Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wartburg

At Wartburg College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.77%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.02%. Wartburg's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.01%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Wartburg applicants decreased by -8.49% (236 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.77%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.02% at Wartburg College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.24% and women students' rate is 82.08%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	77.65%	75.39%	80.00%
2014-15	78.83% 1.19%	75.81% 0.42%	82.28% 2.28%
2015-16	73.82% -5.01%	69.37% -6.44%	78.36% -3.92%
2016-17	68.25% -5.58%	66.13% -3.24%	70.06% -8.30%
2017-18	76.90% 8.65%	72.99% 6.87%	80.18% 10.12%
2018-19	75.71% -1.19%	71.45% -1.54%	79.34% -0.83%
2019-20	75.14% -0.57%	71.56% 0.10%	78.06% -1.28%
2020-21	71.72% -3.42%	68.15% -3.40%	74.58% -3.49%
2021-22	83.00% 11.28%	82.00% 13.85%	82.99% 8.41%
2022-23	97.45% 14.44%	96.76% 14.76%	97.99% 15.00%
2023-24	99.02% 1.57%	100.00% 3.24%	99.02% 1.02%
Average	79.77%	77.24%	82.08%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.01% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.61%	23.71%	27.48%
2014-15	25.48% -0.13%	24.95% 1.24%	26.04% -1.43%
2015-16	23.09% -2.39%	24.07% -0.88%	22.21% -3.83%
2016-17	16.19% -6.90%	16.86% -7.21%	15.65% -6.56%
2017-18	13.51% -2.68%	14.25% -2.61%	12.94% -2.71%
2018-19	14.41% 0.91%	15.91% 1.67%	13.26% 0.32%
2019-20	13.18% -1.23%	13.46% -2.46%	12.98% -0.28%
2020-21	13.64% 0.45%	16.24% 2.79%	11.73% -1.25%
2021-22	12.01% -1.63%	14.97% -1.27%	10.02% -1.72%
2022-23	12.96% 0.96%	15.08% 0.10%	11.30% 1.29%
2023-24	17.00% 4.04%	17.99% 2.91%	15.99% 4.69%
Average	17.01%	17.95%	16.33%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,414, the average number of admitted is 2,685, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 427.

The number of Wartburg applicants decreased by -8.49% (236 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,268	1,761	451
2014-15	2,310 1.85%	1,821 3.41%	464 2.88%
2015-16	2,147 -7.06%	1,585 -12.96%	366 -21.12%
2016-17	4,028 87.61%	2,749 73.44%	445 21.58%
2017-18	4,342 7.80%	3,339 21.46%	451 1.35%
2018-19	4,298 -1.01%	3,254 -2.55%	469 3.99%
2019-20	4,018 -6.51%	3,019 -7.22%	398 -15.14%
2020-21	4,795 19.34%	3,439 13.91%	469 17.84%
2021-22	4,024 -16.08%	3,340 -2.88%	401 -14.50%
2022-23	2,779 -30.94%	2,708 -18.92%	351 -12.47%
2023-24	2,543 -8.49%	2,518 -7.02%	428 21.94%
Average	3,414	2,685	427

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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