Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at VU

At Valparaiso University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.55%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Valparaiso University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.75%, and the 2024 yield is 11.01%.

The number of VU applicants decreased by -10.36% (709 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.55%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.99% at Valparaiso University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 86.32% and women students' rate is 86.93%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Valparaiso University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	79.69%	80.43%	79.05%
2014-15	82.36% 2.67%	80.90% 0.47%	83.64% 4.60%
2015-16	81.90% -0.46%	81.69% 0.79%	82.09% -1.55%
2016-17	82.91% 1.01%	83.44% 1.75%	82.47% 0.38%
2017-18	84.28% 1.37%	84.67% 1.23%	83.94% 1.47%
2018-19	89.31% 5.02%	88.11% 3.45%	90.31% 6.37%
2019-20	85.85% -3.46%	85.76% -2.35%	85.93% -4.38%
2020-21	86.63% 0.78%	87.33% 1.57%	86.04% 0.11%
2021-22	92.99% 6.36%	93.02% 5.69%	94.00% 7.96%
2022-23	94.15% 1.16%	92.20% -0.82%	95.80% 1.80%
2023-24	91.99% -2.16%	92.01% -0.19%	92.99% -2.81%
Average	86.55%	86.32%	86.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.75% where the current academic year yield is 11.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.95%	18.98%	17.05%
2014-15	13.36% -4.60%	13.25% -5.73%	13.44% -3.60%
2015-16	13.61% 0.25%	14.15% 0.90%	13.13% -0.31%
2016-17	13.89% 0.28%	14.17% 0.02%	13.66% 0.53%
2017-18	12.04% -1.85%	12.18% -1.99%	11.91% -1.75%
2018-19	11.99% -0.05%	11.66% -0.52%	12.25% 0.34%
2019-20	13.73% 1.74%	13.50% 1.84%	13.92% 1.66%
2020-21	12.27% -1.45%	11.50% -2.00%	12.93% -0.98%
2021-22	11.01% -1.26%	22.99% 11.48%	0.00% -12.93%
2022-23	9.38% -1.63%	8.91% -14.08%	9.75% 9.75%
2023-24	11.01% 1.63%	9.01% 0.10%	12.00% 2.25%
Average	12.75%	13.66%	11.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,575, the average number of admitted is 5,686, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 717.

The number of VU applicants decreased by -10.36% (709 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,124	4,880	876
2014-15	6,491 5.99%	5,346 9.55%	714 -18.49%
2015-16	6,657 2.56%	5,452 1.98%	742 3.92%
2016-17	7,484 12.42%	6,205 13.81%	862 16.17%
2017-18	7,954 6.28%	6,704 8.04%	807 -6.38%
2018-19	7,062 -11.21%	6,307 -5.92%	756 -6.32%
2019-20	5,491 -22.25%	4,714 -25.26%	647 -14.42%
2020-21	5,991 9.11%	5,190 10.10%	637 -1.55%
2021-22	6,095 1.74%	5,668 9.21%	624 -2.04%
2022-23	6,842 12.26%	6,442 13.66%	604 -3.21%
2023-24	6,133 -10.36%	5,642 -12.42%	621 2.81%
Average	6,575	5,686	717

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Valparaiso University and similar schools.