Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at IWU

At Illinois Wesleyan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 45.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.04%, and the 2024 yield is 15.99%.

The number of IWU applicants increased by 39.02% (1,720 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 45.01% at Illinois Wesleyan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 54.09% and women students' rate is 56.53%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.38%	59.43%	57.63%
2014-15	60.43% 2.05%	58.78% -0.65%	61.61% 3.99%
2015-16	61.91% 1.48%	59.49% 0.71%	63.65% 2.04%
2016-17	58.21% -3.70%	58.95% -0.54%	57.67% -5.98%
2017-18	60.86% 2.65%	59.49% 0.55%	61.83% 4.16%
2018-19	58.55% -2.31%	59.76% 0.27%	57.67% -4.16%
2019-20	60.80% 2.25%	59.73% -0.03%	61.56% 3.89%
2020-21	56.93% -3.87%	58.02% -1.71%	56.13% -5.43%
2021-22	44.99% -11.94%	41.01% -17.01%	49.02% -7.11%
2022-23	42.22% -2.77%	40.33% -0.68%	44.05% -4.97%
2023-24	45.01% 2.79%	39.99% -0.34%	51.00% 6.95%
Average	55.30%	54.09%	56.53%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.04% where the current academic year yield is 15.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.48%	28.91%	22.95%
2014-15	21.97% -3.51%	23.45% -5.46%	20.96% -1.99%
2015-16	19.41% -2.56%	21.48% -1.97%	18.02% -2.93%
2016-17	19.01% -0.41%	22.04% 0.56%	16.72% -1.31%
2017-18	16.80% -2.21%	18.09% -3.95%	15.92% -0.80%
2018-19	22.29% 5.49%	25.40% 7.30%	19.97% 4.05%
2019-20	18.09% -4.20%	21.83% -3.57%	15.48% -4.49%
2020-21	19.88% 1.79%	23.15% 1.32%	17.39% 1.92%
2021-22	20.99% 1.11%	26.02% 2.87%	17.02% -0.37%
2022-23	20.53% -0.46%	24.27% -1.76%	16.96% -0.06%
2023-24	15.99% -4.54%	18.02% -6.25%	14.01% -2.95%
Average	20.04%	22.97%	17.76%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,068, the average number of admitted is 2,210, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 439.

The number of IWU applicants increased by 39.02% (1,720 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,556	2,076	529
2014-15	3,427 -3.63%	2,071 -0.24%	455 -13.99%
2015-16	3,744 9.25%	2,318 11.93%	450 -1.10%
2016-17	3,841 2.59%	2,236 -3.54%	425 -5.56%
2017-18	3,697 -3.75%	2,250 0.63%	378 -11.06%
2018-19	3,785 2.38%	2,216 -1.51%	494 30.69%
2019-20	3,719 -1.74%	2,261 2.03%	409 -17.21%
2020-21	3,896 4.76%	2,218 -1.90%	441 7.82%
2021-22	4,543 16.61%	2,044 -7.84%	429 -2.72%
2022-23	4,408 -2.97%	1,861 -8.95%	382 -10.96%
2023-24	6,128 39.02%	2,758 48.20%	441 15.45%
Average	4,068	2,210	439

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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