Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WSU

At Wayne State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Wayne State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.30%, and the 2024 yield is 24.00%.

The number of WSU applicants increased by 8.48% (1,188 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.00% at Wayne State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.74% and women students' rate is 73.96%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Wayne State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.24%	78.02%	74.96%
2014-15	77.33% 1.09%	77.06% -0.96%	77.51% 2.54%
2015-16	79.87% 2.54%	80.91% 3.85%	79.13% 1.62%
2016-17	81.46% 1.59%	81.82% 0.91%	81.21% 2.08%
2017-18	67.41% -14.05%	67.80% -14.02%	67.14% -14.06%
2018-19	71.15% 3.74%	71.22% 3.43%	71.10% 3.96%
2019-20	73.14% 1.99%	74.62% 3.39%	72.48% 1.38%
2020-21	69.01% -4.13%	69.89% -4.73%	68.87% -3.62%
2021-22	63.00% -6.01%	63.99% -5.90%	63.00% -5.87%
2022-23	75.33% 12.33%	75.82% 11.83%	75.16% 12.17%
2023-24	82.00% 6.68%	81.00% 5.18%	83.00% 7.84%
Average	74.17%	74.74%	73.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.30% where the current academic year yield is 24.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.66%	25.81%	23.81%
2014-15	23.27% -1.39%	26.53% 0.72%	21.10% -2.70%
2015-16	32.05% 8.78%	33.97% 7.43%	30.65% 9.55%
2016-17	28.64% -3.41%	30.05% -3.91%	27.66% -2.99%
2017-18	25.67% -2.97%	26.60% -3.45%	25.04% -2.61%
2018-19	26.34% 0.67%	27.63% 1.03%	25.56% 0.51%
2019-20	25.82% -0.52%	27.07% -0.56%	25.43% -0.12%
2020-21	26.45% 0.63%	26.50% -0.57%	26.80% 1.37%
2021-22	28.00% 1.55%	29.99% 3.50%	26.99% 0.19%
2022-23	24.43% -3.57%	25.08% -4.92%	23.67% -3.32%
2023-24	24.00% -0.44%	23.01% -2.07%	22.00% -1.67%
Average	26.30%	27.48%	25.34%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,959, the average number of admitted is 10,270, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,685.

The number of WSU applicants increased by 8.48% (1,188 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,524	8,786	2,167
2014-15	12,199 5.86%	9,433 7.36%	2,195 1.29%
2015-16	10,009 -17.95%	7,994 -15.25%	2,562 16.72%
2016-17	11,093 10.83%	9,036 13.03%	2,588 1.01%
2017-18	15,331 38.20%	10,334 14.36%	2,653 2.51%
2018-19	16,210 5.73%	11,533 11.60%	3,038 14.51%
2019-20	15,716 -3.05%	11,495 -0.33%	2,968 -2.30%
2020-21	17,093 8.76%	11,796 2.62%	3,120 5.12%
2021-22	15,181 -11.19%	9,564 -18.92%	2,678 -14.17%
2022-23	14,002 -7.77%	10,547 10.28%	2,577 -3.77%
2023-24	15,190 8.48%	12,456 18.10%	2,989 15.99%
Average	13,959	10,270	2,685

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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