Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Western Washington

At Western Washington University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.16%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.18%, and the 2024 yield is 24.00%.

The number of Western Washington applicants increased by 20.05% (2,379 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.16%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Western Washington University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 86.52% and women students' rate is 89.30%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.71%	80.70%	85.75%
2014-15	84.57% 0.86%	83.02% 2.33%	85.64% -0.12%
2015-16	82.38% -2.18%	79.57% -3.45%	84.36% -1.28%
2016-17	83.12% 0.73%	80.37% 0.80%	84.96% 0.60%
2017-18	84.79% 1.68%	82.71% 2.34%	86.17% 1.21%
2018-19	87.66% 2.87%	85.78% 3.06%	88.88% 2.71%
2019-20	90.38% 2.73%	89.32% 3.54%	91.08% 2.20%
2020-21	93.51% 3.13%	92.71% 3.39%	94.02% 2.95%
2021-22	96.00% 2.49%	95.99% 3.28%	96.00% 1.97%
2022-23	92.69% -3.31%	91.56% -4.43%	93.42% -2.57%
2023-24	91.00% -1.69%	89.99% -1.56%	92.00% -1.42%
Average	88.16%	86.52%	89.30%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.18% where the current academic year yield is 24.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.05%	37.97%	33.18%
2014-15	35.48% 0.43%	37.76% -0.21%	33.95% 0.77%
2015-16	34.33% -1.15%	35.92% -1.84%	33.27% -0.68%
2016-17	33.03% -1.30%	34.85% -1.07%	31.88% -1.39%
2017-18	32.66% -0.37%	34.60% -0.24%	31.43% -0.45%
2018-19	32.27% -0.39%	34.15% -0.45%	31.10% -0.33%
2019-20	32.79% 0.52%	34.64% 0.49%	31.62% 0.52%
2020-21	26.10% -6.69%	26.87% -7.77%	25.62% -6.00%
2021-22	28.00% 1.90%	31.01% 4.14%	27.01% 1.39%
2022-23	29.31% 1.31%	31.35% 0.34%	27.78% 0.78%
2023-24	24.00% -5.31%	25.01% -6.35%	24.00% -3.78%
Average	31.18%	33.10%	30.08%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,823, the average number of admitted is 9,565, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,939.

The number of Western Washington applicants increased by 20.05% (2,379 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,526	7,974	2,795
2014-15	9,285 -2.53%	7,852 -1.53%	2,786 -0.32%
2015-16	9,933 6.98%	8,183 4.22%	2,809 0.83%
2016-17	10,519 5.90%	8,743 6.84%	2,888 2.81%
2017-18	11,244 6.89%	9,534 9.05%	3,114 7.83%
2018-19	11,124 -1.07%	9,751 2.28%	3,147 1.06%
2019-20	10,513 -5.49%	9,502 -2.55%	3,116 -0.99%
2020-21	10,219 -2.80%	9,556 0.57%	2,494 -19.96%
2021-22	10,580 3.53%	10,157 6.29%	2,844 14.03%
2022-23	11,864 12.14%	10,997 8.27%	3,223 13.33%
2023-24	14,243 20.05%	12,961 17.86%	3,111 -3.48%
Average	10,823	9,565	2,939

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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