Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WVSU

At West Virginia State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.61%, and the 2024 yield is 7.00%.

The number of WVSU applicants increased by 60.90% (1,690 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.99% at West Virginia State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 88.02% and women students' rate is 90.85%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	44.78%	43.47%	45.92%
2014-15	86.38% 41.60%	84.25% 40.78%	88.17% 42.25%
2015-16	94.09% 7.71%	92.63% 8.38%	95.30% 7.14%
2016-17	96.27% 2.18%	94.91% 2.28%	97.15% 1.85%
2017-18	97.58% 1.31%	96.10% 1.19%	98.45% 1.30%
2018-19	94.39% -3.19%	92.09% -4.01%	96.05% -2.40%
2019-20	95.36% 0.97%	93.85% 1.76%	96.43% 0.37%
2020-21	88.50% -6.86%	86.02% -7.83%	89.97% -6.46%
2021-22	96.99% 8.49%	94.00% 7.98%	98.03% 8.06%
2022-23	96.18% -0.81%	94.87% 0.86%	96.94% -1.09%
2023-24	95.99% -0.19%	96.00% 1.14%	96.98% 0.05%
Average	89.68%	88.02%	90.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.61% where the current academic year yield is 7.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.39%	48.88%	37.04%
2014-15	38.62% -3.77%	43.28% -5.60%	34.90% -2.14%
2015-16	26.96% -11.66%	30.85% -12.43%	23.83% -11.06%
2016-17	12.69% -14.27%	17.88% -12.96%	9.43% -14.41%
2017-18	12.69% 0.00%	17.56% -0.32%	9.89% 0.46%
2018-19	18.01% 5.32%	20.00% 2.44%	16.62% 6.73%
2019-20	13.05% -4.96%	15.63% -4.37%	11.28% -5.34%
2020-21	9.85% -3.20%	12.67% -2.96%	8.26% -3.02%
2021-22	11.01% 1.16%	15.01% 2.34%	7.99% -0.26%
2022-23	12.40% 1.39%	15.09% 0.08%	10.89% 2.90%
2023-24	7.00% -5.40%	9.03% -6.06%	5.98% -4.91%
Average	18.61%	22.35%	16.01%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,648, the average number of admitted is 2,408, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 350.

The number of WVSU applicants increased by 60.90% (1,690 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,202	986	418
2014-15	1,241 -43.64%	1,072 8.72%	414 -0.96%
2015-16	1,439 15.95%	1,354 26.31%	365 -11.84%
2016-17	3,462 140.58%	3,333 146.16%	423 15.89%
2017-18	3,182 -8.09%	3,105 -6.84%	394 -6.86%
2018-19	1,924 -39.53%	1,816 -41.51%	327 -17.01%
2019-20	2,242 16.53%	2,138 17.73%	279 -14.68%
2020-21	3,235 44.29%	2,863 33.91%	282 1.08%
2021-22	2,959 -8.53%	2,870 0.24%	316 12.06%
2022-23	2,775 -6.22%	2,669 -7.00%	331 4.75%
2023-24	4,465 60.90%	4,286 60.58%	300 -9.37%
Average	2,648	2,408	350

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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