Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Mary Washington

At University of Mary Washington, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.55%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. U of Mary Washington's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.32%, and the 2024 yield is 19.01%.

The number of U of Mary Washington applicants decreased by -2.19% (103 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.55%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at University of Mary Washington. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.42% and women students' rate is 80.24%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.96%	77.79%	82.62%
2014-15	76.72% -4.24%	72.34% -5.44%	79.09% -3.53%
2015-16	82.65% 5.93%	79.48% 7.14%	84.34% 5.25%
2016-17	74.45% -8.20%	69.33% -10.15%	77.19% -7.15%
2017-18	73.50% -0.95%	67.62% -1.71%	76.57% -0.62%
2018-19	71.76% -1.74%	65.90% -1.72%	74.67% -1.90%
2019-20	74.73% 2.97%	71.80% 5.90%	76.20% 1.53%
2020-21	75.49% 0.76%	74.49% 2.69%	76.00% -0.21%
2021-22	82.00% 6.51%	82.01% 7.52%	81.99% 5.99%
2022-23	85.79% 3.80%	83.82% 1.80%	86.96% 4.97%
2023-24	86.00% 0.20%	84.98% 1.17%	87.00% 0.05%
Average	78.55%	75.42%	80.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.32% where the current academic year yield is 19.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.02%	26.23%	25.91%
2014-15	20.84% -5.18%	21.40% -4.83%	20.55% -5.36%
2015-16	21.19% 0.35%	22.23% 0.83%	20.66% 0.11%
2016-17	20.82% -0.36%	22.28% 0.05%	20.12% -0.54%
2017-18	21.63% 0.80%	23.61% 1.33%	20.71% 0.59%
2018-19	22.31% 0.69%	24.40% 0.79%	21.39% 0.69%
2019-20	20.08% -2.23%	22.43% -1.97%	18.96% -2.44%
2020-21	17.06% -3.02%	17.72% -4.71%	16.73% -2.22%
2021-22	16.01% -1.05%	14.99% -2.73%	16.00% -0.73%
2022-23	18.54% 2.53%	19.73% 4.74%	17.90% 1.90%
2023-24	19.01% 0.47%	18.99% -0.74%	19.00% 1.10%
Average	20.32%	21.27%	19.81%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,440, the average number of admitted is 4,248, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 861.

The number of U of Mary Washington applicants decreased by -2.19% (103 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,496	3,640	947
2014-15	5,336 18.68%	4,094 12.47%	853 -9.93%
2015-16	5,551 4.03%	4,588 12.07%	972 13.95%
2016-17	6,270 12.95%	4,668 1.74%	972
2017-18	5,977 -4.67%	4,393 -5.89%	950 -2.26%
2018-19	5,909 -1.14%	4,240 -3.48%	946 -0.42%
2019-20	5,939 0.51%	4,438 4.67%	891 -5.81%
2020-21	6,018 1.33%	4,543 2.37%	775 -13.02%
2021-22	5,027 -16.47%	4,122 -9.27%	660 -14.84%
2022-23	4,709 -6.33%	4,040 -1.99%	749 13.48%
2023-24	4,606 -2.19%	3,961 -1.96%	753 0.53%
Average	5,440	4,248	861

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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