Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Gardner-Webb

At Gardner-Webb University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Gardner-Webb University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.23%, and the 2024 yield is 9.99%.

The number of Gardner-Webb applicants decreased by -18.47% (1,058 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at Gardner-Webb University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.68% and women students' rate is 65.33%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Gardner-Webb University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.17%	45.78%	49.87%
2014-15	67.12% 18.96%	66.54% 20.76%	67.98% 18.11%
2015-16	52.69% -14.43%	47.98% -18.56%	55.95% -12.03%
2016-17	51.88% -0.81%	49.42% 1.44%	53.67% -2.29%
2017-18	52.70% 0.82%	50.16% 0.74%	54.56% 0.89%
2018-19	48.14% -4.55%	46.92% -3.23%	49.02% -5.54%
2019-20	66.71% 18.57%	67.59% 20.67%	66.12% 17.10%
2020-21	77.95% 11.24%	77.58% 9.99%	78.22% 12.09%
2021-22	79.00% 1.05%	77.01% -0.57%	79.99% 1.77%
2022-23	74.95% -4.05%	74.47% -2.54%	75.28% -4.71%
2023-24	87.00% 12.05%	85.98% 11.51%	88.00% 12.71%
Average	64.21%	62.68%	65.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.23% where the current academic year yield is 9.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.48%	17.25%	15.98%
2014-15	21.94% 5.46%	23.49% 6.25%	21.95% 5.97%
2015-16	22.58% 0.65%	23.32% -0.17%	22.14% 0.19%
2016-17	19.86% -2.73%	20.85% -2.47%	19.19% -2.95%
2017-18	24.38% 4.52%	23.65% 2.80%	24.87% 5.67%
2018-19	20.21% -4.17%	21.36% -2.29%	19.42% -5.45%
2019-20	12.47% -7.74%	13.98% -7.38%	11.42% -8.00%
2020-21	11.25% -1.21%	14.57% 0.59%	8.93% -2.49%
2021-22	10.00% -1.25%	12.99% -1.58%	8.00% -0.94%
2022-23	9.39% -0.61%	10.59% -2.40%	8.54% 0.55%
2023-24	9.99% 0.61%	10.99% 0.39%	9.99% 1.45%
Average	16.23%	17.55%	15.49%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,586, the average number of admitted is 2,999, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 432.

The number of Gardner-Webb applicants decreased by -18.47% (1,058 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,481	2,640	435
2014-15	3,355 -38.79%	2,252 -14.70%	494 13.56%
2015-16	3,866 15.23%	2,037 -9.55%	460 -6.88%
2016-17	4,310 11.48%	2,236 9.77%	444 -3.48%
2017-18	2,966 -31.18%	1,563 -30.10%	381 -14.19%
2018-19	4,204 41.74%	2,024 29.49%	409 7.35%
2019-20	4,834 14.99%	3,225 59.34%	402 -1.71%
2020-21	5,370 11.09%	4,186 29.80%	471 17.16%
2021-22	5,657 5.34%	4,469 6.76%	447 -5.10%
2022-23	5,728 1.26%	4,293 -3.94%	403 -9.84%
2023-24	4,670 -18.47%	4,063 -5.36%	406 0.74%
Average	4,586	2,999	432

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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