Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Westfield State

At Westfield State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.12%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.56%, and the 2024 yield is 13.99%.

The number of Westfield State applicants decreased by -5.31% (352 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.12%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.00% at Westfield State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.81% and women students' rate is 86.21%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.87%	71.67%	77.26%
2014-15	74.56% -0.31%	70.33% -1.34%	77.71% 0.44%
2015-16	79.61% 5.05%	75.07% 4.74%	82.98% 5.28%
2016-17	77.92% -1.69%	73.10% -1.97%	81.28% -1.70%
2017-18	85.25% 7.34%	81.63% 8.53%	87.78% 6.49%
2018-19	86.05% 0.80%	80.38% -1.25%	89.75% 1.97%
2019-20	87.16% 1.11%	80.93% 0.55%	91.00% 1.25%
2020-21	92.44% 5.28%	87.84% 6.91%	95.26% 4.26%
2021-22	93.99% 1.55%	90.99% 3.15%	97.00% 1.73%
2022-23	81.51% -12.48%	77.98% -13.01%	84.34% -12.66%
2023-24	81.00% -0.51%	77.01% -0.97%	83.99% -0.35%
Average	83.12%	78.81%	86.21%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.56% where the current academic year yield is 13.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.49%	38.58%	29.96%
2014-15	31.88% -1.61%	36.42% -2.16%	28.82% -1.14%
2015-16	31.57% -0.30%	35.40% -1.02%	29.00% 0.18%
2016-17	28.94% -2.64%	32.65% -2.75%	26.60% -2.40%
2017-18	27.07% -1.87%	30.70% -1.96%	24.72% -1.87%
2018-19	27.09% 0.03%	33.21% 2.52%	23.52% -1.20%
2019-20	26.86% -0.23%	34.47% 1.26%	22.69% -0.84%
2020-21	22.34% -4.53%	27.39% -7.09%	19.48% -3.21%
2021-22	23.01% 0.68%	26.00% -1.39%	22.01% 2.52%
2022-23	14.87% -8.14%	17.09% -8.91%	13.20% -8.80%
2023-24	13.99% -0.88%	17.99% 0.89%	11.99% -1.21%
Average	25.56%	29.99%	22.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,898, the average number of admitted is 4,039, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,006.

The number of Westfield State applicants decreased by -5.31% (352 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,137	3,846	1,288
2014-15	5,150 0.25%	3,840 -0.16%	1,224 -4.97%
2015-16	5,140 -0.19%	4,092 6.56%	1,292 5.56%
2016-17	4,737 -7.84%	3,691 -9.80%	1,068 -17.34%
2017-18	4,381 -7.52%	3,735 1.19%	1,011 -5.34%
2018-19	4,302 -1.80%	3,702 -0.88%	1,003 -0.79%
2019-20	4,455 3.56%	3,883 4.89%	1,043 3.99%
2020-21	4,049 -9.11%	3,743 -3.61%	836 -19.85%
2021-22	3,629 -10.37%	3,411 -8.87%	785 -6.10%
2022-23	6,625 82.56%	5,400 58.31%	803 2.29%
2023-24	6,273 -5.31%	5,081 -5.91%	711 -11.46%
Average	4,898	4,039	1,006

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