Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Wright State University-Main Campus

At Wright State University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 95.58%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.32%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Wright State University-Main Campus applicants increased by 24.18% (1,732 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 95.58%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at Wright State University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 94.93% and women students' rate is 96.19%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Wright State University-Main Campus over the past 9 years (2015-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2015-16	95.97%	95.52%	96.34%
2016-17	95.25% -0.72%	94.58% -0.94%	95.79% -0.54%
2017-18	96.77% 1.53%	96.04% 1.47%	97.32% 1.53%
2018-19	94.90% -1.88%	93.90% -2.15%	95.60% -1.73%
2019-20	95.45% 0.56%	94.84% 0.95%	95.85% 0.25%
2020-21	95.64% 0.19%	95.29% 0.45%	95.85% 0.00%
2021-22	95.99% 0.36%	94.99% -0.30%	96.99% 1.15%
2022-23	95.22% -0.77%	94.24% -0.75%	95.95% -1.05%
2023-24	95.00% -0.23%	94.99% 0.75%	96.00% 0.05%
Average	95.58%	94.93%	96.19%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 29.32% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Wright State University-Main Campus from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	44.90%	46.79%	43.41%
2016-17	40.77% -4.13%	43.60% -3.18%	38.51% -4.90%
2017-18	40.46% -0.31%	43.49% -0.11%	38.21% -0.30%
2018-19	34.76% -5.69%	38.38% -5.11%	32.29% -5.92%
2019-20	24.61% -10.15%	25.55% -12.83%	24.01% -8.28%
2020-21	23.63% -0.98%	25.77% 0.22%	22.34% -1.67%
2021-22	19.00% -4.63%	20.02% -5.75%	18.01% -4.33%
2022-23	18.78% -0.22%	18.63% -1.39%	18.89% 0.88%
2023-24	17.00% -1.79%	15.99% -2.64%	18.01% -0.88%
Average	29.32%	30.91%	28.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,285, the average number of admitted is 6,005, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,701.

The number of Wright State University-Main Campus applicants increased by 24.18% (1,732 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Wright State University-Main Campus from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2015-16	5,560	5,336	2,396
2016-17	5,892 5.97%	5,612 5.17%	2,288 -4.51%
2017-18	5,826 -1.12%	5,638 0.46%	2,281 -0.31%
2018-19	5,820 -0.10%	5,523 -2.04%	1,920 -15.83%
2019-20	5,849 0.50%	5,583 1.09%	1,374 -28.44%
2020-21	5,226 -10.65%	4,998 -10.48%	1,181 -14.05%
2021-22	6,338 21.28%	6,084 21.73%	1,156 -2.12%
2022-23	7,162 13.00%	6,820 12.10%	1,281 10.81%
2023-24	8,894 24.18%	8,449 23.89%	1,436 12.10%
Average	6,285	6,005	1,701

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Wright State University-Main Campus and similar schools.