Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WNE

At Western New England University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Western New England University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 13.46%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of WNE applicants increased by 6.63% (406 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at Western New England University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.94% and women students' rate is 85.48%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Western New England University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.51%	79.73%	84.33%
2014-15	80.15% -1.37%	78.30% -1.42%	82.82% -1.51%
2015-16	80.94% 0.79%	80.47% 2.17%	81.63% -1.19%
2016-17	79.61% -1.33%	79.17% -1.30%	80.19% -1.44%
2017-18	80.71% 1.10%	79.46% 0.28%	82.44% 2.25%
2018-19	85.37% 4.66%	83.98% 4.52%	87.22% 4.78%
2019-20	85.18% -0.19%	83.84% -0.14%	86.80% -0.42%
2020-21	89.43% 4.25%	87.71% 3.88%	91.41% 4.61%
2021-22	90.01% 0.58%	88.99% 1.27%	90.99% -0.42%
2022-23	88.01% -2.00%	87.66% -1.33%	88.43% -2.56%
2023-24	83.00% -5.01%	82.99% -4.67%	84.00% -4.43%
Average	83.99%	82.94%	85.48%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 13.46% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.28%	14.65%	13.73%
2014-15	15.19% 0.91%	15.87% 1.22%	14.27% 0.54%
2015-16	14.31% -0.88%	15.42% -0.45%	12.70% -1.58%
2016-17	14.19% -0.12%	15.37% -0.04%	12.63% -0.07%
2017-18	14.36% 0.16%	15.65% 0.28%	12.63% 0.00%
2018-19	13.62% -0.74%	14.79% -0.86%	12.13% -0.50%
2019-20	11.82% -1.80%	13.01% -1.78%	10.44% -1.69%
2020-21	12.39% 0.57%	12.91% -0.10%	11.82% 1.38%
2021-22	14.01% 1.61%	14.01% 1.09%	13.01% 1.20%
2022-23	10.92% -3.09%	11.87% -2.13%	9.78% -3.24%
2023-24	13.00% 2.08%	14.00% 2.13%	12.98% 3.21%
Average	13.46%	14.32%	12.37%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,369, the average number of admitted is 5,349, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 718.

The number of WNE applicants increased by 6.63% (406 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,988	4,881	697
2014-15	6,216 3.81%	4,982 2.07%	757 8.61%
2015-16	6,207 -0.14%	5,024 0.84%	719 -5.02%
2016-17	6,399 3.09%	5,094 1.39%	723 0.56%
2017-18	6,645 3.84%	5,363 5.28%	770 6.50%
2018-19	6,458 -2.81%	5,513 2.80%	751 -2.47%
2019-20	6,862 6.26%	5,845 6.02%	691 -7.99%
2020-21	6,235 -9.14%	5,576 -4.60%	691
2021-22	6,385 2.41%	5,747 3.07%	805 16.50%
2022-23	6,128 -4.03%	5,393 -6.16%	589 -26.83%
2023-24	6,534 6.63%	5,423 0.56%	705 19.69%
Average	6,369	5,349	718

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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