How Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Acceptance Rate Changes

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 62.52%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.25% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.61% and women students' rate is 62.31%.

Year	Total	Men	Women
Year	2012-13	87.80%	88.30%	86.96%
2013-14	81.99% -5.80%	83.06% -6.96%	80.00% -6.96%
2014-15	83.80% 1.81%	85.04% 1.98%	81.98% 1.98%
2015-16	87.59% 3.79%	87.45% 5.88%	87.86% 5.88%
2016-17	82.79% -4.80%	79.91% -0.27%	87.59% -0.27%
2017-18	82.45% -0.34%	82.91% -5.95%	81.65% -5.95%
2018-19	86.01% 3.56%	86.89% 2.26%	83.91% 2.26%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	95.25% -	95.08% -	95.44% -
Average	62.52%	62.61%	62.31%

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.58% where the current academic year yield is 20.42%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39.63%	38.08%	42.22%
2013-14	38.24% -1.38%	45.49% -17.98%	24.24% -17.98%
2014-15	38.38% 0.13%	39.81% 11.93%	36.17% 11.93%
2015-16	39.72% 1.35%	38.82% 5.29%	41.46% 5.29%
2016-17	41.25% 1.53%	49.73% -13.13%	28.33% -13.13%
2017-18	28.85% -12.40%	31.58% -4.30%	24.03% -4.30%
2018-19	34.92% 6.07%	35.20% 10.22%	34.25% 10.22%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	20.42% -	23.28% -	16.18% -
Average	25.58%	27.45%	22.44%

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 328, the average number of admitted is 284, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 97.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2012-13	549	482	191
2013-14	472 -77	387 -43	148 -43
2014-15	426 -46	357 -11	137 -11
2015-16	411 -15	360 6	143 6
2016-17	366 -45	303 -18	125 -18
2017-18	433 67	357 -22	103 -22
2018-19	293 -140	252 -15	88 -15
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	653 -	622 -	127 -
Average	328	284	97

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Number of Applicants Changes Chart

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Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

Acceptance Rate Changes

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes