Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NU

At Northwood University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.03%, and the 2024 yield is 19.98%.

The number of NU applicants increased by 51.61% (706 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.99% at Northwood University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.47% and women students' rate is 74.38%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.38%	66.48%	63.55%
2014-15	69.47% 4.09%	72.28% 5.80%	65.31% 1.76%
2015-16	69.39% -0.08%	71.67% -0.61%	83.58% 18.26%
2016-17	66.94% -2.45%	67.30% -4.36%	66.43% -17.15%
2017-18	69.27% 2.33%	70.38% 3.08%	67.59% 1.16%
2018-19	67.54% -1.73%	69.39% -0.99%	64.44% -3.14%
2019-20	79.07% 11.53%	80.06% 10.66%	77.19% 12.74%
2020-21	76.80% -2.27%	77.16% -2.89%	76.07% -1.12%
2021-22	82.99% 6.19%	82.06% 4.90%	87.07% 11.00%
2022-23	79.68% -3.31%	78.47% -3.60%	82.01% -5.06%
2023-24	83.99% 4.31%	83.96% 5.50%	84.94% 2.92%
Average	73.68%	74.47%	74.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.03% where the current academic year yield is 19.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.14%	31.05%	34.01%
2014-15	36.09% 3.95%	37.56% 6.51%	33.68% -0.33%
2015-16	23.01% -13.08%	24.42% -13.14%	20.70% -12.98%
2016-17	37.62% 14.61%	41.78% 17.36%	31.72% 11.02%
2017-18	22.62% -15.01%	24.81% -16.97%	19.18% -12.54%
2018-19	26.95% 4.33%	29.14% 4.33%	22.99% 3.80%
2019-20	34.41% 7.46%	36.85% 7.71%	29.55% 6.56%
2020-21	32.80% -1.61%	33.64% -3.21%	31.09% 1.53%
2021-22	31.01% -1.79%	31.92% -1.72%	30.03% -1.05%
2022-23	22.66% -8.35%	22.63% -9.29%	22.72% -7.32%
2023-24	19.98% -2.68%	21.04% -1.59%	17.08% -5.64%
Average	29.03%	30.44%	26.61%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,494, the average number of admitted is 1,097, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 305.

The number of NU applicants increased by 51.61% (706 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,447	946	304
2014-15	1,464 1.17%	1,017 7.51%	367 20.72%
2015-16	2,192 49.73%	1,521 49.56%	350 -4.63%
2016-17	1,346 -38.59%	901 -40.76%	339 -3.14%
2017-18	1,819 35.14%	1,260 39.84%	285 -15.93%
2018-19	1,445 -20.56%	976 -22.54%	263 -7.72%
2019-20	1,099 -23.94%	869 -10.96%	299 13.69%
2020-21	1,056 -3.91%	811 -6.67%	266 -11.04%
2021-22	1,123 6.34%	932 14.92%	289 8.65%
2022-23	1,368 21.82%	1,090 16.95%	247 -14.53%
2023-24	2,074 51.61%	1,742 59.82%	348 40.89%
Average	1,494	1,097	305

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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