Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SWU

At Southern Wesleyan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southern Wesleyan University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.40%, and the 2024 yield is 33.90%.

The number of SWU applicants decreased by -44.21% (374 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Southern Wesleyan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.81% and women students' rate is 62.07%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southern Wesleyan University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	93.70%	90.27%	95.69%
2014-15	63.14% -30.56%	62.36% -27.92%	63.71% -31.98%
2015-16	62.24% -0.90%	60.37% -1.98%	63.65% -0.06%
2016-17	55.02% -7.22%	56.12% -4.26%	54.23% -9.42%
2017-18	52.57% -2.45%	50.56% -5.55%	54.31% 0.08%
2018-19	53.64% 1.07%	56.49% 5.93%	51.67% -2.65%
2019-20	35.03% -18.61%	34.36% -22.13%	34.61% -17.06%
2020-21	55.75% 20.72%	58.23% 23.87%	56.17% 21.56%
2021-22	57.01% 1.26%	58.87% 0.64%	57.05% 0.88%
2022-23	51.18% -5.83%	52.24% -6.63%	51.66% -5.40%
2023-24	100.00% 48.82%	100.00% 47.76%	100.00% 48.34%
Average	61.75%	61.81%	62.07%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.40% where the current academic year yield is 33.90%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.16%	31.90%	19.91%
2014-15	36.80% 12.64%	36.41% 4.51%	37.09% 17.18%
2015-16	35.85% -0.96%	46.70% 10.29%	28.08% -9.01%
2016-17	27.59% -8.26%	28.91% -17.79%	26.60% -1.48%
2017-18	38.32% 10.74%	40.18% 11.27%	36.82% 10.23%
2018-19	39.45% 1.13%	40.00% -0.18%	39.03% 2.21%
2019-20	54.52% 15.07%	68.29% 28.29%	53.00% 13.96%
2020-21	37.74% -16.78%	41.85% -26.44%	37.26% -15.73%
2021-22	37.94% 0.20%	38.36% -3.49%	38.91% 1.65%
2022-23	34.18% -3.76%	38.04% -0.32%	32.45% -6.46%
2023-24	33.90% -0.28%	33.75% -4.29%	33.01% 0.56%
Average	36.40%	40.40%	34.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 845, the average number of admitted is 497, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 177.

The number of SWU applicants decreased by -44.21% (374 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	698	654	158
2014-15	822 17.77%	519 -20.64%	191 20.89%
2015-16	874 6.33%	544 4.82%	195 2.09%
2016-17	896 2.52%	493 -9.38%	136 -30.26%
2017-18	953 6.36%	501 1.62%	192 41.18%
2018-19	1,016 6.61%	545 8.78%	215 11.98%
2019-20	1,042 2.56%	365 -33.03%	199 -7.44%
2020-21	922 -11.52%	514 40.82%	194 -2.51%
2021-22	749 -18.76%	427 -16.93%	162 -16.49%
2022-23	846 12.95%	433 1.41%	148 -8.64%
2023-24	472 -44.21%	472 9.01%	160 8.11%
Average	845	497	177

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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