Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wake Forest

At Wake Forest University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 28.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 22.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 35.47%, and the 2024 yield is 37.01%.

The number of Wake Forest applicants increased by 3.69% (622 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 28.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 22.00% at Wake Forest University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 30.28% and women students' rate is 27.55%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	35.20%	35.76%	34.76%
2014-15	34.41% -0.79%	37.64% 1.88%	32.01% -2.75%
2015-16	29.39% -5.02%	32.35% -5.29%	27.14% -4.87%
2016-17	30.34% 0.95%	34.79% 2.45%	27.21% 0.07%
2017-18	27.57% -2.76%	29.58% -5.21%	26.06% -1.15%
2018-19	29.40% 1.82%	32.70% 3.12%	26.90% 0.84%
2019-20	29.60% 0.20%	30.51% -2.20%	28.88% 1.98%
2020-21	31.98% 2.39%	32.91% 2.41%	31.29% 2.40%
2021-22	25.00% -6.98%	24.00% -8.91%	26.00% -5.28%
2022-23	21.37% -3.63%	20.88% -3.12%	21.78% -4.22%
2023-24	22.00% 0.63%	22.00% 1.12%	21.00% -0.78%
Average	28.75%	30.28%	27.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 35.47% where the current academic year yield is 37.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.47%	33.31%	29.96%
2014-15	33.64% 2.17%	34.10% 0.78%	33.24% 3.28%
2015-16	32.90% -0.74%	32.76% -1.34%	33.02% -0.21%
2016-17	30.74% -2.16%	30.46% -2.30%	30.98% -2.04%
2017-18	37.43% 6.69%	36.93% 6.46%	37.86% 6.88%
2018-19	37.37% -0.07%	38.63% 1.70%	36.21% -1.65%
2019-20	36.59% -0.78%	37.49% -1.13%	35.84% -0.37%
2020-21	37.96% 1.37%	37.43% -0.06%	38.38% 2.54%
2021-22	37.00% -0.96%	37.99% 0.56%	35.98% -2.40%
2022-23	38.03% 1.03%	38.64% 0.65%	37.54% 1.56%
2023-24	37.01% -1.03%	36.01% -2.63%	37.99% 0.45%
Average	35.47%	35.80%	35.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,595, the average number of admitted is 3,825, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,353.

The number of Wake Forest applicants increased by 3.69% (622 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,121	3,915	1,232
2014-15	11,119 -0.02%	3,826 -2.27%	1,287 4.46%
2015-16	13,281 19.44%	3,903 2.01%	1,284 -0.23%
2016-17	14,006 5.46%	4,249 8.86%	1,306 1.71%
2017-18	13,071 -6.68%	3,604 -15.18%	1,349 3.29%
2018-19	12,937 -1.03%	3,803 5.52%	1,421 5.34%
2019-20	12,559 -2.92%	3,717 -2.26%	1,360 -4.29%
2020-21	11,959 -4.78%	3,825 2.91%	1,452 6.76%
2021-22	15,156 26.73%	3,789 -0.94%	1,402 -3.44%
2022-23	16,857 11.22%	3,602 -4.94%	1,370 -2.28%
2023-24	17,479 3.69%	3,845 6.75%	1,423 3.87%
Average	13,595	3,825	1,353

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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