Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Northwestern

At Northwestern University, the average acceptance rate over the past 4 years is 13.04%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.66%. Northwestern's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northwestern University than the previous year. Northwestern University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.23%, and the 2017 yield is 53.03%.

The number of Northwestern applicants increased by 9.27% (2,978 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 13.04%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.66% at Northwestern University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 13.29% and women students' rate is 12.80%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Northwestern University than the previous year. Northwestern University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Northwestern University over the past 4 years (2013-2017).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	15.32%	15.90%	14.79%
2014-15	13.11% -2.21%	13.07% -2.83%	13.16% -1.64%
2015-16	13.04% -0.07%	13.40% 0.33%	12.71% -0.44%
2016-17	10.66% -2.38%	10.81% -2.59%	10.53% -2.18%
Average	13.04%	13.29%	12.80%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 4 years is 47.23% where the current academic year yield is 53.03%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Northwestern University from 2013 to 2017.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.47%	42.28%	40.68%
2014-15	46.26% 4.79%	47.10% 4.82%	45.48% 4.81%
2015-16	48.16% 1.90%	49.06% 1.96%	47.28% 1.79%
2016-17	53.03% 4.87%	53.61% 4.55%	52.49% 5.21%
Average	47.23%	48.01%	46.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 33,239, the average number of admitted is 4,315, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,021.

The number of Northwestern applicants increased by 9.27% (2,978 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Northwestern University from 2013 to 2017.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	32,060	4,912	2,037
2014-15	33,674 5.03%	4,416 -10.10%	2,043 0.29%
2015-16	32,122 -4.61%	4,190 -5.12%	2,018 -1.22%
2016-17	35,100 9.27%	3,743 -10.67%	1,985 -1.64%
Average	33,239	4,315	2,021

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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