Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UWM

At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.80%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.39%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of UWM applicants decreased by -1.13% (190 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.80%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.76% and women students' rate is 82.68%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.08%	84.76%	87.21%
2014-15	89.55% 3.47%	87.40% 2.64%	91.31% 4.10%
2015-16	85.78% -3.77%	83.21% -4.20%	87.87% -3.44%
2016-17	73.29% -12.50%	70.63% -12.57%	75.34% -12.53%
2017-18	72.48% -0.81%	71.74% 1.11%	72.88% -2.46%
2018-19	74.03% 1.55%	74.04% 2.30%	74.02% 1.14%
2019-20	76.57% 2.54%	77.58% 3.54%	75.81% 1.79%
2020-21	78.69% 2.12%	79.83% 2.25%	77.91% 2.10%
2021-22	89.00% 10.31%	88.00% 8.17%	90.00% 12.10%
2022-23	86.32% -2.69%	85.15% -2.85%	87.16% -2.84%
2023-24	88.00% 1.69%	86.00% 0.84%	90.00% 2.83%
Average	81.80%	80.76%	82.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.39% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.36%	47.64%	43.46%
2014-15	47.81% 2.46%	50.41% 2.77%	45.77% 2.31%
2015-16	44.12% -3.69%	47.61% -2.80%	41.45% -4.32%
2016-17	42.58% -1.54%	45.76% -1.84%	40.27% -1.18%
2017-18	43.59% 1.01%	54.47% 8.70%	35.33% -4.95%
2018-19	45.75% 2.15%	48.98% -5.49%	43.21% 7.89%
2019-20	43.56% -2.19%	46.87% -2.11%	40.97% -2.24%
2020-21	38.45% -5.11%	41.57% -5.30%	36.23% -4.74%
2021-22	25.00% -13.45%	29.01% -12.56%	23.00% -13.24%
2022-23	23.02% -1.97%	25.35% -3.66%	21.37% -1.62%
2023-24	23.00% -0.03%	24.00% -1.34%	21.99% 0.62%
Average	38.39%	41.97%	35.73%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,660, the average number of admitted is 9,589, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,425.

The number of UWM applicants decreased by -1.13% (190 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,944	7,699	3,492
2014-15	8,067 -9.81%	7,224 -6.17%	3,454 -1.09%
2015-16	8,758 8.57%	7,513 4.00%	3,315 -4.02%
2016-17	9,991 14.08%	7,322 -2.54%	3,118 -5.94%
2017-18	10,232 2.41%	7,416 1.28%	3,233 3.69%
2018-19	11,879 16.10%	8,794 18.58%	4,023 24.44%
2019-20	11,273 -5.10%	8,632 -1.84%	3,760 -6.54%
2020-21	10,738 -4.75%	8,450 -2.11%	3,249 -13.59%
2021-22	14,859 38.38%	13,225 56.51%	3,306 1.75%
2022-23	16,852 13.41%	14,546 9.99%	3,349 1.30%
2023-24	16,662 -1.13%	14,663 0.80%	3,372 0.69%
Average	11,660	9,589	3,425

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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