Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wooster

At The College of Wooster, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.34%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 54.00%. Wooster's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The College of Wooster than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.92%, and the 2024 yield is 12.01%.

The number of Wooster applicants decreased by -3.03% (220 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.34%, and this year's acceptance rate is 54.00% at The College of Wooster. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 54.09% and women students' rate is 60.45%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The College of Wooster than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at The College of Wooster over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.33%	54.16%	57.96%
2014-15	59.09% 2.76%	56.86% 2.71%	60.96% 3.00%
2015-16	55.29% -3.80%	53.31% -3.55%	57.12% -3.84%
2016-17	58.16% 2.87%	56.04% 2.73%	59.94% 2.82%
2017-18	56.44% -1.72%	53.59% -2.46%	58.74% -1.19%
2018-19	54.18% -2.26%	50.44% -3.15%	57.55% -1.19%
2019-20	54.66% 0.48%	51.01% 0.58%	58.26% 0.70%
2020-21	65.30% 10.64%	61.42% 10.40%	68.93% 10.68%
2021-22	61.00% -4.29%	56.98% -4.43%	64.01% -4.92%
2022-23	56.27% -4.74%	51.18% -5.81%	61.54% -2.47%
2023-24	54.00% -2.26%	50.00% -1.18%	59.99% -1.56%
Average	57.34%	54.09%	60.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.92% where the current academic year yield is 12.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at The College of Wooster from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.81%	18.21%	17.52%
2014-15	16.84% -0.96%	17.91% -0.30%	16.00% -1.53%
2015-16	17.81% 0.97%	18.60% 0.69%	17.13% 1.13%
2016-17	16.54% -1.27%	18.73% 0.13%	14.82% -2.31%
2017-18	17.92% 1.39%	18.74% 0.01%	17.32% 2.51%
2018-19	16.82% -1.10%	18.02% -0.72%	15.87% -1.45%
2019-20	15.64% -1.18%	17.34% -0.68%	14.17% -1.70%
2020-21	14.54% -1.10%	14.73% -2.61%	14.39% 0.22%
2021-22	15.00% 0.46%	15.03% 0.30%	13.99% -0.40%
2022-23	14.17% -0.83%	15.88% 0.85%	12.69% -1.30%
2023-24	12.01% -2.16%	12.02% -3.87%	12.02% -0.66%
Average	15.92%	16.84%	15.08%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,107, the average number of admitted is 3,495, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 552.

The number of Wooster applicants decreased by -3.03% (220 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,583	3,145	560
2014-15	5,497 -1.54%	3,248 3.28%	547 -2.32%
2015-16	5,748 4.57%	3,178 -2.16%	566 3.47%
2016-17	5,667 -1.41%	3,296 3.71%	545 -3.71%
2017-18	5,615 -0.92%	3,169 -3.85%	568 4.22%
2018-19	6,244 11.20%	3,383 6.75%	569 0.18%
2019-20	6,352 1.73%	3,472 2.63%	543 -4.57%
2020-21	5,582 -12.12%	3,645 4.98%	530 -2.39%
2021-22	6,611 18.43%	4,033 10.64%	605 14.15%
2022-23	7,251 9.68%	4,080 1.17%	578 -4.46%
2023-24	7,031 -3.03%	3,797 -6.94%	456 -21.11%
Average	6,107	3,495	552

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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