Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WKU

At Western Kentucky University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 95.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.09%, and the 2024 yield is 37.99%.

The number of WKU applicants increased by 2.86% (215 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 95.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.99% at Western Kentucky University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 94.41% and women students' rate is 96.52%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	92.32%	90.63%	93.60%
2014-15	93.32% 1.01%	91.24% 0.61%	94.92% 1.32%
2015-16	92.70% -0.62%	91.19% -0.05%	93.75% -1.17%
2016-17	94.02% 1.32%	91.99% 0.79%	95.36% 1.61%
2017-18	95.45% 1.43%	95.04% 3.05%	95.72% 0.35%
2018-19	97.21% 1.76%	96.35% 1.32%	97.73% 2.02%
2019-20	97.26% 0.05%	96.25% -0.10%	97.83% 0.10%
2020-21	97.75% 0.49%	96.64% 0.39%	98.38% 0.55%
2021-22	98.00% 0.25%	97.01% 0.37%	99.00% 0.62%
2022-23	96.95% -1.05%	96.18% -0.83%	97.38% -1.62%
2023-24	96.99% 0.05%	95.98% -0.20%	98.01% 0.62%
Average	95.63%	94.41%	96.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.09% where the current academic year yield is 37.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.88%	44.38%	41.77%
2014-15	39.71% -3.17%	39.52% -4.86%	39.85% -1.92%
2015-16	37.59% -2.12%	39.10% -0.43%	36.56% -3.29%
2016-17	35.03% -2.56%	37.05% -2.05%	33.73% -2.83%
2017-18	33.30% -1.73%	35.10% -1.95%	32.14% -1.59%
2018-19	32.63% -0.67%	34.94% -0.16%	31.24% -0.90%
2019-20	33.84% 1.22%	35.44% 0.50%	32.95% 1.72%
2020-21	37.19% 3.35%	37.80% 2.36%	36.85% 3.90%
2021-22	40.00% 2.81%	41.01% 3.21%	39.00% 2.15%
2022-23	37.86% -2.14%	39.24% -1.77%	37.09% -1.91%
2023-24	37.99% 0.13%	39.99% 0.74%	36.00% -1.08%
Average	37.09%	38.51%	36.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,545, the average number of admitted is 8,164, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,014.

The number of WKU applicants increased by 2.86% (215 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,526	7,871	3,375
2014-15	8,462 -0.75%	7,897 0.33%	3,136 -7.08%
2015-16	8,957 5.85%	8,303 5.14%	3,121 -0.48%
2016-17	9,693 8.22%	9,113 9.76%	3,192 2.27%
2017-18	9,804 1.15%	9,358 2.69%	3,116 -2.38%
2018-19	9,250 -5.65%	8,992 -3.91%	2,934 -5.84%
2019-20	8,245 -10.86%	8,019 -10.82%	2,714 -7.50%
2020-21	8,574 3.99%	8,381 4.51%	3,117 14.85%
2021-22	7,255 -15.38%	7,110 -15.17%	2,844 -8.76%
2022-23	7,505 3.45%	7,276 2.33%	2,755 -3.13%
2023-24	7,720 2.86%	7,488 2.91%	2,845 3.27%
Average	8,545	8,164	3,014

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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