1,767 -18.53%	294 17.60%
2018-19	3,617 23.74%	2,009 13.70%	331 12.59%
2019-20	3,444 -4.78%	2,105 4.78%	239 -27.79%
2020-21	5,364 55.75%	3,059 45.32%	272 13.81%
2021-22	6,254 16.59%	5,003 63.55%	350 28.68%
2022-23	8,988 43.72%	7,509 50.09%	318 -9.14%
2023-24	9,805 9.09%	8,334 10.99%	333 4.72%
Average	4,683	3,217	281

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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