Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wheeling

At Wheeling University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.45%, and the 2024 yield is 10.97%.

The number of Wheeling applicants increased by 33.44% (527 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.99% at Wheeling University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.90% and women students' rate is 72.92%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.92%	73.04%	64.68%
2014-15	62.63% -6.29%	63.01% -10.03%	62.15% -2.53%
2015-16	60.72% -1.91%	88.46% 25.45%	95.04% 32.89%
2016-17	93.24% 32.51%	91.98% 3.52%	94.43% -0.61%
2017-18	51.40% -41.84%	51.01% -40.98%	51.73% -42.70%
2018-19	86.34% 34.95%	85.83% 34.82%	86.91% 35.18%
2019-20	68.25% -18.09%	67.16% -18.67%	69.32% -17.59%
2020-21	76.82% 8.57%	77.15% 9.99%	76.42% 7.10%
2021-22	78.00% 1.17%	77.05% -0.10%	80.04% 3.62%
2022-23	72.65% -5.34%	96.17% 19.12%	46.40% -33.64%
2023-24	74.99% 2.34%	75.04% -21.13%	75.03% 28.62%
Average	72.18%	76.90%	72.92%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.45% where the current academic year yield is 10.97%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.45%	31.97%	22.19%
2014-15	27.85% 0.39%	30.63% -1.34%	24.31% 2.12%
2015-16	24.90% -2.95%	28.26% -2.37%	21.98% -2.33%
2016-17	23.34% -1.55%	25.05% -3.21%	21.75% -0.23%
2017-18	16.38% -6.96%	17.95% -7.11%	15.05% -6.70%
2018-19	21.26% 4.88%	27.20% 9.25%	14.77% -0.28%
2019-20	11.03% -10.22%	14.67% -12.53%	7.60% -7.17%
2020-21	23.15% 12.12%	27.62% 12.95%	17.63% 10.03%
2021-22	14.96% -8.19%	17.07% -10.55%	10.88% -6.76%
2022-23	12.66% -2.30%	12.06% -5.01%	14.24% 3.37%
2023-24	10.97% -1.69%	13.05% 0.99%	8.03% -6.21%
Average	19.45%	22.32%	16.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,514, the average number of admitted is 1,074, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 198.

The number of Wheeling applicants increased by 33.44% (527 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,258	867	238
2014-15	1,445 14.86%	905 4.38%	252 5.88%
2015-16	1,217 -15.78%	739 -18.34%	184 -26.98%
2016-17	1,020 -16.19%	951 28.69%	222 20.65%
2017-18	2,150 110.78%	1,105 16.19%	181 -18.47%
2018-19	1,640 -23.72%	1,416 28.14%	301 66.30%
2019-20	1,912 16.59%	1,305 -7.84%	144 -52.16%
2020-21	1,057 -44.72%	812 -37.78%	188 30.56%
2021-22	1,277 20.81%	996 22.66%	149 -20.74%
2022-23	1,576 23.41%	1,145 14.96%	145 -2.68%
2023-24	2,103 33.44%	1,577 37.73%	173 19.31%
Average	1,514	1,074	198

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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