Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Purdue Northwest

At Purdue University Northwest, the average acceptance rate over the past 7 years is 49.20%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 56.60%, and the 2024 yield is 25.99%.

The number of Purdue Northwest applicants increased by 12.77% (724 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.20%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.00% at Purdue University Northwest. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.23% and women students' rate is 47.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Purdue University Northwest over the past 7 years (2017-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2017-18	34.67%	37.96%	32.02%
2018-19	31.08% -3.59%	34.81% -3.16%	28.16% -3.86%
2019-20	28.57% -2.51%	32.90% -1.91%	25.47% -2.69%
2020-21	30.28% 1.71%	35.30% 2.40%	26.80% 1.33%
2021-22	76.00% 45.72%	77.03% 41.73%	76.00% 49.21%
2022-23	72.82% -3.18%	70.58% -6.45%	75.26% -0.75%
2023-24	71.00% -1.82%	70.01% -0.57%	72.00% -3.26%
Average	49.20%	51.23%	47.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 7 years is 56.60% where the current academic year yield is 25.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Purdue University Northwest from 2017 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	78.45%	79.43%	77.52%
2018-19	77.77% -0.68%	80.70% 1.27%	74.93% -2.59%
2019-20	76.23% -1.54%	78.69% -2.01%	73.96% -0.98%
2020-21	68.47% -7.76%	72.06% -6.63%	65.20% -8.76%
2021-22	38.01% -30.47%	42.96% -29.10%	34.02% -31.18%
2022-23	31.29% -6.71%	31.56% -11.40%	31.02% -2.99%
2023-24	25.99% -5.30%	25.98% -5.57%	28.01% -3.02%
Average	56.60%	58.77%	54.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,095, the average number of admitted is 2,515, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,165.

The number of Purdue Northwest applicants increased by 12.77% (724 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Purdue University Northwest from 2017 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2017-18	4,136	1,434	1,125
2018-19	4,849 17.24%	1,507 5.09%	1,172 4.18%
2019-20	5,670 16.93%	1,620 7.50%	1,235 5.38%
2020-21	5,301 -6.51%	1,605 -0.93%	1,099 -11.01%
2021-22	3,642 -31.30%	2,768 72.46%	1,052 -4.28%
2022-23	5,670 55.68%	4,129 49.17%	1,292 22.81%
2023-24	6,394 12.77%	4,540 9.95%	1,180 -8.67%
Average	5,095	2,515	1,165

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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