Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at William Carey

At William Carey University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.79%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 57.97%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 48.59%, and the 2024 yield is 61.93%.

The number of William Carey applicants increased by 10.44% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.79%, and this year's acceptance rate is 57.97% at William Carey University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.29% and women students' rate is 51.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.77%	60.15%	42.60%
2014-15	50.42% 1.65%	56.72% -3.43%	46.79% 4.19%
2015-16	56.89% 6.47%	60.79% 4.07%	54.96% 8.17%
2016-17	51.03% -5.86%	54.04% -6.76%	49.44% -5.52%
2017-18	48.82% -2.21%	56.38% 2.35%	45.32% -4.12%
2018-19	67.87% 19.05%	70.95% 14.57%	66.25% 20.93%
2019-20	55.04% -12.84%	61.45% -9.51%	52.00% -14.25%
2020-21	55.28% 0.24%	57.76% -3.69%	54.18% 2.18%
2021-22	57.02% 1.74%	63.75% 5.99%	53.87% -0.31%
2022-23	53.58% -3.44%	58.33% -5.42%	51.04% -2.83%
2023-24	57.97% 4.39%	62.90% 4.56%	55.14% 4.10%
Average	54.79%	60.29%	51.96%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 48.59% where the current academic year yield is 61.93%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	48.40%	52.15%	45.54%
2014-15	38.24% -10.16%	43.93% -8.22%	34.27% -11.27%
2015-16	40.50% 2.26%	46.15% 2.22%	37.42% 3.15%
2016-17	44.89% 4.39%	52.60% 6.44%	40.45% 3.03%
2017-18	40.69% -4.20%	47.17% -5.43%	36.96% -3.49%
2018-19	40.78% 0.09%	51.68% 4.51%	34.60% -2.36%
2019-20	49.77% 8.99%	54.25% 2.57%	47.25% 12.65%
2020-21	47.97% -1.79%	47.76% -6.49%	48.07% 0.82%
2021-22	57.09% 9.12%	65.69% 17.93%	50.90% 2.83%
2022-23	64.26% 7.17%	74.29% 8.60%	58.14% 7.24%
2023-24	61.93% -2.33%	76.26% 1.97%	50.78% -7.36%
Average	48.59%	55.63%	44.03%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 715, the average number of admitted is 388, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 184.

The number of William Carey applicants increased by 10.44% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	771	376	182
2014-15	835 8.30%	421 11.97%	161 -11.54%
2015-16	842 0.84%	479 13.78%	194 20.50%
2016-17	825 -2.02%	421 -12.11%	189 -2.58%
2017-18	891 8.00%	435 3.33%	177 -6.35%
2018-19	607 -31.87%	412 -5.29%	168 -5.08%
2019-20	774 27.51%	426 3.40%	212 26.19%
2020-21	758 -2.07%	419 -1.64%	201 -5.19%
2021-22	470 -37.99%	268 -36.04%	153 -23.88%
2022-23	517 10.00%	277 3.36%	178 16.34%
2023-24	571 10.44%	331 19.49%	205 15.17%
Average	715	388	184

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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