Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Widener

At Widener University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Widener University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.54%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of Widener applicants increased by 20.23% (1,206 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Widener University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.39% and women students' rate is 73.48%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Widener University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.26%	66.99%	67.50%
2014-15	65.01% -2.25%	67.89% 0.90%	62.87% -4.62%
2015-16	67.99% 2.99%	68.98% 1.09%	67.24% 4.37%
2016-17	69.73% 1.73%	71.70% 2.72%	68.39% 1.15%
2017-18	65.43% -4.30%	66.09% -5.61%	64.96% -3.43%
2018-19	69.20% 3.77%	70.16% 4.07%	68.52% 3.55%
2019-20	71.90% 2.70%	72.44% 2.28%	71.51% 2.99%
2020-21	74.58% 2.68%	75.83% 3.40%	73.66% 2.14%
2021-22	85.00% 10.42%	81.02% 5.19%	88.01% 14.35%
2022-23	87.69% 2.69%	85.18% 4.16%	89.67% 1.66%
2023-24	84.00% -3.69%	80.99% -4.18%	85.99% -3.68%
Average	73.43%	73.39%	73.48%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.54% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.54%	24.14%	21.14%
2014-15	20.61% -1.93%	22.04% -2.10%	19.47% -1.67%
2015-16	23.01% 2.40%	23.75% 1.71%	22.42% 2.95%
2016-17	20.23% -2.78%	21.14% -2.61%	19.58% -2.84%
2017-18	19.90% -0.33%	21.30% 0.17%	18.90% -0.68%
2018-19	17.44% -2.46%	18.76% -2.54%	16.47% -2.43%
2019-20	16.97% -0.47%	19.13% 0.37%	15.41% -1.07%
2020-21	14.02% -2.95%	15.64% -3.50%	12.80% -2.61%
2021-22	13.00% -1.02%	13.02% -2.61%	13.02% 0.22%
2022-23	10.25% -2.75%	10.44% -2.58%	10.11% -2.90%
2023-24	15.00% 4.75%	13.02% 2.57%	16.00% 5.89%
Average	17.54%	18.40%	16.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,896, the average number of admitted is 4,347, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 740.

The number of Widener applicants increased by 20.23% (1,206 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,461	3,673	828
2014-15	5,501 0.73%	3,576 -2.64%	737 -10.99%
2015-16	5,421 -1.45%	3,686 3.08%	848 15.06%
2016-17	5,176 -4.52%	3,609 -2.09%	730 -13.92%
2017-18	6,045 16.79%	3,955 9.59%	787 7.81%
2018-19	6,422 6.24%	4,444 12.36%	775 -1.52%
2019-20	6,245 -2.76%	4,490 1.04%	762 -1.68%
2020-21	5,739 -8.10%	4,280 -4.68%	600 -21.26%
2021-22	5,719 -0.35%	4,861 13.57%	632 5.33%
2022-23	5,961 4.23%	5,227 7.53%	536 -15.19%
2023-24	7,167 20.23%	6,020 15.17%	903 68.47%
Average	5,896	4,347	740

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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