Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UNCW

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.23%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.00%. UNCW's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of North Carolina Wilmington than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.58%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of UNCW applicants increased by 3.02% (510 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.23%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.00% at University of North Carolina Wilmington. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.80% and women students' rate is 66.56%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of North Carolina Wilmington than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.19%	56.12%	53.17%
2014-15	58.55% 4.36%	57.18% 1.07%	59.24% 6.07%
2015-16	60.96% 2.41%	61.34% 4.15%	60.76% 1.52%
2016-17	71.75% 10.79%	69.69% 8.36%	72.88% 12.11%
2017-18	66.52% -5.24%	66.03% -3.67%	66.78% -6.09%
2018-19	61.25% -5.27%	60.89% -5.14%	61.46% -5.32%
2019-20	65.46% 4.21%	62.47% 1.58%	67.17% 5.71%
2020-21	67.97% 2.51%	65.55% 3.08%	69.31% 2.15%
2021-22	68.00% 0.04%	61.00% -4.55%	72.00% 2.68%
2022-23	68.83% 0.83%	62.47% 1.46%	72.39% 0.39%
2023-24	74.00% 5.17%	67.99% 5.53%	77.00% 4.61%
Average	65.23%	62.80%	66.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.58% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of North Carolina Wilmington from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.87%	36.48%	32.41%
2014-15	32.00% -1.87%	33.68% -2.80%	31.19% -1.22%
2015-16	29.09% -2.91%	32.82% -0.87%	27.15% -4.04%
2016-17	29.67% 0.58%	33.26% 0.44%	27.79% 0.64%
2017-18	27.62% -2.05%	28.28% -4.97%	27.26% -0.54%
2018-19	26.90% -0.72%	29.30% 1.02%	25.51% -1.75%
2019-20	26.93% 0.03%	27.76% -1.54%	26.49% 0.98%
2020-21	21.85% -5.07%	23.15% -4.61%	21.17% -5.32%
2021-22	23.00% 1.15%	23.99% 0.84%	22.00% 0.83%
2022-23	20.42% -2.58%	22.79% -1.20%	19.28% -2.72%
2023-24	21.00% 0.58%	22.00% -0.79%	20.00% 0.72%
Average	26.58%	28.50%	25.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,303, the average number of admitted is 8,749, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,243.

The number of UNCW applicants increased by 3.02% (510 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,184	6,061	2,053
2014-15	11,523 3.03%	6,747 11.32%	2,159 5.16%
2015-16	11,444 -0.69%	6,976 3.39%	2,029 -6.02%
2016-17	10,443 -8.75%	7,493 7.41%	2,223 9.56%
2017-18	11,677 11.82%	7,767 3.66%	2,145 -3.51%
2018-19	13,117 12.33%	8,034 3.44%	2,161 0.75%
2019-20	13,287 1.30%	8,697 8.25%	2,342 8.38%
2020-21	13,633 2.60%	9,266 6.54%	2,025 -13.54%
2021-22	15,792 15.84%	10,739 15.90%	2,470 21.98%
2022-23	16,860 6.76%	11,605 8.06%	2,370 -4.05%
2023-24	17,370 3.02%	12,854 10.76%	2,699 13.88%
Average	13,303	8,749	2,243

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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