Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at West Liberty

At West Liberty University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.98%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into West Liberty University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.74%, and the 2024 yield is 28.03%.

The number of West Liberty applicants increased by 21.75% (371 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.98% at West Liberty University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.51% and women students' rate is 73.40%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into West Liberty University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.22%	68.95%	72.67%
2014-15	72.36% 1.14%	69.15% 0.21%	74.28% 1.62%
2015-16	72.10% -0.26%	67.63% -1.52%	74.70% 0.41%
2016-17	71.70% -0.40%	71.03% 3.40%	72.08% -2.61%
2017-18	71.76% 0.06%	68.83% -2.20%	73.55% 1.47%
2018-19	69.36% -2.40%	66.10% -2.73%	71.10% -2.45%
2019-20	70.64% 1.28%	64.80% -1.30%	73.95% 2.85%
2020-21	68.44% -2.20%	65.84% 1.03%	69.83% -4.12%
2021-22	73.97% 5.53%	69.97% 4.13%	76.02% 6.19%
2022-23	74.09% 0.12%	72.26% 2.29%	75.19% -0.83%
2023-24	71.98% -2.11%	69.04% -3.22%	74.03% -1.16%
Average	71.60%	68.51%	73.40%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.74% where the current academic year yield is 28.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.34%	35.27%	30.57%
2014-15	34.11% 1.77%	36.25% 0.98%	32.92% 2.35%
2015-16	33.52% -0.59%	37.14% 0.89%	31.50% -1.42%
2016-17	34.14% 0.62%	36.23% -0.92%	32.97% 1.47%
2017-18	37.67% 3.53%	40.46% 4.24%	36.08% 3.12%
2018-19	36.49% -1.18%	37.24% -3.22%	36.12% 0.04%
2019-20	35.99% -0.50%	38.00% 0.76%	34.99% -1.13%
2020-21	32.73% -3.26%	36.56% -1.44%	30.81% -4.18%
2021-22	31.99% -0.74%	33.00% -3.55%	31.03% 0.22%
2022-23	34.10% 2.11%	36.01% 3.01%	33.00% 1.97%
2023-24	28.03% -6.07%	32.03% -3.98%	25.99% -7.01%
Average	33.74%	36.20%	32.36%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,846, the average number of admitted is 1,321, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 445.

The number of West Liberty applicants increased by 21.75% (371 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,175	1,549	501
2014-15	1,896 -12.83%	1,372 -11.43%	468 -6.59%
2015-16	1,692 -10.76%	1,220 -11.08%	409 -12.61%
2016-17	1,781 5.26%	1,277 4.67%	436 6.60%
2017-18	1,831 2.81%	1,314 2.90%	495 13.53%
2018-19	1,857 1.42%	1,288 -1.98%	470 -5.05%
2019-20	1,829 -1.51%	1,292 0.31%	465 -1.06%
2020-21	1,857 1.53%	1,271 -1.63%	416 -10.54%
2021-22	1,606 -13.52%	1,188 -6.53%	380 -8.65%
2022-23	1,706 6.23%	1,264 6.40%	431 13.42%
2023-24	2,077 21.75%	1,495 18.28%	419 -2.78%
Average	1,846	1,321	445

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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