Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at William Jewell

At William Jewell College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 47.19%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 34.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into William Jewell College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.61%, and the 2024 yield is 31.03%.

The number of William Jewell applicants increased by 27.21% (456 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 47.19%, and this year's acceptance rate is 34.01% at William Jewell College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 49.81% and women students' rate is 45.74%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into William Jewell College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.78%	61.82%	61.63%
2014-15	62.83% 5.05%	62.59% 0.78%	63.65% 2.02%
2015-16	49.38% -13.45%	52.70% -9.89%	46.72% -16.92%
2016-17	51.08% 1.70%	53.52% 0.82%	49.53% 2.80%
2017-18	47.63% -3.45%	48.12% -5.40%	47.41% -2.12%
2018-19	45.97% -1.66%	47.80% -0.31%	44.37% -3.05%
2019-20	46.06% 0.09%	50.19% 2.39%	42.70% -1.66%
2020-21	36.40% -9.66%	38.21% -11.99%	35.01% -7.69%
2021-22	47.00% 10.60%	51.05% 12.85%	44.02% 9.01%
2022-23	40.99% -6.01%	43.86% -7.20%	38.05% -5.97%
2023-24	34.01% -6.98%	38.02% -5.84%	30.02% -8.03%
Average	47.19%	49.81%	45.74%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.61% where the current academic year yield is 31.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.28%	32.96%	32.41%
2014-15	30.32% -0.96%	31.53% -1.43%	29.57% -2.83%
2015-16	34.08% 3.75%	34.90% 3.37%	33.33% 3.76%
2016-17	22.67% -11.40%	23.56% -11.34%	22.06% -11.27%
2017-18	25.29% 2.62%	28.01% 4.46%	23.53% 1.47%
2018-19	27.60% 2.32%	29.93% 1.92%	25.40% 1.87%
2019-20	31.23% 3.62%	31.18% 1.25%	31.27% 5.87%
2020-21	33.80% 2.57%	35.61% 4.43%	32.27% 1.00%
2021-22	33.99% 0.20%	32.94% -2.66%	34.88% 2.61%
2022-23	35.37% 1.38%	35.99% 3.05%	34.69% -0.19%
2023-24	31.03% -4.34%	30.92% -5.07%	30.87% -3.82%
Average	30.61%	31.59%	30.03%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,571, the average number of admitted is 733, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 221.

The number of William Jewell applicants increased by 27.21% (456 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,433	828	259
2014-15	1,391 -2.93%	874 5.56%	265 2.32%
2015-16	1,456 4.67%	719 -17.73%	245 -7.55%
2016-17	2,081 42.93%	1,063 47.84%	241 -1.63%
2017-18	1,644 -21.00%	783 -26.34%	198 -17.84%
2018-19	1,316 -19.95%	605 -22.73%	167 -15.66%
2019-20	1,168 -11.25%	538 -11.07%	168 0.60%
2020-21	1,585 35.70%	577 7.25%	195 16.07%
2021-22	1,402 -11.55%	659 14.21%	224 14.87%
2022-23	1,676 19.54%	687 4.25%	243 8.48%
2023-24	2,132 27.21%	725 5.53%	225 -7.41%
Average	1,571	733	221

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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