Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Northwestern

At Northwestern College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.32%, and the 2024 yield is 27.96%.

The number of Northwestern applicants increased by 4.52% (50 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.01% at Northwestern College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.40% and women students' rate is 78.89%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.09%	73.93%	78.23%
2014-15	77.83% 1.75%	75.36% 1.43%	80.29% 2.05%
2015-16	72.12% -5.71%	71.90% -3.46%	72.30% -7.98%
2016-17	65.53% -6.59%	67.03% -4.87%	64.45% -7.86%
2017-18	68.10% 2.57%	68.38% 1.35%	67.86% 3.41%
2018-19	71.43% 3.33%	66.19% -2.19%	78.93% 11.07%
2019-20	69.52% -1.91%	65.12% -1.07%	76.56% -2.37%
2020-21	73.77% 4.25%	68.38% 3.26%	83.84% 7.28%
2021-22	83.02% 9.25%	81.03% 12.65%	85.98% 2.14%
2022-23	87.33% 4.31%	85.04% 4.01%	90.43% 4.45%
2023-24	87.01% -0.32%	85.02% -0.02%	88.95% -1.47%
Average	75.61%	73.40%	78.89%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.32% where the current academic year yield is 27.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Northwestern College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.57%	29.93%	31.17%
2014-15	32.27% 1.70%	29.09% -0.85%	35.25% 4.08%
2015-16	29.21% -3.06%	25.89% -3.20%	31.85% -3.39%
2016-17	19.57% -9.64%	21.84% -4.04%	17.86% -13.99%
2017-18	21.06% 1.49%	22.55% 0.70%	19.81% 1.94%
2018-19	28.83% 7.77%	28.07% 5.52%	29.74% 9.94%
2019-20	31.64% 2.81%	27.53% -0.54%	37.24% 7.50%
2020-21	32.58% 0.94%	29.45% 1.92%	37.35% 0.10%
2021-22	27.95% -4.62%	23.96% -5.49%	31.91% -5.43%
2022-23	29.84% 1.89%	27.59% 3.64%	32.71% 0.79%
2023-24	27.96% -1.88%	29.92% 2.33%	26.11% -6.60%
Average	28.32%	26.89%	30.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,371, the average number of admitted is 1,020, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 282.

The number of Northwestern applicants increased by 4.52% (50 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,221	929	284
2014-15	1,254 2.70%	976 5.06%	315 10.92%
2015-16	1,234 -1.59%	890 -8.81%	260 -17.46%
2016-17	2,199 78.20%	1,441 61.91%	282 8.46%
2017-18	1,959 -10.91%	1,334 -7.43%	281 -0.35%
2018-19	1,316 -32.82%	940 -29.54%	271 -3.56%
2019-20	1,332 1.22%	926 -1.49%	293 8.12%
2020-21	1,136 -14.71%	838 -9.50%	273 -6.83%
2021-22	1,172 3.17%	973 16.11%	272 -0.37%
2022-23	1,105 -5.72%	965 -0.82%	288 5.88%
2023-24	1,155 4.52%	1,005 4.15%	281 -2.43%
Average	1,371	1,020	282

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Northwestern College and similar schools.