Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wilkes

At Wilkes University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wilkes University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.59%, and the 2024 yield is 8.99%.

The number of Wilkes applicants increased by 33.68% (1,616 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Wilkes University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.16% and women students' rate is 83.93%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wilkes University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.98%	73.73%	78.11%
2014-15	78.63% 2.64%	79.32% 5.59%	78.00% -0.11%
2015-16	81.73% 3.10%	83.18% 3.86%	80.45% 2.46%
2016-17	75.92% -5.81%	75.92% -7.26%	75.93% -4.52%
2017-18	75.31% -0.61%	74.54% -1.38%	76.14% 0.21%
2018-19	74.82% -0.49%	73.37% -1.16%	76.12% -0.02%
2019-20	78.62% 3.80%	77.47% 4.10%	79.77% 3.64%
2020-21	91.77% 13.15%	90.50% 13.03%	93.06% 13.29%
2021-22	95.00% 3.23%	93.98% 3.48%	96.00% 2.94%
2022-23	94.14% -0.86%	92.74% -1.25%	95.60% -0.40%
2023-24	91.00% -3.14%	88.99% -3.75%	94.01% -1.58%
Average	82.99%	82.16%	83.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.59% where the current academic year yield is 8.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.16%	28.08%	24.46%
2014-15	25.28% -0.88%	25.52% -2.56%	25.07% 0.60%
2015-16	22.58% -2.70%	24.11% -1.41%	21.19% -3.88%
2016-17	20.60% -1.98%	21.95% -2.16%	19.31% -1.88%
2017-18	19.82% -0.78%	22.22% 0.27%	17.30% -2.01%
2018-19	22.09% 2.28%	25.37% 3.14%	19.26% 1.96%
2019-20	18.63% -3.47%	17.85% -7.52%	19.37% 0.11%
2020-21	14.76% -3.87%	14.78% -3.07%	14.74% -4.64%
2021-22	15.01% 0.25%	13.98% -0.80%	15.01% 0.27%
2022-23	10.58% -4.43%	10.84% -3.14%	10.32% -4.68%
2023-24	8.99% -1.59%	8.00% -2.84%	9.00% -1.33%
Average	18.59%	19.34%	17.73%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,985, the average number of admitted is 3,342, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 571.

The number of Wilkes applicants increased by 33.68% (1,616 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,998	2,278	596
2014-15	2,812 -6.20%	2,211 -2.94%	559 -6.21%
2015-16	3,164 12.52%	2,586 16.96%	584 4.47%
2016-17	4,245 34.17%	3,223 24.63%	664 13.70%
2017-18	4,067 -4.19%	3,063 -4.96%	607 -8.58%
2018-19	3,932 -3.32%	2,942 -3.95%	650 7.08%
2019-20	3,756 -4.48%	2,953 0.37%	550 -15.38%
2020-21	3,633 -3.27%	3,334 12.90%	492 -10.55%
2021-22	4,019 10.62%	3,818 14.52%	573 16.46%
2022-23	4,798 19.38%	4,517 18.31%	478 -16.58%
2023-24	6,414 33.68%	5,837 29.22%	525 9.83%
Average	3,985	3,342	571

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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