Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Willamette

At Willamette University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.69%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.76%, and the 2024 yield is 15.99%.

The number of Willamette applicants increased by 2.83% (113 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.69%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.01% at Willamette University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.88% and women students' rate is 81.36%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.84%	57.36%	58.16%
2014-15	81.31% 23.47%	78.33% 20.97%	83.44% 25.28%
2015-16	77.94% -3.37%	73.41% -4.92%	81.11% -2.33%
2016-17	78.06% 0.12%	72.82% -0.59%	81.81% 0.70%
2017-18	89.09% 11.03%	85.37% 12.56%	92.01% 10.20%
2018-19	83.64% -5.45%	77.42% -7.96%	89.11% -2.90%
2019-20	77.92% -5.72%	74.01% -3.41%	80.53% -8.58%
2020-21	80.17% 2.25%	74.60% 0.59%	83.71% 3.18%
2021-22	80.00% -0.17%	76.00% 1.40%	82.01% -1.70%
2022-23	80.60% 0.60%	78.44% 2.44%	82.04% 0.03%
2023-24	79.01% -1.58%	75.97% -2.47%	80.99% -1.05%
Average	78.69%	74.88%	81.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.76% where the current academic year yield is 15.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11.62%	13.47%	10.38%
2014-15	11.87% 0.25%	12.45% -1.02%	11.49% 1.11%
2015-16	10.56% -1.31%	11.85% -0.60%	9.74% -1.75%
2016-17	9.82% -0.73%	11.31% -0.54%	8.88% -0.86%
2017-18	11.01% 1.19%	10.77% -0.54%	11.19% 2.31%
2018-19	11.09% 0.07%	11.04% 0.27%	11.12% -0.07%
2019-20	11.99% 0.90%	13.01% 1.97%	11.36% 0.24%
2020-21	10.08% -1.91%	12.50% -0.51%	8.71% -2.65%
2021-22	9.00% -1.08%	10.04% -2.46%	8.02% -0.69%
2022-23	16.28% 7.28%	16.65% 6.62%	16.04% 8.02%
2023-24	15.99% -0.28%	15.03% -1.62%	14.01% -2.03%
Average	11.76%	12.55%	10.99%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,982, the average number of admitted is 3,849, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 448.

The number of Willamette applicants increased by 2.83% (113 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,109	4,690	545
2014-15	5,729 -29.35%	4,658 -0.68%	553 1.47%
2015-16	6,332 10.53%	4,935 5.95%	521 -5.79%
2016-17	6,181 -2.38%	4,825 -2.23%	474 -9.02%
2017-18	4,484 -27.46%	3,995 -17.20%	440 -7.17%
2018-19	4,206 -6.20%	3,518 -11.94%	390 -11.36%
2019-20	3,972 -5.56%	3,095 -12.02%	371 -4.87%
2020-21	4,010 0.96%	3,215 3.88%	324 -12.67%
2021-22	3,680 -8.23%	2,944 -8.43%	265 -18.21%
2022-23	3,994 8.53%	3,219 9.34%	524 97.74%
2023-24	4,107 2.83%	3,245 0.81%	519 -0.95%
Average	4,982	3,849	448

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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