Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

At Wheaton College (Massachusetts), the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.95%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wheaton College (Massachusetts) than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.79%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Wheaton College (Massachusetts) applicants increased by 16.65% (671 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.95%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.99% at Wheaton College (Massachusetts). By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.78% and women students' rate is 74.47%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wheaton College (Massachusetts) than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.37%	60.96%	70.97%
2014-15	69.63% 2.26%	64.30% 3.35%	72.76% 1.79%
2015-16	64.55% -5.08%	58.53% -5.77%	68.03% -4.73%
2016-17	66.66% 2.11%	61.82% 3.29%	69.79% 1.76%
2017-18	47.89% -18.77%	33.58% -28.24%	62.64% -7.14%
2018-19	69.84% 21.95%	62.08% 28.50%	75.29% 12.65%
2019-20	73.89% 4.05%	70.05% 7.97%	76.35% 1.06%
2020-21	77.10% 3.20%	70.82% 0.77%	80.85% 4.50%
2021-22	82.01% 4.91%	77.97% 7.15%	85.00% 4.15%
2022-23	79.48% -2.52%	75.45% -2.52%	82.53% -2.48%
2023-24	70.99% -8.49%	66.02% -9.43%	74.99% -7.54%
Average	69.95%	63.78%	74.47%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.79% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.54%	18.38%	17.13%
2014-15	15.01% -2.53%	17.05% -1.33%	13.95% -3.18%
2015-16	14.95% -0.06%	17.39% 0.34%	13.73% -0.22%
2016-17	19.00% 4.05%	20.16% 2.77%	18.35% 4.62%
2017-18	17.22% -1.78%	19.46% -0.70%	15.97% -2.38%
2018-19	19.33% 2.11%	21.75% 2.29%	17.95% 1.97%
2019-20	17.64% -1.68%	20.11% -1.64%	16.20% -1.75%
2020-21	16.59% -1.05%	16.97% -3.14%	16.40% 0.20%
2021-22	16.01% -0.58%	17.01% 0.05%	14.99% -1.41%
2022-23	15.42% -0.59%	16.40% -0.61%	14.83% -0.16%
2023-24	16.00% 0.58%	15.96% -0.44%	15.00% 0.17%
Average	16.79%	18.24%	15.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,158, the average number of admitted is 2,858, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 478.

The number of Wheaton College (Massachusetts) applicants increased by 16.65% (671 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,944	2,657	466
2014-15	4,047 2.61%	2,818 6.06%	423 -9.23%
2015-16	4,322 6.80%	2,790 -0.99%	417 -1.42%
2016-17	4,169 -3.54%	2,779 -0.39%	528 26.62%
2017-18	6,089 46.05%	2,916 4.93%	502 -4.92%
2018-19	3,674 -39.66%	2,566 -12.00%	496 -1.20%
2019-20	3,459 -5.85%	2,556 -0.39%	451 -9.07%
2020-21	3,580 3.50%	2,760 7.98%	458 1.55%
2021-22	3,724 4.02%	3,054 10.65%	489 6.77%
2022-23	4,031 8.24%	3,204 4.91%	494 1.02%
2023-24	4,702 16.65%	3,338 4.18%	534 8.10%
Average	4,158	2,858	478

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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