Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Wisconsin-Madison

At University of Wisconsin-Madison, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 43.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Wisconsin-Madison than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.46%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of U of Wisconsin-Madison applicants increased by 5.47% (3,291 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 43.00% at University of Wisconsin-Madison. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.68% and women students' rate is 58.22%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Wisconsin-Madison than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.92%	64.14%	71.49%
2014-15	56.94% -10.98%	53.17% -10.96%	60.59% -10.90%
2015-16	57.61% 0.67%	53.87% 0.69%	61.27% 0.68%
2016-17	52.62% -4.98%	49.88% -3.99%	55.26% -6.01%
2017-18	53.81% 1.18%	50.22% 0.34%	57.31% 2.05%
2018-19	51.73% -2.07%	48.92% -1.30%	54.53% -2.78%
2019-20	54.42% 2.68%	51.28% 2.37%	57.47% 2.94%
2020-21	57.25% 2.83%	54.69% 3.41%	59.82% 2.35%
2021-22	60.00% 2.75%	56.00% 1.31%	64.00% 4.18%
2022-23	49.06% -10.94%	45.29% -10.71%	52.69% -11.32%
2023-24	43.00% -6.06%	41.00% -4.29%	46.00% -6.68%
Average	54.94%	51.68%	58.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.46% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.64%	40.36%	39.02%
2014-15	43.25% 3.61%	44.99% 4.62%	41.77% 2.75%
2015-16	38.86% -4.39%	40.62% -4.36%	37.34% -4.43%
2016-17	37.21% -1.65%	37.95% -2.67%	36.57% -0.77%
2017-18	34.51% -2.70%	39.87% 1.92%	29.91% -6.65%
2018-19	31.04% -3.46%	31.17% -8.70%	30.93% 1.02%
2019-20	31.61% 0.56%	31.44% 0.26%	31.76% 0.83%
2020-21	27.79% -3.81%	27.53% -3.91%	28.04% -3.72%
2021-22	26.00% -1.79%	26.00% -1.53%	26.00% -2.04%
2022-23	29.21% 3.21%	29.27% 3.27%	29.16% 3.16%
2023-24	29.00% -0.21%	29.00% -0.27%	29.00% -0.16%
Average	33.46%	34.38%	32.68%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 41,386, the average number of admitted is 22,208, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 7,137.

The number of U of Wisconsin-Madison applicants increased by 5.47% (3,291 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	23,324	15,841	6,279
2014-15	25,438 9.06%	14,484 -8.57%	6,264 -0.24%
2015-16	28,007 10.10%	16,134 11.39%	6,269 0.08%
2016-17	32,839 17.25%	17,281 7.11%	6,430 2.57%
2017-18	35,596 8.40%	19,153 10.83%	6,609 2.78%
2018-19	42,727 20.03%	22,104 15.41%	6,862 3.83%
2019-20	43,896 2.74%	23,886 8.06%	7,550 10.03%
2020-21	45,915 4.60%	26,286 10.05%	7,306 -3.23%
2021-22	53,781 17.13%	32,269 22.76%	8,390 14.84%
2022-23	60,214 11.96%	29,539 -8.46%	8,628 2.84%
2023-24	63,505 5.47%	27,307 -7.56%	7,919 -8.22%
Average	41,386	22,208	7,137

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Wisconsin-Madison and similar schools.