Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Nebraska Wesleyan

At Nebraska Wesleyan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.03%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.33%, and the 2024 yield is 22.98%.

The number of Nebraska Wesleyan applicants decreased by -3.16% (75 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.03%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.01% at Nebraska Wesleyan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.60% and women students' rate is 78.77%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.89%	75.29%	78.03%
2014-15	78.14% 1.25%	76.08% 0.80%	79.68% 1.65%
2015-16	78.80% 0.66%	74.25% -1.84%	82.58% 2.89%
2016-17	74.38% -4.43%	68.68% -5.57%	79.03% -3.54%
2017-18	71.26% -3.12%	67.85% -0.83%	73.66% -5.37%
2018-19	72.08% 0.83%	68.74% 0.89%	74.23% 0.57%
2019-20	67.78% -4.31%	64.69% -4.05%	70.02% -4.21%
2020-21	69.53% 1.75%	68.76% 4.07%	70.14% 0.12%
2021-22	82.01% 12.48%	76.98% 8.22%	85.97% 15.83%
2022-23	81.48% -0.53%	77.29% 0.31%	86.12% 0.15%
2023-24	84.01% 2.53%	80.02% 2.73%	87.04% 0.92%
Average	76.03%	72.60%	78.77%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.33% where the current academic year yield is 22.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.24%	23.72%	19.53%
2014-15	26.53% 5.30%	29.53% 5.81%	24.38% 4.86%
2015-16	33.06% 6.53%	36.62% 7.09%	30.41% 6.03%
2016-17	31.32% -1.74%	37.52% 0.90%	26.91% -3.49%
2017-18	29.83% -1.49%	30.60% -6.93%	29.33% 2.42%
2018-19	31.02% 1.19%	32.99% 2.39%	29.85% 0.51%
2019-20	29.88% -1.14%	33.38% 0.39%	27.52% -2.33%
2020-21	25.22% -4.66%	24.33% -9.06%	25.92% -1.59%
2021-22	19.99% -5.23%	20.04% -4.29%	19.98% -5.94%
2022-23	18.54% -1.45%	18.07% -1.97%	19.01% -0.97%
2023-24	22.98% 4.44%	23.04% 4.97%	21.99% 2.98%
Average	26.33%	28.17%	24.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,153, the average number of admitted is 1,637, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 420.

The number of Nebraska Wesleyan applicants decreased by -3.16% (75 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,315	1,780	378
2014-15	1,775 -23.33%	1,387 -22.08%	368 -2.65%
2015-16	1,689 -4.85%	1,331 -4.04%	440 19.57%
2016-17	1,803 6.75%	1,341 0.75%	420 -4.55%
2017-18	1,910 5.93%	1,361 1.49%	406 -3.33%
2018-19	2,178 14.03%	1,570 15.36%	487 19.95%
2019-20	2,405 10.42%	1,630 3.82%	487
2020-21	2,435 1.25%	1,693 3.87%	427 -12.32%
2021-22	2,507 2.96%	2,056 21.44%	411 -3.75%
2022-23	2,370 -5.46%	1,931 -6.08%	358 -12.90%
2023-24	2,295 -3.16%	1,928 -0.16%	443 23.74%
Average	2,153	1,637	420

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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