Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at W&L

At Washington and Lee University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 20.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 16.99%. Washington and Lee University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 39.32%, and the 2024 yield is 42.02%.

The number of W&L applicants decreased by -5.59% (404 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 20.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 16.99% at Washington and Lee University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 20.00% and women students' rate is 20.84%. Washington and Lee University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	18.43%	18.62%	18.26%
2014-15	19.46% 1.03%	19.58% 0.96%	19.61% 1.35%
2015-16	23.88% 4.42%	24.25% 4.67%	23.51% 3.90%
2016-17	23.58% -0.30%	24.45% 0.20%	22.76% -0.75%
2017-18	22.00% -1.59%	21.85% -2.59%	22.14% -0.62%
2018-19	21.16% -0.84%	20.01% -1.85%	22.28% 0.14%
2019-20	18.57% -2.60%	17.90% -2.11%	19.21% -3.07%
2020-21	24.51% 5.94%	24.11% 6.21%	24.89% 5.68%
2021-22	19.00% -5.51%	17.98% -6.13%	19.00% -5.90%
2022-23	16.96% -2.04%	15.24% -2.74%	18.64% -0.36%
2023-24	16.99% 0.04%	16.00% 0.76%	19.00% 0.36%
Average	20.41%	20.00%	20.84%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 39.32% where the current academic year yield is 42.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.85%	43.36%	40.38%
2014-15	41.46% -0.39%	42.65% -0.72%	40.37% -0.01%
2015-16	35.36% -6.10%	37.19% -5.46%	33.49% -6.88%
2016-17	38.74% 3.38%	40.95% 3.76%	36.47% 2.98%
2017-18	39.25% 0.51%	42.22% 1.27%	36.42% -0.05%
2018-19	38.26% -0.99%	35.70% -6.52%	40.48% 4.06%
2019-20	40.28% 2.02%	42.12% 6.42%	38.60% -1.88%
2020-21	37.47% -2.81%	39.53% -2.60%	35.55% -3.06%
2021-22	39.03% 1.56%	43.97% 4.44%	35.05% -0.50%
2022-23	38.86% -0.17%	41.83% -2.14%	36.47% 1.43%
2023-24	42.02% 3.16%	44.01% 2.18%	41.01% 4.54%
Average	39.32%	41.23%	37.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,972, the average number of admitted is 1,202, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 472.

The number of W&L applicants decreased by -5.59% (404 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,222	1,147	480
2014-15	5,837 -6.19%	1,136 -0.96%	471 -1.88%
2015-16	5,377 -7.88%	1,284 13.03%	454 -3.61%
2016-17	5,101 -5.13%	1,203 -6.31%	466 2.64%
2017-18	5,455 6.94%	1,200 -0.25%	471 1.07%
2018-19	5,855 7.33%	1,239 3.25%	474 0.64%
2019-20	6,178 5.52%	1,147 -7.43%	462 -2.53%
2020-21	4,998 -19.10%	1,225 6.80%	459 -0.65%
2021-22	6,621 32.47%	1,258 2.69%	491 6.97%
2022-23	7,224 9.11%	1,225 -2.62%	476 -3.05%
2023-24	6,820 -5.59%	1,159 -5.39%	487 2.31%
Average	5,972	1,202	472

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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