Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WLC

At Wisconsin Lutheran College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.93%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 78.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wisconsin Lutheran College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Wisconsin Lutheran College have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.13%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of WLC applicants increased by 25.31% (373 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.93%, and this year's acceptance rate is 78.99% at Wisconsin Lutheran College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.89% and women students' rate is 91.61%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Wisconsin Lutheran College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Wisconsin Lutheran College have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.56%	52.72%	76.79%
2014-15	84.29% 20.73%	75.88% 23.16%	93.31% 16.53%
2015-16	91.83% 7.54%	88.30% 12.42%	95.11% 1.79%
2016-17	90.27% -1.56%	86.64% -1.66%	93.17% -1.94%
2017-18	90.25% -0.02%	85.42% -1.22%	96.21% 3.05%
2018-19	80.39% -9.86%	73.72% -11.70%	88.41% -7.81%
2019-20	89.21% 8.82%	86.34% 12.61%	91.95% 3.54%
2020-21	95.62% 6.40%	96.45% 10.11%	94.62% 2.67%
2021-22	98.02% 2.40%	98.01% 1.56%	98.04% 3.42%
2022-23	93.83% -4.19%	91.34% -6.67%	98.14% 0.11%
2023-24	78.99% -14.83%	77.02% -14.32%	81.99% -16.16%
Average	86.93%	82.89%	91.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.13% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.41%	42.06%	40.86%
2014-15	36.77% -4.64%	35.00% -7.06%	38.32% -2.55%
2015-16	40.95% 4.18%	40.73% 5.73%	41.14% 2.83%
2016-17	38.38% -2.57%	39.13% -1.60%	37.83% -3.31%
2017-18	36.31% -2.08%	34.73% -4.40%	38.03% 0.20%
2018-19	37.48% 1.18%	34.62% -0.12%	40.36% 2.33%
2019-20	31.79% -5.69%	29.75% -4.87%	33.62% -6.74%
2020-21	29.96% -1.83%	25.19% -4.55%	35.78% 2.17%
2021-22	21.03% -8.92%	13.99% -11.20%	30.00% -5.78%
2022-23	22.34% 1.31%	19.67% 5.68%	26.65% -3.35%
2023-24	17.00% -5.34%	14.98% -4.69%	20.91% -5.74%
Average	32.13%	29.99%	34.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,004, the average number of admitted is 873, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 255.

The number of WLC applicants increased by 25.31% (373 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	870	553	229
2014-15	713 -18.05%	601 8.68%	221 -3.49%
2015-16	710 -0.42%	652 8.49%	267 20.81%
2016-17	658 -7.32%	594 -8.90%	228 -14.61%
2017-18	708 7.60%	639 7.58%	232 1.75%
2018-19	969 36.86%	779 21.91%	292 25.86%
2019-20	751 -22.50%	670 -13.99%	213 -27.05%
2020-21	981 30.63%	938 40.00%	281 31.92%
2021-22	1,363 38.94%	1,336 42.43%	281
2022-23	1,474 8.14%	1,383 3.52%	309 9.96%
2023-24	1,847 25.31%	1,459 5.50%	248 -19.74%
Average	1,004	873	255

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Wisconsin Lutheran College and similar schools.