Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WMU

At Western Michigan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.68%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.25%, and the 2024 yield is 14.52%.

The number of WMU applicants decreased by -1.96% (401 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.68% at Western Michigan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.57% and women students' rate is 83.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.85%	81.48%	84.00%
2014-15	84.06% 1.21%	82.07% 0.59%	85.73% 1.73%
2015-16	82.38% -1.68%	80.67% -1.40%	83.78% -1.95%
2016-17	82.31% -0.07%	81.39% 0.72%	83.06% -0.72%
2017-18	82.32% 0.01%	81.19% -0.20%	83.29% 0.24%
2018-19	81.10% -1.21%	80.42% -0.77%	81.68% -1.61%
2019-20	79.86% -1.25%	79.35% -1.07%	80.29% -1.39%
2020-21	84.94% 5.09%	84.13% 4.78%	85.63% 5.34%
2021-22	83.00% -1.94%	81.00% -3.13%	84.00% -1.63%
2022-23	84.55% 1.55%	82.78% 1.77%	85.94% 1.94%
2023-24	84.68% 0.12%	82.80% 0.03%	86.17% 0.23%
Average	82.91%	81.57%	83.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.25% where the current academic year yield is 14.52%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.34%	28.39%	24.65%
2014-15	25.58% -0.76%	28.15% -0.24%	23.51% -1.14%
2015-16	23.90% -1.68%	27.00% -1.15%	21.47% -2.05%
2016-17	26.15% 2.25%	27.70% 0.70%	24.92% 3.45%
2017-18	27.07% 0.92%	28.44% 0.73%	25.91% 1.00%
2018-19	21.86% -5.21%	24.46% -3.98%	19.70% -6.22%
2019-20	20.65% -1.21%	23.07% -1.38%	18.63% -1.06%
2020-21	18.55% -2.10%	20.35% -2.72%	17.06% -1.58%
2021-22	14.00% -4.55%	16.00% -4.36%	12.00% -5.05%
2022-23	15.12% 1.12%	16.25% 0.26%	14.27% 2.26%
2023-24	14.52% -0.60%	16.03% -0.22%	13.37% -0.90%
Average	21.25%	23.26%	19.59%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,588, the average number of admitted is 13,762, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,831.

The number of WMU applicants decreased by -1.96% (401 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,621	12,113	3,190
2014-15	14,008 -4.19%	11,775 -2.79%	3,012 -5.58%
2015-16	15,175 8.33%	12,501 6.17%	2,988 -0.80%
2016-17	13,613 -10.29%	11,205 -10.37%	2,930 -1.94%
2017-18	14,263 4.77%	11,741 4.78%	3,178 8.46%
2018-19	17,051 19.55%	13,829 17.78%	3,023 -4.88%
2019-20	17,698 3.79%	14,133 2.20%	2,919 -3.44%
2020-21	16,582 -6.31%	14,085 -0.34%	2,613 -10.48%
2021-22	18,853 13.70%	15,648 11.10%	2,191 -16.15%
2022-23	20,501 8.74%	17,334 10.77%	2,621 19.63%
2023-24	20,100 -1.96%	17,020 -1.81%	2,472 -5.68%
Average	16,588	13,762	2,831

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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