Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NNU

At Northwest Nazarene University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.93%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 63.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northwest Nazarene University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Northwest Nazarene University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.55%, and the 2024 yield is 11.02%.

The number of NNU applicants increased by 5.22% (177 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.93%, and this year's acceptance rate is 63.01% at Northwest Nazarene University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.76% and women students' rate is 75.21%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northwest Nazarene University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Northwest Nazarene University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.70%	63.00%	61.00%
2014-15	65.07% 3.37%	68.90% 5.90%	63.13% 2.13%
2015-16	56.26% -8.80%	62.80% -6.10%	52.94% -10.19%
2016-17	95.28% 39.02%	94.59% 31.78%	95.69% 42.75%
2017-18	73.42% -21.86%	72.68% -21.91%	73.90% -21.79%
2018-19	70.94% -2.49%	73.78% 1.10%	69.25% -4.64%
2019-20	85.53% 14.60%	81.09% 7.31%	88.34% 19.09%
2020-21	76.83% -8.70%	77.06% -4.03%	76.68% -11.66%
2021-22	88.01% 11.17%	85.04% 7.98%	90.00% 13.32%
2022-23	88.19% 0.18%	86.45% 1.41%	89.42% -0.58%
2023-24	63.01% -25.18%	57.00% -29.45%	66.99% -22.42%
Average	74.93%	74.76%	75.21%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.55% where the current academic year yield is 11.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.48%	35.32%	34.02%
2014-15	27.90% -6.58%	29.19% -6.13%	27.19% -6.82%
2015-16	29.87% 1.97%	34.23% 5.04%	27.24% 0.05%
2016-17	27.28% -2.58%	34.34% 0.11%	23.22% -4.02%
2017-18	39.58% 12.29%	42.34% 8.00%	37.84% 14.62%
2018-19	37.47% -2.11%	43.21% 0.87%	33.85% -4.00%
2019-20	19.51% -17.96%	23.71% -19.50%	17.07% -16.77%
2020-21	13.00% -6.51%	15.00% -8.71%	11.61% -5.46%
2021-22	10.99% -2.01%	14.03% -0.97%	8.98% -2.63%
2022-23	7.99% -3.01%	9.27% -4.76%	7.10% -1.88%
2023-24	11.02% 3.04%	12.98% 3.71%	10.01% 2.91%
Average	23.55%	26.69%	21.65%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,968, the average number of admitted is 1,488, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 268.

The number of NNU applicants increased by 5.22% (177 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,227	757	261
2014-15	1,603 30.64%	1,043 37.78%	291 11.49%
2015-16	1,589 -0.87%	894 -14.29%	267 -8.25%
2016-17	954 -39.96%	909 1.68%	248 -7.12%
2017-18	967 1.36%	710 -21.89%	281 13.31%
2018-19	1,046 8.17%	742 4.51%	278 -1.07%
2019-20	1,666 59.27%	1,425 92.05%	278
2020-21	2,793 67.65%	2,146 50.60%	279 0.36%
2021-22	2,843 1.79%	2,502 16.59%	275 -1.43%
2022-23	3,394 19.38%	2,993 19.62%	239 -13.09%
2023-24	3,571 5.22%	2,250 -24.82%	248 3.77%
Average	1,968	1,488	268

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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