Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WSU

At Wichita State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 92.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%. WSU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.56%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of WSU applicants decreased by -2.94% (262 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 92.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at Wichita State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.81% and women students' rate is 92.71%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	95.76%	95.91%	95.61%
2014-15	95.53% -0.23%	94.87% -1.04%	96.17% 0.55%
2015-16	94.73% -0.80%	94.10% -0.77%	95.34% -0.83%
2016-17	86.23% -8.50%	80.73% -13.37%	91.64% -3.70%
2017-18	93.80% 7.57%	92.74% 12.01%	94.72% 3.08%
2018-19	96.50% 2.70%	96.79% 4.05%	96.26% 1.55%
2019-20	91.70% -4.80%	93.10% -3.69%	90.56% -5.71%
2020-21	79.63% -12.06%	81.42% -11.68%	78.33% -12.22%
2021-22	91.00% 11.37%	92.00% 10.58%	90.00% 11.67%
2022-23	94.85% 3.85%	94.31% 2.32%	95.23% 5.24%
2023-24	95.00% 0.14%	93.99% -0.32%	96.01% 0.77%
Average	92.25%	91.81%	92.71%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.56% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.22%	43.64%	40.82%
2014-15	36.69% -5.54%	36.72% -6.92%	36.66% -4.17%
2015-16	27.78% -8.91%	27.62% -9.09%	27.93% -8.73%
2016-17	30.42% 2.64%	29.98% 2.35%	30.77% 2.85%
2017-18	31.15% 0.73%	32.55% 2.58%	29.96% -0.81%
2018-19	30.63% -0.52%	32.99% 0.43%	28.72% -1.24%
2019-20	29.53% -1.10%	30.41% -2.57%	28.79% 0.07%
2020-21	25.90% -3.63%	27.20% -3.22%	24.92% -3.87%
2021-22	26.99% 1.09%	30.00% 2.81%	26.00% 1.08%
2022-23	21.88% -5.11%	25.41% -4.59%	19.42% -6.58%
2023-24	22.00% 0.12%	24.00% -1.41%	19.99% 0.57%
Average	29.56%	30.96%	28.54%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,339, the average number of admitted is 5,824, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,646.

The number of WSU applicants decreased by -2.94% (262 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,492	3,344	1,412
2014-15	4,517 29.35%	4,315 29.04%	1,583 12.11%
2015-16	5,430 20.21%	5,144 19.21%	1,429 -9.73%
2016-17	6,305 16.11%	5,437 5.70%	1,654 15.75%
2017-18	5,469 -13.26%	5,130 -5.65%	1,598 -3.39%
2018-19	5,799 6.03%	5,596 9.08%	1,714 7.26%
2019-20	6,238 7.57%	5,720 2.22%	1,689 -1.46%
2020-21	7,655 22.72%	6,096 6.57%	1,579 -6.51%
2021-22	7,291 -4.76%	6,635 8.84%	1,791 13.43%
2022-23	8,899 22.05%	8,441 27.22%	1,847 3.13%
2023-24	8,637 -2.94%	8,205 -2.80%	1,805 -2.27%
Average	6,339	5,824	1,646

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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