Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at W & M

At William & Mary, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 33.00%. W & M's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.42%, and the 2024 yield is 27.99%.

The number of W & M applicants decreased by -2.98% (539 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 33.00% at William & Mary. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 41.61% and women students' rate is 32.10%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	33.21%	40.80%	28.82%
2014-15	33.02% -0.19%	41.80% 1.00%	28.05% -0.77%
2015-16	34.46% 1.44%	40.81% -0.98%	30.72% 2.67%
2016-17	36.52% 2.06%	43.46% 2.64%	32.39% 1.68%
2017-18	35.92% -0.61%	41.71% -1.74%	32.29% -0.10%
2018-19	36.92% 1.00%	42.31% 0.59%	33.53% 1.23%
2019-20	37.68% 0.77%	42.83% 0.52%	34.45% 0.92%
2020-21	42.16% 4.48%	46.06% 3.24%	39.67% 5.22%
2021-22	37.00% -5.16%	42.01% -4.06%	33.00% -6.67%
2022-23	33.50% -3.50%	38.90% -3.11%	30.22% -2.79%
2023-24	33.00% -0.50%	37.00% -1.89%	30.00% -0.21%
Average	35.76%	41.61%	32.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.42% where the current academic year yield is 27.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.70%	31.03%	32.25%
2014-15	31.45% -0.26%	29.01% -2.02%	33.50% 1.25%
2015-16	29.46% -1.99%	28.18% -0.83%	30.46% -3.04%
2016-17	28.69% -0.77%	26.99% -1.19%	30.04% -0.42%
2017-18	28.57% -0.12%	26.69% -0.30%	30.08% 0.04%
2018-19	28.58% 0.01%	27.09% 0.40%	29.76% -0.32%
2019-20	27.66% -0.92%	25.88% -1.21%	29.05% -0.71%
2020-21	25.41% -2.25%	23.37% -2.51%	26.91% -2.14%
2021-22	26.00% 0.59%	26.00% 2.63%	26.99% 0.08%
2022-23	27.10% 1.10%	27.25% 1.25%	26.99% 0.00%
2023-24	27.99% 0.89%	27.00% -0.24%	29.00% 2.01%
Average	28.42%	27.14%	29.55%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,408, the average number of admitted is 5,498, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,553.

The number of W & M applicants decreased by -2.98% (539 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,046	4,665	1,479
2014-15	14,552 3.60%	4,805 3.00%	1,511 2.16%
2015-16	14,952 2.75%	5,153 7.24%	1,518 0.46%
2016-17	14,382 -3.81%	5,253 1.94%	1,507 -0.72%
2017-18	14,921 3.75%	5,359 2.02%	1,531 1.59%
2018-19	14,644 -1.86%	5,406 0.88%	1,545 0.91%
2019-20	14,680 0.25%	5,532 2.33%	1,530 -0.97%
2020-21	14,201 -3.26%	5,987 8.22%	1,521 -0.59%
2021-22	17,475 23.05%	6,466 8.00%	1,681 10.52%
2022-23	18,087 3.50%	6,059 -6.29%	1,642 -2.32%
2023-24	17,548 -2.98%	5,791 -4.42%	1,621 -1.28%
Average	15,408	5,498	1,553

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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