Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.34%, and the 2024 yield is 14.97%.

The number of Penn State Wilkes-Barre applicants decreased by -1.99% (13 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.22% and women students' rate is 62.95%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.99%	83.06%	80.00%
2014-15	83.80% 1.81%	85.04% 1.98%	81.98% 1.98%
2015-16	87.59% 3.79%	87.45% 2.41%	87.86% 5.88%
2016-17	82.79% -4.80%	79.91% -7.54%	87.59% -0.27%
2017-18	82.45% -0.34%	82.91% 3.00%	81.65% -5.95%
2018-19	86.01% 3.56%	86.89% 3.98%	83.91% 2.26%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	95.25% -	95.08% -	95.44% -
2023-24	95.00% -0.25%	95.09% 0.01%	94.04% -1.40%
Average	63.17%	63.22%	62.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.34% where the current academic year yield is 14.97%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.24%	45.49%	24.24%
2014-15	38.38% 0.13%	39.81% -5.68%	36.17% 11.93%
2015-16	39.72% 1.35%	38.82% -1.00%	41.46% 5.29%
2016-17	41.25% 1.53%	49.73% 10.91%	28.33% -13.13%
2017-18	28.85% -12.40%	31.58% -18.15%	24.03% -4.30%
2018-19	34.92% 6.07%	35.20% 3.62%	34.25% 10.22%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	20.42% -	23.28% -	16.18% -
2023-24	14.97% -5.45%	17.10% -6.18%	10.92% -5.26%
Average	23.34%	25.55%	19.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 336, the average number of admitted is 295, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 87.

The number of Penn State Wilkes-Barre applicants decreased by -1.99% (13 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	472	387	148
2014-15	426 -9.75%	357 -7.75%	137 -7.43%
2015-16	411 -3.52%	360 0.84%	143 4.38%
2016-17	366 -10.95%	303 -15.83%	125 -12.59%
2017-18	433 18.31%	357 17.82%	103 -17.60%
2018-19	293 -32.33%	252 -29.41%	88 -14.56%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	653-	622-	127-
2023-24	640 -1.99%	608 -2.25%	91 -28.35%
Average	336	295	87

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre and similar schools.