Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Webster

At Webster University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 56.78%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.68%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of Webster applicants increased by 41.75% (1,573 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 56.78%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at Webster University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.13% and women students' rate is 55.59%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.06%	62.26%	56.73%
2014-15	72.06% 13.99%	77.57% 15.31%	68.85% 12.12%
2015-16	56.12% -15.94%	59.15% -18.42%	54.07% -14.77%
2016-17	46.58% -9.54%	49.75% -9.40%	44.60% -9.47%
2017-18	53.56% 6.98%	55.35% 5.60%	52.30% 7.70%
2018-19	56.14% 2.58%	59.65% 4.30%	54.10% 1.80%
2019-20	56.88% 0.74%	60.85% 1.20%	54.58% 0.47%
2020-21	53.12% -3.76%	55.92% -4.94%	51.31% -3.27%
2021-22	59.00% 5.88%	61.04% 5.12%	57.97% 6.66%
2022-23	55.10% -3.90%	52.90% -8.14%	56.92% -1.05%
2023-24	58.00% 2.91%	56.00% 3.10%	60.01% 3.09%
Average	56.78%	59.13%	55.59%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.68% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.47%	40.81%	42.15%
2014-15	44.41% 2.94%	45.06% 4.25%	43.99% 1.84%
2015-16	37.44% -6.97%	36.84% -8.22%	37.89% -6.10%
2016-17	36.16% -1.28%	37.05% 0.21%	35.55% -2.34%
2017-18	34.13% -2.03%	36.03% -1.02%	33.00% -2.55%
2018-19	34.50% 0.37%	38.41% 2.38%	32.00% -0.99%
2019-20	33.25% -1.25%	35.05% -3.36%	32.09% 0.09%
2020-21	26.54% -6.71%	29.15% -5.90%	24.70% -7.40%
2021-22	24.98% -1.56%	24.00% -5.15%	25.99% 1.29%
2022-23	20.62% -4.37%	17.92% -6.08%	22.70% -3.29%
2023-24	15.01% -5.61%	12.01% -5.91%	17.02% -5.67%
Average	31.68%	32.03%	31.55%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,716, the average number of admitted is 1,525, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 440.

The number of Webster applicants increased by 41.75% (1,573 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,736	1,008	418
2014-15	1,453 -16.30%	1,047 3.87%	465 11.24%
2015-16	1,994 37.23%	1,119 6.88%	419 -9.89%
2016-17	2,630 31.90%	1,225 9.47%	443 5.73%
2017-18	2,812 6.92%	1,506 22.94%	514 16.03%
2018-19	2,638 -6.19%	1,481 -1.66%	511 -0.58%
2019-20	2,173 -17.63%	1,236 -16.54%	411 -19.57%
2020-21	2,901 33.50%	1,541 24.68%	409 -0.49%
2021-22	2,429 -16.27%	1,433 -7.01%	358 -12.47%
2022-23	3,768 55.13%	2,076 44.87%	428 19.55%
2023-24	5,341 41.75%	3,098 49.23%	465 8.64%
Average	2,716	1,525	440

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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