Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Waynesburg

At Waynesburg University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.03%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Waynesburg University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.25%, and the 2024 yield is 19.98%.

The number of Waynesburg applicants decreased by -16.27% (351 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.03% at Waynesburg University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.67% and women students' rate is 87.97%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Waynesburg University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.23%	72.61%	77.26%
2014-15	83.56% 8.33%	80.45% 7.83%	85.96% 8.69%
2015-16	85.61% 2.05%	83.36% 2.91%	87.62% 1.66%
2016-17	93.71% 8.09%	91.99% 8.63%	94.84% 7.22%
2017-18	95.34% 1.63%	94.40% 2.40%	96.36% 1.52%
2018-19	91.45% -3.89%	90.43% -3.97%	92.57% -3.79%
2019-20	92.51% 1.06%	90.65% 0.22%	94.12% 1.55%
2020-21	89.96% -2.55%	88.90% -1.75%	90.81% -3.32%
2021-22	75.01% -14.95%	72.05% -16.86%	78.02% -12.79%
2022-23	75.57% 0.56%	75.57% 3.52%	76.04% -1.98%
2023-24	92.03% 16.46%	90.98% 15.41%	94.07% 18.03%
Average	86.36%	84.67%	87.97%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.25% where the current academic year yield is 19.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.78%	27.13%	28.25%
2014-15	27.69% -0.09%	26.68% -0.45%	28.41% 0.16%
2015-16	29.32% 1.64%	28.60% 1.92%	29.94% 1.53%
2016-17	28.95% -0.37%	31.48% 2.88%	27.34% -2.60%
2017-18	26.09% -2.86%	21.21% -10.27%	31.31% 3.97%
2018-19	22.42% -3.67%	20.37% -0.84%	24.64% -6.67%
2019-20	24.15% 1.73%	20.93% 0.56%	26.84% 2.20%
2020-21	23.09% -1.06%	23.52% 2.59%	22.75% -4.09%
2021-22	18.97% -4.12%	19.03% -4.49%	20.02% -2.73%
2022-23	18.34% -0.63%	16.55% -2.48%	20.60% 0.58%
2023-24	19.98% 1.63%	16.97% 0.42%	25.07% 4.47%
Average	24.25%	22.95%	25.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,696, the average number of admitted is 1,452, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 348.

The number of Waynesburg applicants decreased by -16.27% (351 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,962	1,476	410
2014-15	1,448 -26.20%	1,210 -18.02%	335 -18.29%
2015-16	1,418 -2.07%	1,214 0.33%	356 6.27%
2016-17	1,478 4.23%	1,385 14.09%	401 12.64%
2017-18	1,608 8.80%	1,533 10.69%	400 -0.25%
2018-19	1,590 -1.12%	1,454 -5.15%	326 -18.50%
2019-20	1,589 -0.06%	1,470 1.10%	355 8.90%
2020-21	1,584 -0.31%	1,425 -3.06%	329 -7.32%
2021-22	2,017 27.34%	1,513 6.18%	287 -12.77%
2022-23	2,157 6.94%	1,630 7.73%	299 4.18%
2023-24	1,806 -16.27%	1,662 1.96%	332 11.04%
Average	1,696	1,452	348

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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