Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at W&J

At Washington & Jefferson College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.54%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Washington & Jefferson College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.98%, and the 2024 yield is 12.01%.

The number of W&J applicants decreased by -5.74% (196 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.54%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.01% at Washington & Jefferson College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.07% and women students' rate is 68.67%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Washington & Jefferson College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	39.73%	39.85%	39.64%
2014-15	41.65% 1.93%	41.92% 2.07%	41.43% 1.80%
2015-16	43.47% 1.81%	42.94% 1.02%	43.86% 2.42%
2016-17	47.32% 3.85%	44.69% 1.75%	49.59% 5.74%
2017-18	47.85% 0.53%	44.44% -0.26%	50.74% 1.15%
2018-19	82.36% 34.51%	79.33% 34.89%	84.69% 33.95%
2019-20	85.23% 2.87%	81.80% 2.47%	88.23% 3.54%
2020-21	90.18% 4.95%	86.22% 4.43%	94.64% 6.41%
2021-22	84.00% -6.18%	80.01% -6.21%	87.01% -7.63%
2022-23	88.08% 4.08%	86.55% 6.53%	89.51% 2.50%
2023-24	82.01% -6.07%	76.98% -9.56%	85.97% -3.54%
Average	66.54%	64.07%	68.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.98% where the current academic year yield is 12.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11.43%	13.44%	9.87%
2014-15	13.50% 2.07%	15.94% 2.50%	11.46% 1.59%
2015-16	13.09% -0.41%	16.52% 0.58%	10.61% -0.84%
2016-17	13.17% 0.07%	15.27% -1.25%	11.53% 0.92%
2017-18	13.22% 0.05%	15.78% 0.51%	11.33% -0.20%
2018-19	15.19% 1.97%	18.10% 2.32%	13.10% 1.77%
2019-20	12.54% -2.65%	13.29% -4.80%	11.93% -1.16%
2020-21	15.02% 2.47%	16.68% 3.39%	13.31% 1.37%
2021-22	12.02% -3.00%	14.03% -2.65%	11.00% -2.31%
2022-23	11.57% -0.45%	13.10% -0.94%	10.20% -0.80%
2023-24	12.01% 0.44%	15.03% 1.94%	9.99% -0.21%
Average	12.98%	15.20%	11.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,650, the average number of admitted is 2,707, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 350.

The number of W&J applicants decreased by -5.74% (196 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,176	2,851	326
2014-15	7,094 -1.14%	2,955 3.65%	399 22.39%
2015-16	6,835 -3.65%	2,971 0.54%	389 -2.51%
2016-17	6,885 0.73%	3,258 9.66%	429 10.28%
2017-18	5,358 -22.18%	2,564 -21.30%	339 -20.98%
2018-19	2,806 -47.63%	2,311 -9.87%	351 3.54%
2019-20	2,722 -2.99%	2,320 0.39%	291 -17.09%
2020-21	2,496 -8.30%	2,251 -2.97%	338 16.15%
2021-22	3,150 26.20%	2,646 17.55%	318 -5.92%
2022-23	3,414 8.38%	3,007 13.64%	348 9.43%
2023-24	3,218 -5.74%	2,639 -12.24%	317 -8.91%
Average	4,650	2,707	350

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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