Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CW

At The College of Westchester, the average acceptance rate over the past 10 years is 93.06%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.69%, and the 2024 yield is 24.03%.

The number of CW applicants decreased by -0.43% (2 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 93.06%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at The College of Westchester. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 92.36% and women students' rate is 93.42%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at The College of Westchester over the past 10 years (2014-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2014-15	79.35%	79.05%	79.58%
2015-16	91.53% 12.18%	91.07% 12.02%	91.87% 12.30%
2016-17	93.93% 2.40%	92.48% 1.41%	94.94% 3.07%
2017-18	98.20% 4.28%	98.07% 5.58%	98.30% 3.36%
2018-19	96.72% -1.48%	95.96% -2.10%	97.21% -1.09%
2019-20	94.07% -2.65%	93.12% -2.85%	94.78% -2.43%
2020-21	88.37% -5.70%	85.49% -7.62%	90.70% -4.08%
2021-22	98.00% 9.63%	97.07% 11.58%	97.97% 7.26%
2022-23	95.45% -2.55%	95.14% -1.94%	95.67% -2.30%
2023-24	95.00% -0.45%	96.19% 1.06%	93.20% -2.47%
Average	93.06%	92.36%	93.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 10 years is 25.69% where the current academic year yield is 24.03%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at The College of Westchester from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	31.63%	32.13%	31.27%
2015-16	29.59% -2.04%	28.43% -3.70%	30.47% -0.80%
2016-17	28.45% -1.15%	26.86% -1.58%	29.54% -0.93%
2017-18	16.46% -11.98%	18.23% -8.63%	15.22% -14.32%
2018-19	20.83% 4.36%	24.92% 6.69%	18.24% 3.01%
2019-20	26.41% 5.58%	27.63% 2.71%	25.69% 7.45%
2020-21	29.94% 3.53%	29.60% 1.98%	30.19% 4.51%
2021-22	25.10% -4.84%	25.13% -4.48%	24.91% -5.28%
2022-23	24.49% -0.61%	28.41% 3.28%	21.89% -3.03%
2023-24	24.03% -0.46%	26.24% -2.17%	21.89% 0.00%
Average	25.69%	26.76%	24.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 686, the average number of admitted is 637, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 161.

The number of CW applicants decreased by -0.43% (2 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at The College of Westchester from 2014 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2014-15	741	588	186
2015-16	779 5.13%	713 21.26%	211 13.44%
2016-17	741 -4.88%	696 -2.38%	198 -6.16%
2017-18	1,002 35.22%	984 41.38%	162 -18.18%
2018-19	824 -17.76%	797 -19.00%	166 2.47%
2019-20	624 -24.27%	587 -26.35%	155 -6.63%
2020-21	722 15.71%	638 8.69%	191 23.23%
2021-22	500 -30.75%	490 -23.20%	123 -35.60%
2022-23	462 -7.60%	441 -10.00%	108 -12.20%
2023-24	460 -0.43%	437 -0.91%	105 -2.78%
Average	686	637	161

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between The College of Westchester and similar schools.