Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at William Penn

At William Penn University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.12%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 57.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 44.00%, and the 2024 yield is 47.00%.

The number of William Penn applicants decreased by -12.03% (152 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.12%, and this year's acceptance rate is 57.01% at William Penn University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.56% and women students' rate is 57.19%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.66%	59.28%	54.87%
2014-15	59.59% 1.93%	61.76% 2.47%	56.42% 1.55%
2015-16	57.50% -2.08%	57.18% -4.58%	58.36% 1.94%
2016-17	58.67% 1.17%	59.71% 2.53%	56.34% -2.02%
2017-18	53.79% -4.88%	56.75% -2.96%	55.76% -0.58%
2018-19	55.24% 1.45%	56.57% -0.18%	52.81% -2.95%
2019-20	58.21% 2.97%	59.89% 3.32%	55.82% 3.01%
2020-21	55.03% -3.18%	55.01% -4.89%	55.08% -0.74%
2021-22	57.97% 2.93%	54.99% -0.02%	64.10% 9.02%
2022-23	57.67% -0.29%	56.01% 1.02%	60.61% -3.49%
2023-24	57.01% -0.66%	55.98% -0.03%	58.89% -1.72%
Average	57.12%	57.56%	57.19%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 44.00% where the current academic year yield is 47.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	54.77%	55.27%	53.85%
2014-15	55.12% 0.34%	57.37% 2.10%	51.50% -2.34%
2015-16	50.08% -5.04%	51.46% -5.91%	46.49% -5.02%
2016-17	39.35% -10.73%	39.38% -12.08%	39.27% -7.22%
2017-18	40.84% 1.50%	43.37% 3.99%	35.21% -4.06%
2018-19	33.73% -7.11%	37.39% -5.98%	26.60% -8.62%
2019-20	38.49% 4.76%	39.72% 2.33%	36.63% 10.04%
2020-21	39.09% 0.60%	40.81% 1.09%	35.92% -0.71%
2021-22	42.04% 2.95%	41.92% 1.11%	41.00% 5.08%
2022-23	43.48% 1.44%	41.59% -0.32%	46.57% 5.57%
2023-24	47.00% 3.52%	47.03% 5.44%	47.17% 0.60%
Average	44.00%	45.03%	41.84%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,261, the average number of admitted is 719, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 310.

The number of William Penn applicants decreased by -12.03% (152 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	836	482	264
2014-15	1,017 21.65%	606 25.73%	334 26.52%
2015-16	1,153 13.37%	663 9.41%	332 -0.60%
2016-17	1,096 -4.94%	643 -3.02%	253 -23.80%
2017-18	1,279 16.70%	688 7.00%	281 11.07%
2018-19	1,508 17.90%	833 21.08%	281
2019-20	1,620 7.43%	943 13.21%	363 29.18%
2020-21	1,599 -1.30%	880 -6.68%	344 -5.23%
2021-22	1,387 -13.26%	804 -8.64%	338 -1.74%
2022-23	1,264 -8.87%	729 -9.33%	317 -6.21%
2023-24	1,112 -12.03%	634 -13.03%	298 -5.99%
Average	1,261	719	310

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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