Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wells

At Wells College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.00%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.97%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wells College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Wells College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 10.85%, and the 2024 yield is 12.03%.

The number of Wells applicants decreased by -0.13% (2 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.00%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.97% at Wells College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.45% and women students' rate is 77.14%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wells College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Wells College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.67%	58.36%	60.18%
2014-15	56.59% -3.07%	54.35% -4.01%	57.60% -2.57%
2015-16	62.70% 6.10%	60.81% 6.45%	63.43% 5.82%
2016-17	92.43% 29.73%	89.56% 28.75%	93.81% 30.39%
2017-18	79.74% -12.69%	73.11% -16.44%	82.87% -10.94%
2018-19	78.71% -1.03%	73.31% 0.20%	81.43% -1.44%
2019-20	83.17% 4.46%	81.06% 7.74%	84.30% 2.87%
2020-21	64.36% -18.81%	76.99% -4.07%	90.00% 5.70%
2021-22	68.02% 3.66%	61.02% -15.97%	72.03% -17.97%
2022-23	87.68% 19.66%	85.46% 24.44%	88.85% 16.81%
2023-24	69.97% -17.71%	60.98% -24.48%	74.04% -14.81%
Average	73.00%	70.45%	77.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 10.85% where the current academic year yield is 12.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12.19%	15.15%	11.06%
2014-15	12.58% 0.39%	13.18% -1.97%	12.32% 1.26%
2015-16	12.04% -0.53%	14.59% 1.41%	11.10% -1.22%
2016-17	12.15% 0.11%	12.83% -1.76%	11.84% 0.74%
2017-18	10.15% -2.01%	12.34% -0.49%	9.23% -2.61%
2018-19	10.07% -0.08%	11.62% -0.72%	9.36% 0.13%
2019-20	8.59% -1.48%	8.81% -2.81%	8.47% -0.89%
2020-21	9.56% 0.98%	10.60% 1.79%	9.15% 0.68%
2021-22	9.02% -0.54%	14.98% 4.38%	7.02% -2.13%
2022-23	10.93% 1.91%	17.72% 2.74%	7.75% 0.73%
2023-24	12.03% 1.10%	16.00% -1.72%	11.04% 3.29%
Average	10.85%	13.44%	9.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,866, the average number of admitted is 1,329, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 143.

The number of Wells applicants decreased by -0.13% (2 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,214	1,321	161
2014-15	2,290 3.43%	1,296 -1.89%	163 1.24%
2015-16	2,225 -2.84%	1,395 7.64%	168 3.07%
2016-17	1,175 -47.19%	1,086 -22.15%	132 -21.43%
2017-18	1,693 44.09%	1,350 24.31%	137 3.79%
2018-19	1,855 9.57%	1,460 8.15%	147 7.30%
2019-20	1,848 -0.38%	1,537 5.27%	132 -10.20%
2020-21	1,998 8.12%	1,286 -16.33%	123 -6.82%
2021-22	2,167 8.46%	1,474 14.62%	133 8.13%
2022-23	1,534 -29.21%	1,345 -8.75%	147 10.53%
2023-24	1,532 -0.13%	1,072 -20.30%	129 -12.24%
Average	1,866	1,329	143

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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