Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Whittier

At Whittier College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.83%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.98%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Whittier College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.37%, and the 2024 yield is 6.02%.

The number of Whittier applicants decreased by -7.20% (217 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.83%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.98% at Whittier College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.14% and women students' rate is 72.50%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Whittier College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.25%	59.93%	65.38%
2014-15	61.88% -1.37%	61.75% 1.82%	61.96% -3.42%
2015-16	62.62% 0.74%	61.41% -0.34%	63.40% 1.44%
2016-17	69.45% 6.84%	67.66% 6.25%	70.65% 7.25%
2017-18	74.09% 4.63%	72.18% 4.53%	75.38% 4.73%
2018-19	75.95% 1.86%	74.51% 2.33%	76.88% 1.50%
2019-20	57.11% -18.84%	56.54% -17.97%	57.47% -19.40%
2020-21	72.33% 15.22%	68.36% 11.82%	74.96% 17.49%
2021-22	82.00% 9.67%	80.03% 11.67%	84.02% 9.06%
2022-23	75.45% -6.56%	74.14% -5.89%	80.36% -3.66%
2023-24	84.98% 9.54%	84.03% 9.89%	86.99% 6.63%
Average	70.83%	69.14%	72.50%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.37% where the current academic year yield is 6.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.10%	17.06%	15.53%
2014-15	12.93% -3.17%	14.31% -2.75%	12.02% -3.51%
2015-16	13.69% 0.76%	15.04% 0.73%	12.84% 0.81%
2016-17	11.92% -1.77%	14.59% -0.44%	10.22% -2.62%
2017-18	12.16% 0.24%	14.01% -0.58%	10.95% 0.74%
2018-19	10.84% -1.32%	12.18% -1.84%	10.00% -0.95%
2019-20	11.93% 1.10%	13.85% 1.67%	10.75% 0.75%
2020-21	6.56% -5.38%	7.22% -6.63%	6.16% -4.59%
2021-22	12.01% 5.45%	11.97% 4.75%	10.99% 4.83%
2022-23	10.95% -1.06%	12.14% 0.17%	9.70% -1.29%
2023-24	6.02% -4.93%	4.97% -7.18%	7.02% -2.68%
Average	11.37%	12.49%	10.56%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,775, the average number of admitted is 3,308, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 377.

The number of Whittier applicants decreased by -7.20% (217 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,381	2,771	446
2014-15	4,850 10.71%	3,001 8.30%	388 -13.00%
2015-16	5,192 7.05%	3,251 8.33%	445 14.69%
2016-17	5,146 -0.89%	3,574 9.94%	426 -4.27%
2017-18	5,773 12.18%	4,277 19.67%	520 22.07%
2018-19	6,220 7.74%	4,724 10.45%	512 -1.54%
2019-20	7,233 16.29%	4,131 -12.55%	493 -3.71%
2020-21	5,038 -30.35%	3,644 -11.79%	239 -51.52%
2021-22	2,884 -42.76%	2,365 -35.10%	284 18.83%
2022-23	3,014 4.51%	2,274 -3.85%	249 -12.32%
2023-24	2,797 -7.20%	2,377 4.53%	143 -42.57%
Average	4,775	3,308	377

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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