Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Western Oregon

At Western Oregon University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.87%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Western Oregon University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.14%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of Western Oregon applicants decreased by -11.16% (364 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.87%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.00% at Western Oregon University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.38% and women students' rate is 89.07%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Western Oregon University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	88.20%	84.96%	90.46%
2014-15	88.74% 0.54%	85.90% 0.94%	90.60% 0.14%
2015-16	87.77% -0.98%	84.47% -1.43%	89.76% -0.84%
2016-17	87.76% 0.00%	86.06% 1.59%	88.68% -1.08%
2017-18	80.59% -7.17%	75.83% -10.23%	83.49% -5.19%
2018-19	84.47% 3.88%	80.00% 4.17%	86.70% 3.22%
2019-20	84.59% 0.11%	78.12% -1.88%	88.18% 1.48%
2020-21	79.14% -5.45%	69.56% -8.56%	85.71% -2.47%
2021-22	91.99% 12.86%	91.01% 21.45%	93.02% 7.31%
2022-23	83.35% -8.64%	82.28% -8.73%	84.18% -8.84%
2023-24	99.00% 15.65%	98.99% 16.71%	98.99% 14.81%
Average	86.87%	83.38%	89.07%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.14% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.84%	42.96%	39.46%
2014-15	34.15% -6.69%	34.66% -8.30%	33.84% -5.62%
2015-16	32.33% -1.82%	32.80% -1.86%	32.06% -1.78%
2016-17	31.66% -0.67%	31.58% -1.21%	31.70% -0.36%
2017-18	30.66% -1.00%	29.98% -1.61%	31.04% -0.65%
2018-19	30.21% -0.45%	32.28% 2.30%	29.27% -1.78%
2019-20	30.39% 0.18%	31.74% -0.54%	29.73% 0.46%
2020-21	25.58% -4.81%	25.54% -6.19%	25.61% -4.12%
2021-22	21.02% -4.57%	22.03% -3.52%	21.97% -3.64%
2022-23	20.71% -0.31%	22.48% 0.45%	19.87% -2.09%
2023-24	23.00% 2.30%	25.03% 2.55%	22.03% 2.15%
Average	29.14%	30.10%	28.78%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,064, the average number of admitted is 2,654, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 770.

The number of Western Oregon applicants decreased by -11.16% (364 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,848	2,512	1,026
2014-15	2,887 1.37%	2,562 1.99%	875 -14.72%
2015-16	3,327 15.24%	2,920 13.97%	944 7.89%
2016-17	2,901 -12.80%	2,546 -12.81%	806 -14.62%
2017-18	2,942 1.41%	2,371 -6.87%	727 -9.80%
2018-19	3,201 8.80%	2,704 14.04%	817 12.38%
2019-20	3,069 -4.12%	2,596 -3.99%	789 -3.43%
2020-21	3,566 16.19%	2,822 8.71%	722 -8.49%
2021-22	2,798 -21.54%	2,574 -8.79%	541 -25.07%
2022-23	3,262 16.58%	2,719 5.63%	563 4.07%
2023-24	2,898 -11.16%	2,869 5.52%	660 17.23%
Average	3,064	2,654	770

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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