Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WCSU

At Western Connecticut State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Western Connecticut State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.27%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of WCSU applicants increased by 7.15% (364 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.00% at Western Connecticut State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.99% and women students' rate is 74.18%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Western Connecticut State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.49%	62.48%	68.03%
2014-15	40.03% -25.46%	40.68% -21.80%	39.49% -28.54%
2015-16	57.29% 17.26%	55.08% 14.40%	59.10% 19.61%
2016-17	66.83% 9.54%	62.94% 7.86%	69.95% 10.85%
2017-18	70.83% 4.00%	66.49% 3.55%	74.47% 4.52%
2018-19	79.24% 8.40%	73.52% 7.03%	83.84% 9.38%
2019-20	75.80% -3.44%	69.34% -4.18%	81.01% -2.83%
2020-21	80.72% 4.92%	73.83% 4.49%	85.93% 4.92%
2021-22	85.00% 4.29%	80.01% 6.18%	87.99% 2.05%
2022-23	83.51% -1.50%	81.53% 1.52%	85.13% -2.85%
2023-24	81.00% -2.51%	82.02% 0.49%	81.00% -4.13%
Average	71.43%	67.99%	74.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.27% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.69%	37.26%	30.90%
2014-15	35.74% 2.06%	38.40% 1.14%	33.53% 2.63%
2015-16	22.67% -13.07%	25.21% -13.19%	20.73% -12.80%
2016-17	22.92% 0.25%	28.40% 3.19%	18.97% -1.76%
2017-18	20.59% -2.33%	25.41% -3.00%	16.99% -1.97%
2018-19	21.11% 0.52%	25.13% -0.28%	18.27% 1.28%
2019-20	20.69% -0.42%	24.33% -0.80%	18.18% -0.09%
2020-21	18.79% -1.90%	23.65% -0.67%	15.62% -2.55%
2021-22	17.99% -0.80%	21.98% -1.67%	16.02% 0.39%
2022-23	14.79% -3.20%	18.07% -3.92%	12.22% -3.80%
2023-24	16.00% 1.21%	18.98% 0.92%	14.00% 1.78%
Average	22.27%	26.07%	19.58%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,154, the average number of admitted is 3,676, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 774.

The number of WCSU applicants increased by 7.15% (364 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,613	2,366	797
2014-15	5,494 52.06%	2,199 -7.06%	786 -1.38%
2015-16	5,235 -4.71%	2,999 36.38%	680 -13.49%
2016-17	5,484 4.76%	3,665 22.21%	840 23.53%
2017-18	5,671 3.41%	4,017 9.60%	827 -1.55%
2018-19	5,375 -5.22%	4,259 6.02%	899 8.71%
2019-20	5,388 0.24%	4,084 -4.11%	845 -6.01%
2020-21	5,196 -3.56%	4,194 2.69%	788 -6.75%
2021-22	4,688 -9.78%	3,985 -4.98%	717 -9.01%
2022-23	5,093 8.64%	4,253 6.73%	629 -12.27%
2023-24	5,457 7.15%	4,420 3.93%	707 12.40%
Average	5,154	3,676	774

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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