Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wilmington

At Wilmington College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.88%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.98%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wilmington College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.19%, and the 2024 yield is 15.99%.

The number of Wilmington applicants decreased by -4.38% (86 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.88%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.98% at Wilmington College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.08% and women students' rate is 84.05%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wilmington College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	46.03%	46.10%	45.98%
2014-15	95.37% 49.34%	93.17% 47.07%	97.04% 51.06%
2015-16	92.95% -2.42%	91.13% -2.04%	94.17% -2.87%
2016-17	86.59% -6.35%	82.40% -8.73%	89.87% -4.30%
2017-18	84.15% -2.44%	79.58% -2.82%	87.16% -2.71%
2018-19	84.59% 0.44%	83.27% 3.69%	85.78% -1.39%
2019-20	78.18% -6.41%	78.27% -5.00%	78.11% -7.67%
2020-21	72.72% -5.46%	69.53% -8.74%	75.48% -2.63%
2021-22	87.01% 14.29%	81.93% 12.40%	90.99% 15.51%
2022-23	88.13% 1.12%	83.54% 1.61%	91.91% 0.93%
2023-24	84.98% -3.15%	81.00% -2.54%	88.02% -3.90%
Average	81.88%	79.08%	84.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.19% where the current academic year yield is 15.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.80%	22.35%	11.42%
2014-15	19.79% 3.99%	22.71% 0.36%	17.65% 6.23%
2015-16	13.35% -6.44%	16.91% -5.80%	10.95% -6.70%
2016-17	15.19% 1.84%	16.31% -0.60%	14.38% 3.43%
2017-18	15.18% -0.01%	20.26% 3.95%	12.11% -2.27%
2018-19	26.87% 11.69%	30.88% 10.62%	23.37% 11.25%
2019-20	26.43% -0.43%	25.79% -5.10%	27.01% 3.64%
2020-21	27.18% 0.75%	29.48% 3.70%	25.36% -1.65%
2021-22	16.97% -10.22%	17.95% -11.53%	16.01% -9.35%
2022-23	18.32% 1.36%	19.84% 1.89%	17.19% 1.18%
2023-24	15.99% -2.34%	18.02% -1.82%	14.99% -2.20%
Average	19.19%	21.86%	17.31%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,098, the average number of admitted is 1,666, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 308.

The number of Wilmington applicants decreased by -4.38% (86 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,780	1,740	275
2014-15	2,029 -46.32%	1,935 11.21%	383 39.27%
2015-16	2,240 10.40%	2,082 7.60%	278 -27.42%
2016-17	2,357 5.22%	2,041 -1.97%	310 11.51%
2017-18	2,404 1.99%	2,023 -0.88%	307 -0.97%
2018-19	1,694 -29.53%	1,433 -29.16%	385 25.41%
2019-20	1,650 -2.60%	1,290 -9.98%	341 -11.43%
2020-21	1,558 -5.58%	1,133 -12.17%	308 -9.68%
2021-22	1,524 -2.18%	1,326 17.03%	225 -26.95%
2022-23	1,963 28.81%	1,730 30.47%	317 40.89%
2023-24	1,877 -4.38%	1,595 -7.80%	255 -19.56%
Average	2,098	1,666	308

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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