Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Western Colorado

At Western Colorado University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.59%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.01%. Western Colorado's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Western Colorado University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.96%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Western Colorado applicants increased by 5.36% (167 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.59%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.01% at Western Colorado University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.17% and women students' rate is 92.05%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Western Colorado University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	93.20%	91.06%	95.49%
2014-15	97.41% 4.22%	97.31% 6.25%	97.55% 2.06%
2015-16	97.61% 0.19%	97.45% 0.14%	97.79% 0.24%
2016-17	91.88% -5.73%	91.31% -6.14%	92.47% -5.31%
2017-18	85.98% -5.90%	85.70% -5.61%	86.29% -6.19%
2018-19	88.91% 2.93%	88.11% 2.41%	89.83% 3.54%
2019-20	84.15% -4.77%	82.97% -5.14%	85.29% -4.54%
2020-21	88.50% 4.35%	87.87% 4.90%	89.13% 3.84%
2021-22	91.00% 2.50%	91.01% 3.14%	89.98% 0.85%
2022-23	91.85% 0.85%	92.01% 1.00%	91.68% 1.70%
2023-24	97.01% 5.17%	98.02% 6.01%	97.03% 5.34%
Average	91.59%	91.17%	92.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.96% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.52%	35.90%	31.09%
2014-15	38.87% 5.35%	41.47% 5.57%	35.59% 4.50%
2015-16	29.33% -9.54%	32.70% -8.78%	25.57% -10.02%
2016-17	23.30% -6.04%	28.25% -4.45%	18.11% -7.46%
2017-18	26.61% 3.31%	30.53% 2.28%	22.28% 4.17%
2018-19	28.99% 2.38%	32.07% 1.54%	25.54% 3.26%
2019-20	21.55% -7.44%	25.42% -6.66%	17.90% -7.65%
2020-21	18.08% -3.47%	17.60% -7.81%	18.56% 0.66%
2021-22	15.01% -3.07%	17.02% -0.58%	13.99% -4.57%
2022-23	15.34% 0.33%	15.21% -1.81%	15.47% 1.48%
2023-24	13.00% -2.34%	14.00% -1.21%	13.03% -2.44%
Average	23.96%	26.38%	21.56%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,294, the average number of admitted is 2,095, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 454.

The number of Western Colorado applicants increased by 5.36% (167 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,514	1,411	473
2014-15	1,199 -20.81%	1,168 -17.22%	454 -4.02%
2015-16	1,631 36.03%	1,592 36.30%	467 2.86%
2016-17	2,191 34.33%	2,013 26.44%	469 0.43%
2017-18	1,954 -10.82%	1,680 -16.54%	447 -4.69%
2018-19	1,975 1.07%	1,756 4.52%	509 13.87%
2019-20	2,504 26.78%	2,107 19.99%	454 -10.81%
2020-21	2,625 4.83%	2,323 10.25%	420 -7.49%
2021-22	3,243 23.54%	2,951 27.03%	443 5.48%
2022-23	3,116 -3.92%	2,862 -3.02%	439 -0.90%
2023-24	3,283 5.36%	3,185 11.29%	414 -5.69%
Average	2,294	2,095	454

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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