Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WCU

At West Chester University of Pennsylvania, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.69%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into West Chester University of Pennsylvania than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.86%, and the 2024 yield is 24.00%.

The number of WCU applicants increased by 11.43% (1,689 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.69%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.00% at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.53% and women students' rate is 72.50%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into West Chester University of Pennsylvania than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	51.56%	50.11%	52.39%
2014-15	53.48% 1.92%	53.50% 3.39%	53.47% 1.08%
2015-16	58.68% 5.20%	59.22% 5.71%	58.39% 4.92%
2016-17	64.48% 5.80%	64.96% 5.75%	64.21% 5.82%
2017-18	68.50% 4.02%	69.91% 4.94%	67.71% 3.50%
2018-19	74.44% 5.94%	75.22% 5.31%	73.99% 6.29%
2019-20	75.32% 0.88%	72.91% -2.31%	76.66% 2.67%
2020-21	86.25% 10.93%	83.21% 10.30%	87.98% 11.32%
2021-22	89.00% 2.75%	84.99% 1.78%	92.00% 4.02%
2022-23	87.85% -1.15%	84.80% -0.19%	89.71% -2.29%
2023-24	79.00% -8.85%	77.00% -7.80%	81.00% -8.71%
Average	71.69%	70.53%	72.50%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.86% where the current academic year yield is 24.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at West Chester University of Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.20%	33.37%	33.10%
2014-15	33.08% -0.12%	33.93% 0.55%	32.57% -0.53%
2015-16	32.34% -0.73%	33.53% -0.39%	31.68% -0.90%
2016-17	30.20% -2.15%	32.15% -1.39%	29.08% -2.59%
2017-18	30.31% 0.11%	32.46% 0.31%	29.06% -0.02%
2018-19	31.11% 0.80%	32.67% 0.21%	30.20% 1.14%
2019-20	25.28% -5.82%	28.36% -4.31%	23.65% -6.55%
2020-21	22.77% -2.51%	25.09% -3.26%	21.53% -2.13%
2021-22	21.00% -1.78%	24.01% -1.08%	18.99% -2.53%
2022-23	23.16% 2.16%	25.36% 1.35%	21.88% 2.88%
2023-24	24.00% 0.84%	26.00% 0.64%	22.00% 0.12%
Average	27.86%	29.72%	26.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,744, the average number of admitted is 9,934, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,666.

The number of WCU applicants increased by 11.43% (1,689 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,424	6,922	2,298
2014-15	13,291 -0.99%	7,108 2.69%	2,351 2.31%
2015-16	12,624 -5.02%	7,408 4.22%	2,396 1.91%
2016-17	12,604 -0.16%	8,127 9.71%	2,454 2.42%
2017-18	12,667 0.50%	8,677 6.77%	2,630 7.17%
2018-19	12,002 -5.25%	8,934 2.96%	2,779 5.67%
2019-20	15,077 25.62%	11,356 27.11%	2,871 3.31%
2020-21	14,234 -5.59%	12,277 8.11%	2,796 -2.61%
2021-22	14,020 -1.50%	12,478 1.64%	2,620 -6.29%
2022-23	14,778 5.41%	12,982 4.04%	3,006 14.73%
2023-24	16,467 11.43%	13,009 0.21%	3,122 3.86%
Average	13,744	9,934	2,666

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between West Chester University of Pennsylvania and similar schools.