Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UW

At University of Washington-Seattle Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 50.49%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 43.00%. UW's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Washington-Seattle Campus than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.63%, and the 2024 yield is 26.00%.

The number of UW applicants increased by 18.94% (9,940 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.49%, and this year's acceptance rate is 43.00% at University of Washington-Seattle Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.10% and women students' rate is 53.23%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Washington-Seattle Campus than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.23%	53.28%	56.93%
2014-15	55.21% -0.02%	53.83% 0.55%	56.43% -0.50%
2015-16	53.33% -1.88%	50.97% -2.86%	55.36% -1.06%
2016-17	45.35% -7.98%	43.43% -7.53%	46.93% -8.44%
2017-18	46.42% 1.08%	44.37% 0.94%	48.14% 1.21%
2018-19	48.69% 2.26%	46.36% 1.99%	50.63% 2.48%
2019-20	51.76% 3.08%	49.70% 3.33%	53.53% 2.90%
2020-21	55.86% 4.10%	50.48% 0.79%	60.57% 7.04%
2021-22	53.00% -2.86%	46.00% -4.48%	59.00% -1.57%
2022-23	47.52% -5.48%	41.69% -4.31%	51.97% -7.03%
2023-24	43.00% -4.52%	38.00% -3.69%	46.00% -5.97%
Average	50.49%	47.10%	53.23%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.63% where the current academic year yield is 26.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.49%	39.68%	35.70%
2014-15	36.44% -1.05%	39.04% -0.64%	34.25% -1.45%
2015-16	34.56% -1.89%	36.36% -2.68%	33.12% -1.13%
2016-17	32.81% -1.74%	35.56% -0.80%	30.71% -2.41%
2017-18	32.61% -0.21%	34.06% -1.50%	31.48% 0.77%
2018-19	32.04% -0.57%	33.05% -1.01%	31.27% -0.22%
2019-20	29.64% -2.40%	29.25% -3.80%	29.94% -1.32%
2020-21	28.73% -0.90%	29.40% 0.15%	28.24% -1.70%
2021-22	28.00% -0.73%	30.00% 0.60%	27.00% -1.24%
2022-23	29.61% 1.61%	32.00% 2.00%	28.15% 1.15%
2023-24	26.00% -3.61%	29.00% -2.99%	24.00% -4.15%
Average	31.63%	33.40%	30.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 44,188, the average number of admitted is 22,037, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,860.

The number of UW applicants increased by 18.94% (9,940 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,199	16,679	6,253
2014-15	31,611 4.68%	17,451 4.63%	6,360 1.71%
2015-16	36,840 16.54%	19,646 12.58%	6,789 6.75%
2016-17	43,517 18.12%	19,733 0.44%	6,475 -4.63%
2017-18	44,877 3.13%	20,833 5.57%	6,793 4.91%
2018-19	45,907 2.30%	22,350 7.28%	7,161 5.42%
2019-20	45,579 -0.71%	23,592 5.56%	6,992 -2.36%
2020-21	43,778 -3.95%	24,456 3.66%	7,027 0.50%
2021-22	48,840 11.56%	25,885 5.84%	7,248 3.15%
2022-23	52,488 7.47%	24,942 -3.64%	7,386 1.90%
2023-24	62,428 18.94%	26,844 7.63%	6,979 -5.51%
Average	44,188	22,037	6,860

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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