Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wheaton

At Wheaton College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.85%, and the 2024 yield is 33.00%.

The number of Wheaton applicants decreased by -1.43% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.98% at Wheaton College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.67% and women students' rate is 79.93%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.71%	76.38%	63.22%
2014-15	69.15% 0.45%	77.26% 0.88%	63.70% 0.47%
2015-16	70.52% 1.37%	78.56% 1.31%	66.38% 2.69%
2016-17	78.65% 8.13%	81.82% 3.26%	76.33% 9.95%
2017-18	85.00% 6.35%	86.05% 4.24%	84.30% 7.97%
2018-19	82.65% -2.35%	83.48% -2.57%	82.02% -2.27%
2019-20	84.81% 2.16%	85.60% 2.12%	84.17% 2.14%
2020-21	86.95% 2.14%	84.15% -1.45%	89.07% 4.91%
2021-22	86.00% -0.95%	81.94% -2.21%	89.02% -0.06%
2022-23	88.43% 2.43%	86.13% 4.19%	90.06% 1.05%
2023-24	89.98% 1.55%	88.00% 1.87%	90.97% 0.90%
Average	80.99%	82.67%	79.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.85% where the current academic year yield is 33.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	44.43%	45.99%	43.07%
2014-15	43.67% -0.76%	46.08% 0.09%	41.70% -1.38%
2015-16	43.53% -0.14%	46.08% 0.00%	41.52% -0.18%
2016-17	40.41% -3.11%	41.31% -4.76%	39.71% -1.81%
2017-18	40.31% -0.11%	42.59% 1.27%	38.77% -0.94%
2018-19	39.90% -0.41%	42.45% -0.14%	37.95% -0.82%
2019-20	38.33% -1.57%	40.28% -2.17%	36.72% -1.23%
2020-21	30.72% -7.61%	32.47% -7.81%	29.46% -7.25%
2021-22	31.97% 1.26%	33.05% 0.59%	30.95% 1.48%
2022-23	30.11% -1.86%	29.69% -3.36%	30.39% -0.55%
2023-24	33.00% 2.89%	34.01% 4.32%	32.05% 1.66%
Average	37.85%	39.45%	36.57%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,889, the average number of admitted is 1,526, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 572.

The number of Wheaton applicants decreased by -1.43% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,959	1,346	598
2014-15	2,010 2.60%	1,390 3.27%	607 1.51%
2015-16	1,971 -1.94%	1,390	605 -0.33%
2016-17	1,850 -6.14%	1,455 4.68%	588 -2.81%
2017-18	1,693 -8.49%	1,439 -1.10%	580 -1.36%
2018-19	1,850 9.27%	1,529 6.25%	610 5.17%
2019-20	1,889 2.11%	1,602 4.77%	614 0.66%
2020-21	1,801 -4.66%	1,566 -2.25%	481 -21.66%
2021-22	1,993 10.66%	1,714 9.45%	548 13.93%
2022-23	1,893 -5.02%	1,674 -2.33%	504 -8.03%
2023-24	1,866 -1.43%	1,679 0.30%	554 9.92%
Average	1,889	1,526	572

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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