Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of West Florida

At University of West Florida, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 46.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 57.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of West Florida than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 35.30%, and the 2024 yield is 27.00%.

The number of U of West Florida applicants increased by 7.88% (718 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 46.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 57.00% at University of West Florida. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.13% and women students' rate is 45.95%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of West Florida than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.08%	49.07%	47.51%
2014-15	41.67% -6.42%	44.00% -5.06%	40.31% -7.20%
2015-16	41.54% -0.13%	40.88% -3.13%	42.06% 1.75%
2016-17	40.83% -0.71%	41.72% 0.84%	40.14% -1.92%
2017-18	49.58% 8.75%	50.41% 8.70%	48.93% 8.79%
2018-19	42.42% -7.16%	44.21% -6.20%	41.06% -7.88%
2019-20	31.00% -11.42%	33.11% -11.10%	29.45% -11.60%
2020-21	57.56% 26.57%	56.56% 23.45%	58.29% 28.84%
2021-22	53.00% -4.56%	53.00% -3.56%	53.00% -5.29%
2022-23	48.03% -4.97%	48.49% -4.51%	47.69% -5.31%
2023-24	57.00% 8.97%	57.00% 8.51%	57.00% 9.31%
Average	46.43%	47.13%	45.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 35.30% where the current academic year yield is 27.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of West Florida from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.45%	26.30%	20.14%
2014-15	33.97% 11.52%	37.48% 11.18%	31.74% 11.61%
2015-16	46.05% 12.08%	50.98% 13.50%	42.28% 10.54%
2016-17	42.04% -4.01%	43.46% -7.52%	40.90% -1.39%
2017-18	38.56% -3.48%	41.08% -2.38%	36.53% -4.37%
2018-19	45.02% 6.46%	46.34% 5.26%	43.94% 7.41%
2019-20	52.15% 7.13%	55.22% 8.89%	49.63% 5.69%
2020-21	29.04% -23.11%	32.93% -22.30%	26.32% -23.31%
2021-22	24.99% -4.05%	28.99% -3.93%	23.00% -3.31%
2022-23	27.03% 2.04%	28.81% -0.18%	25.71% 2.70%
2023-24	27.00% -0.03%	30.01% 1.20%	24.99% -0.71%
Average	35.30%	38.33%	33.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,225, the average number of admitted is 3,852, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,255.

The number of U of West Florida applicants increased by 7.88% (718 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,347	5,937	1,333
2014-15	10,039 -18.69%	4,183 -29.54%	1,421 6.60%
2015-16	7,104 -29.24%	2,951 -29.45%	1,359 -4.36%
2016-17	7,475 5.22%	3,052 3.42%	1,283 -5.59%
2017-18	5,774 -22.76%	2,863 -6.19%	1,104 -13.95%
2018-19	5,707 -1.16%	2,421 -15.44%	1,090 -1.27%
2019-20	7,194 26.06%	2,230 -7.89%	1,163 6.70%
2020-21	7,232 0.53%	4,163 86.68%	1,209 3.96%
2021-22	8,660 19.75%	4,590 10.26%	1,147 -5.13%
2022-23	9,113 5.23%	4,377 -4.64%	1,183 3.14%
2023-24	9,831 7.88%	5,604 28.03%	1,513 27.90%
Average	8,225	3,852	1,255

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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