Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Whitman

At Whitman College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 50.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 49.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.29%, and the 2024 yield is 14.36%.

The number of Whitman applicants increased by 12.52% (688 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 49.99% at Whitman College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 48.91% and women students' rate is 52.48%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.96%	57.83%	56.39%
2014-15	41.01% -15.95%	40.38% -17.45%	41.44% -14.95%
2015-16	42.72% 1.71%	43.28% 2.90%	42.35% 0.91%
2016-17	51.08% 8.36%	51.83% 8.55%	50.58% 8.22%
2017-18	51.73% 0.65%	51.49% -0.35%	51.89% 1.31%
2018-19	50.15% -1.57%	47.65% -3.84%	51.84% -0.05%
2019-20	55.92% 5.77%	54.80% 7.16%	56.88% 5.03%
2020-21	54.13% -1.79%	50.05% -4.76%	57.15% 0.28%
2021-22	58.99% 4.86%	55.01% 4.96%	62.01% 4.86%
2022-23	47.70% -11.29%	43.05% -11.96%	50.91% -11.10%
2023-24	49.99% 2.29%	42.66% -0.39%	55.84% 4.94%
Average	50.94%	48.91%	52.48%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.29% where the current academic year yield is 14.36%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.61%	29.10%	24.94%
2014-15	26.37% -0.24%	28.57% -0.53%	24.89% -0.05%
2015-16	22.48% -3.89%	23.29% -5.28%	21.95% -2.94%
2016-17	21.15% -1.33%	23.65% 0.36%	19.44% -2.51%
2017-18	18.43% -2.72%	19.11% -4.54%	17.98% -1.45%
2018-19	16.25% -2.17%	17.27% -1.85%	15.63% -2.36%
2019-20	15.76% -0.50%	16.88% -0.38%	15.00% -0.62%
2020-21	10.94% -4.82%	10.97% -5.91%	10.92% -4.08%
2021-22	16.01% 5.07%	20.02% 9.04%	13.02% 2.10%
2022-23	12.81% -3.20%	14.49% -5.52%	11.84% -1.18%
2023-24	14.36% 1.55%	15.63% 1.13%	13.59% 1.75%
Average	18.29%	19.91%	17.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,519, the average number of admitted is 2,307, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 396.

The number of Whitman applicants increased by 12.52% (688 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,586	1,473	392
2014-15	3,653 41.26%	1,498 1.70%	395 0.77%
2015-16	3,790 3.75%	1,619 8.08%	364 -7.85%
2016-17	3,749 -1.08%	1,915 18.28%	405 11.26%
2017-18	4,081 8.86%	2,111 10.23%	389 -3.95%
2018-19	5,226 28.06%	2,621 24.16%	426 9.51%
2019-20	4,823 -7.71%	2,697 2.90%	425 -0.23%
2020-21	4,964 2.92%	2,687 -0.37%	294 -30.82%
2021-22	5,155 3.85%	3,041 13.17%	487 65.65%
2022-23	5,497 6.63%	2,622 -13.78%	336 -31.01%
2023-24	6,185 12.52%	3,092 17.93%	444 32.14%
Average	4,519	2,307	396

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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