Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at West Virginia

At West Virginia University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into West Virginia University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.04%, and the 2024 yield is 26.00%.

The number of West Virginia applicants increased by 9.07% (1,651 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at West Virginia University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.47% and women students' rate is 85.62%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into West Virginia University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.10%	83.56%	86.79%
2014-15	85.79% 0.68%	84.76% 1.20%	86.88% 0.09%
2015-16	85.81% 0.02%	84.22% -0.54%	87.48% 0.60%
2016-17	76.12% -9.68%	74.35% -9.88%	77.97% -9.51%
2017-18	71.90% -4.23%	63.48% -10.87%	80.73% 2.76%
2018-19	81.61% 9.71%	80.27% 16.79%	82.89% 2.16%
2019-20	84.28% 2.67%	83.12% 2.85%	85.36% 2.47%
2020-21	83.89% -0.39%	82.69% -0.43%	84.91% -0.45%
2021-22	90.00% 6.11%	88.00% 5.32%	91.00% 6.09%
2022-23	88.38% -1.62%	86.76% -1.24%	89.79% -1.21%
2023-24	86.00% -2.38%	85.00% -1.76%	88.00% -1.80%
Average	83.53%	81.47%	85.62%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.04% where the current academic year yield is 26.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.52%	37.79%	35.19%
2014-15	36.37% -0.16%	38.43% 0.65%	34.20% -0.98%
2015-16	36.30% -0.07%	37.90% -0.53%	34.67% 0.46%
2016-17	31.22% -5.08%	32.55% -5.36%	29.91% -4.76%
2017-18	35.29% 4.06%	39.29% 6.75%	31.99% 2.08%
2018-19	31.11% -4.18%	31.65% -7.65%	30.61% -1.37%
2019-20	32.26% 1.15%	33.56% 1.92%	31.08% 0.47%
2020-21	30.92% -1.34%	31.19% -2.37%	30.69% -0.38%
2021-22	28.00% -2.92%	30.00% -1.19%	27.00% -3.70%
2022-23	28.41% 0.41%	30.28% 0.28%	26.84% -0.16%
2023-24	26.00% -2.41%	27.00% -3.28%	25.00% -1.84%
Average	32.04%	33.60%	30.65%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,085, the average number of admitted is 15,042, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,784.

The number of West Virginia applicants increased by 9.07% (1,651 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	16,521	14,060	5,135
2014-15	15,604 -5.55%	13,386 -4.79%	4,868 -5.20%
2015-16	15,353 -1.61%	13,174 -1.58%	4,782 -1.77%
2016-17	21,558 40.42%	16,411 24.57%	5,124 7.15%
2017-18	20,594 -4.47%	14,807 -9.77%	5,225 1.97%
2018-19	18,639 -9.49%	15,211 2.73%	4,732 -9.44%
2019-20	18,202 -2.34%	15,340 0.85%	4,949 4.59%
2020-21	17,326 -4.81%	14,535 -5.25%	4,494 -9.19%
2021-22	17,074 -1.45%	15,367 5.72%	4,303 -4.25%
2022-23	18,206 6.63%	16,091 4.71%	4,571 6.23%
2023-24	19,857 9.07%	17,077 6.13%	4,440 -2.87%
Average	18,085	15,042	4,784

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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