Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at IPFW

At Purdue University Fort Wayne, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.66%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Purdue University Fort Wayne than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.53%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of IPFW applicants increased by 10.47% (613 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.66%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at Purdue University Fort Wayne. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 88.00% and women students' rate is 87.45%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Purdue University Fort Wayne than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.09%	83.59%	82.71%
2014-15	90.87% 7.78%	90.51% 6.92%	91.14% 8.44%
2015-16	92.16% 1.28%	93.17% 2.66%	91.34% 0.19%
2016-17	93.26% 1.11%	93.30% 0.13%	93.24% 1.90%
2017-18	94.41% 1.15%	93.61% 0.32%	95.03% 1.80%
2018-19	96.61% 2.20%	96.84% 3.22%	96.41% 1.38%
2019-20	81.43% -15.18%	82.93% -13.90%	80.19% -16.22%
2020-21	82.78% 1.35%	83.23% 0.30%	82.45% 2.26%
2021-22	83.00% 0.22%	85.01% 1.78%	82.00% -0.45%
2022-23	80.66% -2.34%	79.78% -5.23%	81.47% -0.53%
2023-24	86.00% 5.34%	86.00% 6.22%	86.00% 4.54%
Average	87.66%	88.00%	87.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.53% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53.97%	57.08%	51.58%
2014-15	50.67% -3.30%	52.18% -4.90%	49.55% -2.03%
2015-16	50.57% -0.09%	54.04% 1.86%	47.71% -1.83%
2016-17	48.57% -2.00%	51.45% -2.59%	46.50% -1.21%
2017-18	37.58% -11.00%	39.60% -11.85%	36.02% -10.48%
2018-19	33.65% -3.92%	37.61% -1.99%	30.22% -5.81%
2019-20	30.99% -2.66%	33.53% -4.08%	28.83% -1.39%
2020-21	30.27% -0.72%	34.75% 1.22%	27.01% -1.83%
2021-22	25.99% -4.27%	28.98% -5.77%	22.99% -4.01%
2022-23	25.63% -0.36%	28.12% -0.86%	23.39% 0.40%
2023-24	25.00% -0.63%	26.00% -2.12%	22.99% -0.40%
Average	37.53%	40.30%	35.16%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,868, the average number of admitted is 4,227, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,496.

The number of IPFW applicants increased by 10.47% (613 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,702	3,076	1,660
2014-15	3,386 -8.54%	3,077 0.03%	1,559 -6.08%
2015-16	3,506 3.54%	3,231 5.00%	1,634 4.81%
2016-17	3,532 0.74%	3,294 1.95%	1,600 -2.08%
2017-18	4,403 24.66%	4,157 26.20%	1,562 -2.38%
2018-19	4,777 8.49%	4,615 11.02%	1,553 -0.58%
2019-20	6,376 33.47%	5,192 12.50%	1,609 3.61%
2020-21	5,540 -13.11%	4,586 -11.67%	1,388 -13.74%
2021-22	6,007 8.43%	4,986 8.72%	1,296 -6.63%
2022-23	5,853 -2.56%	4,721 -5.31%	1,210 -6.64%
2023-24	6,466 10.47%	5,561 17.79%	1,390 14.88%
Average	4,868	4,227	1,496

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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