Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at VWC

At Virginia Wesleyan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.29%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Virginia Wesleyan University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Virginia Wesleyan University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.40%, and the 2024 yield is 19.98%.

The number of VWC applicants increased by 54.31% (933 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.29%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.99% at Virginia Wesleyan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.11% and women students' rate is 82.23%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Virginia Wesleyan University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Virginia Wesleyan University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	93.11%	91.94%	93.48%
2014-15	89.04% -4.07%	87.35% -4.59%	90.04% -3.44%
2015-16	92.54% 3.50%	91.27% 3.92%	93.20% 3.16%
2016-17	89.96% -2.58%	87.74% -3.53%	91.50% -1.69%
2017-18	69.88% -20.08%	68.82% -18.92%	72.39% -19.11%
2018-19	70.41% 0.53%	71.89% 3.06%	69.42% -2.97%
2019-20	76.84% 6.43%	75.26% 3.37%	77.78% 8.35%
2020-21	73.99% -2.85%	74.74% -0.52%	73.49% -4.28%
2021-22	85.98% 12.00%	84.97% 10.23%	87.00% 13.51%
2022-23	81.43% -4.55%	80.28% -4.69%	82.24% -4.76%
2023-24	70.99% -10.44%	66.98% -13.30%	74.01% -8.24%
Average	81.29%	80.11%	82.23%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.40% where the current academic year yield is 19.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12.84%	15.14%	12.00%
2014-15	22.01% 9.16%	20.90% 5.76%	22.64% 10.64%
2015-16	20.39% -1.62%	22.78% 1.89%	19.17% -3.47%
2016-17	24.73% 4.35%	27.95% 5.16%	22.60% 3.42%
2017-18	27.13% 2.40%	30.20% 2.25%	24.95% 2.35%
2018-19	18.93% -8.20%	23.10% -7.10%	16.07% -8.88%
2019-20	19.27% 0.34%	21.20% -1.90%	18.17% 2.10%
2020-21	20.07% 0.80%	21.91% 0.72%	18.85% 0.69%
2021-22	18.99% -1.08%	20.06% -1.86%	18.02% -0.83%
2022-23	20.09% 1.09%	23.33% 3.28%	17.85% -0.17%
2023-24	19.98% -0.11%	22.02% -1.31%	18.02% 0.16%
Average	20.40%	22.60%	18.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,292, the average number of admitted is 1,861, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 365.

The number of VWC applicants increased by 54.31% (933 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,788	3,527	453
2014-15	2,072 -45.30%	1,845 -47.69%	406 -10.38%
2015-16	1,850 -10.71%	1,712 -7.21%	349 -14.04%
2016-17	1,654 -10.59%	1,488 -13.08%	368 5.44%
2017-18	2,231 34.89%	1,559 4.77%	423 14.95%
2018-19	2,656 19.05%	1,870 19.95%	354 -16.31%
2019-20	2,323 -12.54%	1,785 -4.55%	344 -2.82%
2020-21	2,195 -5.51%	1,624 -9.02%	326 -5.23%
2021-22	2,076 -5.42%	1,785 9.91%	339 3.99%
2022-23	1,718 -17.24%	1,399 -21.62%	281 -17.11%
2023-24	2,651 54.31%	1,882 34.52%	376 33.81%
Average	2,292	1,861	365

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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