Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Washington State

At Washington State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.88%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Washington State applicants increased by 34.87% (6,765 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Washington State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.96% and women students' rate is 80.85%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.08%	79.93%	83.87%
2014-15	82.08%	79.93%	83.87%
2015-16	79.64% -2.44%	77.47% -2.45%	81.31% -2.56%
2016-17	72.05% -7.60%	69.33% -8.14%	74.00% -7.31%
2017-18	73.06% 1.02%	71.86% 2.53%	73.93% -0.07%
2018-19	77.19% 4.13%	75.61% 3.76%	78.30% 4.37%
2019-20	75.80% -1.39%	74.70% -0.92%	76.60% -1.71%
2020-21	79.95% 4.15%	77.64% 2.94%	81.61% 5.01%
2021-22	86.00% 6.05%	84.00% 6.36%	87.00% 5.39%
2022-23	83.10% -2.89%	82.07% -1.93%	83.85% -3.14%
2023-24	85.00% 1.90%	85.00% 2.94%	85.00% 1.14%
Average	79.63%	77.96%	80.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.88% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.07%	36.17%	32.41%
2014-15	34.07%	36.17%	32.41%
2015-16	30.03% -4.04%	32.95% -3.21%	27.88% -4.52%
2016-17	27.06% -2.97%	30.67% -2.28%	24.62% -3.26%
2017-18	27.97% 0.92%	30.77% 0.10%	26.03% 1.40%
2018-19	29.38% 1.40%	31.55% 0.78%	27.90% 1.87%
2019-20	29.62% 0.24%	31.22% -0.33%	28.49% 0.59%
2020-21	24.73% -4.89%	25.87% -5.36%	23.95% -4.54%
2021-22	26.00% 1.27%	28.99% 3.13%	24.00% 0.05%
2022-23	24.75% -1.25%	28.24% -0.75%	22.28% -1.72%
2023-24	19.00% -5.75%	22.00% -6.25%	17.00% -5.29%
Average	27.88%	30.42%	26.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,409, the average number of admitted is 16,199, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,422.

The number of Washington State applicants increased by 34.87% (6,765 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,887	12,219	4,163
2014-15	14,887	12,219	4,163
2015-16	19,766 32.77%	15,742 28.83%	4,727 13.55%
2016-17	23,223 17.49%	16,731 6.28%	4,527 -4.23%
2017-18	22,565 -2.83%	16,487 -1.46%	4,612 1.88%
2018-19	22,773 0.92%	17,579 6.62%	5,164 11.97%
2019-20	21,434 -5.88%	16,247 -7.58%	4,812 -6.82%
2020-21	21,198 -1.10%	16,947 4.31%	4,191 -12.91%
2021-22	18,197 -14.16%	15,649 -7.66%	4,069 -2.91%
2022-23	19,401 6.62%	16,123 3.03%	3,991 -1.92%
2023-24	26,166 34.87%	22,241 37.95%	4,226 5.89%
Average	20,409	16,199	4,422

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Washington State University and similar schools.