Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Villanova

At Villanova University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.20%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 25.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.34%, and the 2024 yield is 30.01%.

The number of Villanova applicants decreased by -2.97% (708 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.20%, and this year's acceptance rate is 25.00% at Villanova University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 35.14% and women students' rate is 35.33%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.90%	48.46%	49.32%
2014-15	49.33% 0.43%	48.40% -0.06%	50.18% 0.86%
2015-16	47.89% -1.44%	46.66% -1.74%	48.98% -1.20%
2016-17	43.50% -4.39%	43.45% -3.22%	43.55% -5.43%
2017-18	36.00% -7.50%	35.32% -8.13%	36.62% -6.94%
2018-19	29.22% -6.78%	28.19% -7.13%	30.15% -6.47%
2019-20	28.24% -0.98%	27.69% -0.50%	28.72% -1.43%
2020-21	30.66% 2.41%	30.83% 3.13%	30.51% 1.79%
2021-22	25.00% -5.66%	27.00% -3.82%	24.00% -6.51%
2022-23	23.39% -1.61%	25.54% -1.46%	21.61% -2.39%
2023-24	25.00% 1.61%	25.00% -0.54%	25.00% 3.39%
Average	35.20%	35.14%	35.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.34% where the current academic year yield is 30.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.67%	22.64%	22.69%
2014-15	21.53% -1.14%	21.92% -0.71%	21.18% -1.51%
2015-16	21.90% 0.38%	21.46% -0.46%	22.28% 1.10%
2016-17	22.33% 0.43%	22.12% 0.66%	22.51% 0.23%
2017-18	22.67% 0.34%	23.55% 1.43%	21.90% -0.61%
2018-19	25.40% 2.73%	26.25% 2.69%	24.69% 2.78%
2019-20	26.20% 0.80%	26.52% 0.28%	25.92% 1.24%
2020-21	25.11% -1.09%	25.02% -1.51%	25.19% -0.73%
2021-22	29.00% 3.89%	27.01% 2.00%	30.99% 5.80%
2022-23	31.90% 2.90%	31.48% 4.46%	32.32% 1.33%
2023-24	30.01% -1.90%	30.00% -1.48%	30.01% -2.31%
Average	25.34%	25.27%	25.43%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,398, the average number of admitted is 6,845, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,709.

The number of Villanova applicants decreased by -2.97% (708 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,966	7,319	1,659
2014-15	15,705 4.94%	7,748 5.86%	1,668 0.54%
2015-16	16,206 3.19%	7,761 0.17%	1,700 1.92%
2016-17	17,272 6.58%	7,514 -3.18%	1,678 -1.29%
2017-18	21,123 22.30%	7,605 1.21%	1,724 2.74%
2018-19	22,741 7.66%	6,645 -12.62%	1,688 -2.09%
2019-20	22,909 0.74%	6,470 -2.63%	1,695 0.41%
2020-21	22,083 -3.61%	6,770 4.64%	1,700 0.29%
2021-22	24,410 10.54%	6,103 -9.85%	1,770 4.12%
2022-23	23,835 -2.36%	5,576 -8.64%	1,779 0.51%
2023-24	23,127 -2.97%	5,782 3.69%	1,735 -2.47%
Average	20,398	6,845	1,709

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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