Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wilberforce

At Wilberforce University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.35%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 53.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Wilberforce University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.39%, and the 2024 yield is 3.00%.

The number of Wilberforce applicants increased by 208.80% (8,561 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.35%, and this year's acceptance rate is 53.00% at Wilberforce University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 48.26% and women students' rate is 50.32%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Wilberforce University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.34%	57.80%	58.70%
2014-15	37.54% -20.81%	37.91% -19.89%	37.62% -21.09%
2015-16	55.14% 17.60%	55.90% 17.99%	54.58% 16.96%
2016-17	38.41% -16.73%	36.13% -19.77%	39.93% -14.65%
2017-18	48.29% 9.89%	47.38% 11.24%	48.86% 8.93%
2018-19	67.37% 19.08%	63.89% 16.51%	69.33% 20.47%
2019-20	39.05% -28.32%	37.00% -26.89%	43.70% -25.63%
2020-21	61.57% 22.52%	59.65% 22.65%	63.23% 19.53%
2021-22	39.00% -22.57%	37.00% -22.65%	40.02% -23.20%
2022-23	45.12% 6.13%	44.22% 7.22%	45.57% 5.55%
2023-24	53.00% 7.88%	54.00% 9.78%	52.00% 6.43%
Average	49.35%	48.26%	50.32%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.39% where the current academic year yield is 3.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7.71%	8.24%	7.37%
2014-15	6.64% -1.07%	9.73% 1.49%	4.58% -2.79%
2015-16	20.34% 13.70%	20.84% 11.11%	19.96% 15.38%
2016-17	15.50% -4.84%	17.05% -3.79%	14.55% -5.41%
2017-18	10.46% -5.04%	14.55% -2.51%	8.00% -6.55%
2018-19	10.24% -0.22%	14.86% 0.31%	7.84% -0.17%
2019-20	9.75% -0.48%	12.74% -2.12%	8.44% 0.60%
2020-21	7.07% -2.68%	8.30% -4.43%	6.67% -1.77%
2021-22	14.99% 7.93%	20.00% 11.70%	12.96% 6.29%
2022-23	19.62% 4.63%	22.50% 2.50%	18.24% 5.28%
2023-24	3.00% -16.63%	4.00% -18.50%	2.01% -16.23%
Average	11.39%	13.89%	10.06%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,614, the average number of admitted is 1,810, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 167.

The number of Wilberforce applicants increased by 208.80% (8,561 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,534	895	69
2014-15	1,284 -16.30%	482 -46.15%	32 -53.62%
2015-16	1,596 24.30%	880 82.57%	179 459.38%
2016-17	3,562 123.18%	1,368 55.45%	212 18.44%
2017-18	2,692 -24.42%	1,300 -4.97%	136 -35.85%
2018-19	3,567 32.50%	2,403 84.85%	246 80.88%
2019-20	3,544 -0.64%	1,384 -42.41%	135 -45.12%
2020-21	2,688 -24.15%	1,655 19.58%	117 -13.33%
2021-22	2,531 -5.84%	987 -40.36%	148 26.50%
2022-23	4,100 61.99%	1,850 87.44%	363 145.27%
2023-24	12,661 208.80%	6,710 262.70%	201 -44.63%
Average	3,614	1,810	167

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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