Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Whitworth

At Whitworth University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.72%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. Whitworth's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Whitworth University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.06%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Whitworth applicants increased by 14.88% (614 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.72%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at Whitworth University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.01% and women students' rate is 84.92%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Whitworth University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.52%	64.60%	64.46%
2014-15	74.76% 10.24%	69.52% 4.91%	78.24% 13.78%
2015-16	62.42% -12.34%	58.62% -10.90%	64.71% -13.53%
2016-17	88.57% 26.15%	87.93% 29.31%	88.94% 24.23%
2017-18	89.01% 0.44%	87.94% 0.01%	89.68% 0.73%
2018-19	90.78% 1.77%	90.65% 2.71%	90.86% 1.18%
2019-20	91.38% 0.60%	90.28% -0.37%	92.06% 1.20%
2020-21	91.01% -0.37%	89.25% -1.03%	92.11% 0.05%
2021-22	91.00% -0.01%	90.97% 1.72%	92.01% -0.10%
2022-23	90.52% -0.48%	88.33% -2.63%	92.00% -0.01%
2023-24	87.00% -3.52%	84.00% -4.34%	89.00% -3.00%
Average	83.72%	82.01%	84.92%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.06% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.73%	36.33%	14.40%
2014-15	19.50% -3.23%	21.46% -14.87%	18.34% 3.94%
2015-16	20.59% 1.09%	19.94% -1.52%	20.94% 2.60%
2016-17	20.63% 0.04%	23.72% 3.78%	18.81% -2.13%
2017-18	17.92% -2.71%	19.96% -3.75%	16.67% -2.15%
2018-19	20.55% 2.63%	21.67% 1.70%	19.89% 3.22%
2019-20	19.58% -0.97%	21.30% -0.36%	18.53% -1.35%
2020-21	17.04% -2.55%	17.32% -3.98%	16.86% -1.67%
2021-22	14.99% -2.05%	17.03% -0.29%	12.99% -3.88%
2022-23	12.18% -2.81%	13.07% -3.96%	11.61% -1.38%
2023-24	13.00% 0.82%	13.02% -0.05%	13.99% 2.38%
Average	18.06%	20.44%	16.64%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,958, the average number of admitted is 3,292, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 583.

The number of Whitworth applicants increased by 14.88% (614 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,044	2,609	593
2014-15	4,247 5.02%	3,175 21.69%	619 4.38%
2015-16	4,545 7.02%	2,837 -10.65%	584 -5.65%
2016-17	3,262 -28.23%	2,889 1.83%	596 2.05%
2017-18	3,166 -2.94%	2,818 -2.46%	505 -15.27%
2018-19	3,731 17.85%	3,387 20.19%	696 37.82%
2019-20	3,817 2.31%	3,488 2.98%	683 -1.87%
2020-21	3,915 2.57%	3,563 2.15%	607 -11.13%
2021-22	3,944 0.74%	3,589 0.73%	538 -11.37%
2022-23	4,126 4.61%	3,735 4.07%	455 -15.43%
2023-24	4,740 14.88%	4,124 10.41%	536 17.80%
Average	3,958	3,292	583

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Whitworth University and similar schools.