Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at West Virginia Wesleyan

At West Virginia Wesleyan College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.73%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 94.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.44%, and the 2024 yield is 23.03%.

The number of West Virginia Wesleyan applicants decreased by -4.59% (68 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.73%, and this year's acceptance rate is 94.98% at West Virginia Wesleyan College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.18% and women students' rate is 79.26%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.96%	73.88%	79.96%
2014-15	77.59% 0.63%	75.90% 2.02%	78.98% -0.98%
2015-16	77.22% -0.37%	75.03% -0.87%	79.02% 0.04%
2016-17	77.28% 0.07%	76.86% 1.83%	77.59% -1.43%
2017-18	70.64% -6.64%	69.22% -7.64%	71.89% -5.70%
2018-19	70.17% -0.47%	69.54% 0.32%	70.71% -1.17%
2019-20	64.15% -6.03%	61.43% -8.11%	66.37% -4.34%
2020-21	65.72% 1.57%	62.99% 1.55%	68.88% 2.50%
2021-22	83.98% 18.26%	82.95% 19.96%	85.98% 17.10%
2022-23	96.35% 12.38%	96.17% 13.23%	96.53% 10.55%
2023-24	94.98% -1.38%	94.02% -2.15%	95.98% -0.55%
Average	77.73%	76.18%	79.26%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.44% where the current academic year yield is 23.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.73%	37.69%	32.07%
2014-15	29.97% -4.76%	27.69% -10.01%	31.78% -0.29%
2015-16	28.49% -1.48%	29.30% 1.62%	27.85% -3.93%
2016-17	28.95% 0.46%	31.18% 1.88%	27.34% -0.51%
2017-18	22.80% -6.14%	23.74% -7.44%	22.02% -5.32%
2018-19	21.32% -1.48%	23.20% -0.54%	19.73% -2.29%
2019-20	22.22% 0.90%	23.34% 0.15%	21.37% 1.64%
2020-21	18.06% -4.16%	19.40% -3.95%	16.69% -4.68%
2021-22	20.03% 1.97%	20.03% 0.63%	21.02% 4.34%
2022-23	19.27% -0.76%	18.89% -1.13%	19.64% -1.38%
2023-24	23.03% 3.75%	24.96% 6.07%	21.07% 1.43%
Average	24.44%	25.40%	23.69%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,875, the average number of admitted is 1,430, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 347.

The number of West Virginia Wesleyan applicants decreased by -4.59% (68 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,762	1,356	471
2014-15	1,789 1.53%	1,388 2.36%	416 -11.68%
2015-16	1,782 -0.39%	1,376 -0.86%	392 -5.77%
2016-17	1,730 -2.92%	1,337 -2.83%	387 -1.28%
2017-18	2,272 31.33%	1,605 20.04%	366 -5.43%
2018-19	2,159 -4.97%	1,515 -5.61%	323 -11.75%
2019-20	2,287 5.93%	1,467 -3.17%	326 0.93%
2020-21	2,182 -4.59%	1,434 -2.25%	259 -20.55%
2021-22	1,766 -19.07%	1,483 3.42%	297 14.67%
2022-23	1,481 -16.14%	1,427 -3.78%	275 -7.41%
2023-24	1,413 -4.59%	1,342 -5.96%	309 12.36%
Average	1,875	1,430	347

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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