Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.63% where the current academic year rate is 76.56% at Washington Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.98% and women students' rate is 80.03%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into Washington Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Washington Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 76.64% | 73.95% | 78.25% |
| 2015-16 | 74.44% -2.19% |
72.43% -1.53% |
75.84% -2.42% |
| 2016-17 | 76.23% 1.79% |
74.96% 2.54% |
77.30% 1.46% |
| 2017-18 | 78.77% 2.54% |
76.99% 2.03% |
80.34% 3.05% |
| 2018-19 | 78.70% -0.07% |
77.21% 0.22% |
79.82% -0.52% |
| 2019-20 | 79.79% 1.09% |
77.64% 0.43% |
80.70% 0.88% |
| 2020-21 | 81.90% 2.12% |
79.55% 1.91% |
82.67% 1.98% |
| 2021-22 | 80.54% -1.36% |
79.33% -0.22% |
81.88% -0.79% |
| 2022-23 | 80.93% 0.39% |
79.33% 0.00% |
81.62% -0.26% |
| 2023-24 | 80.42% -0.51% |
77.63% -1.71% |
81.50% -0.11% |
| 2024-25 | 76.56% -3.86% |
77.76% 0.13% |
80.42% -1.08% |
| Average | 78.63% | 76.98% | 80.03% |
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 28.62% where the current academic year yield is 27.52%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Washington Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 31.96% | 34.72% | 30.26% |
| 2015-16 | 30.90% -1.06% |
33.44% -1.29% |
29.93% -0.33% |
| 2016-17 | 28.52% -2.38% |
30.91% -2.53% |
27.00% -2.94% |
| 2017-18 | 29.42% 0.90% |
31.17% 0.26% |
28.24% 1.24% |
| 2018-19 | 35.29% 5.88% |
37.94% 6.78% |
33.31% 5.08% |
| 2019-20 | 30.99% -4.30% |
29.17% -8.77% |
30.58% -2.73% |
| 2020-21 | 24.32% -6.67% |
25.94% -3.23% |
23.53% -7.05% |
| 2021-22 | 23.82% -0.50% |
26.72% 0.78% |
22.19% -1.35% |
| 2022-23 | 27.71% 3.90% |
30.54% 3.82% |
26.42% 4.23% |
| 2023-24 | 24.38% -3.33% |
26.01% -4.53% |
23.72% -2.70% |
| 2024-25 | 27.52% 3.14% |
29.07% 3.06% |
22.74% -0.98% |
| Average | 28.62% | 30.51% | 27.08% |
The average number of applicants is 145,145, the average number of admitted is 101,109, and the average number of enrolled students is 25,430 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Washington Colleges increased by 4.61% (8,008 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Washington Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 110,009 | 77,849 | 23,888 |
| 2015-16 | 125,388 13.98% |
87,241 12.06% |
25,876 8.32% |
| 2016-17 | 138,024 10.08% |
92,210 5.70% |
25,936 0.23% |
| 2017-18 | 138,948 0.67% |
94,808 2.82% |
26,043 0.41% |
| 2018-19 | 150,254 8.14% |
102,439 8.05% |
28,598 9.81% |
| 2019-20 | 144,490 -3.84% |
102,569 0.13% |
26,666 -6.76% |
| 2020-21 | 142,709 -1.23% |
106,047 3.39% |
23,942 -10.22% |
| 2021-22 | 144,333 1.14% |
106,838 0.75% |
24,199 1.07% |
| 2022-23 | 147,340 2.08% |
104,054 -2.61% |
24,550 1.45% |
| 2023-24 | 173,545 17.79% |
118,365 13.75% |
25,171 2.53% |
| 2024-25 | 181,553 4.61% |
119,778 1.19% |
24,857 -1.25% |
| Average | 145,145 | 101,109 | 25,430 |