Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Wisconsin Colleges

Acceptance Rate Trends

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.09% where the current academic year rate is 79.95% at Wisconsin Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.97% and women students' rate is 78.77%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Wisconsin Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2014-15	76.78%	76.67%	78.72%
2015-16	78.80% 2.02%	77.19% 0.52%	80.07% 1.36%
2016-17	73.42% -5.39%	71.18% -6.01%	75.04% -5.04%
2017-18	71.75% -1.67%	68.41% -2.77%	73.72% -1.32%
2018-19	73.39% 1.64%	72.51% 4.10%	74.59% 0.88%
2019-20	74.60% 1.20%	72.06% -0.45%	75.74% 1.15%
2020-21	78.73% 4.13%	77.60% 5.54%	79.70% 3.96%
2021-22	80.19% 1.46%	76.18% -1.43%	82.90% 3.20%
2022-23	80.19% 0.00%	78.63% 2.46%	81.69% -1.21%
2023-24	80.17% -0.02%	76.59% -2.04%	82.57% 0.88%
2024-25	79.95% -0.22%	77.65% 1.06%	81.75% -0.82%
Average	77.09%	74.97%	78.77%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 35.31% where the current academic year yield is 29.42%. 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 Wisconsin Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	41.92%	42.38%	40.93%
2015-16	39.80% -2.12%	41.84% -0.54%	38.82% -2.11%
2016-17	39.39% -0.40%	37.72% -4.12%	39.24% 0.42%
2017-18	37.03% -2.37%	44.74% 7.02%	34.50% -4.74%
2018-19	37.73% 0.70%	39.80% -4.93%	36.62% 2.12%
2019-20	37.19% -0.54%	34.87% -4.93%	36.89% 0.27%
2020-21	34.71% -2.48%	33.22% -1.66%	34.58% -2.32%
2021-22	31.75% -2.96%	33.72% 0.50%	31.09% -3.49%
2022-23	30.17% -1.58%	32.82% -0.90%	29.77% -1.32%
2023-24	29.31% -0.85%	28.74% -4.08%	29.27% -0.51%
2024-25	29.42% 0.11%	30.54% 1.80%	28.91% -0.35%
Average	35.31%	36.40%	34.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 172,329, the average number of admitted is 122,678, and the average number of enrolled students is 35,339 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Wisconsin Colleges decreased by -1.30% (2,882 applicants) compared to last year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Wisconsin Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2014-15	129,497	94,831	34,098
2015-16	135,465 4.61%	101,006 6.51%	34,487 1.14%
2016-17	142,918 5.50%	98,193 -2.78%	34,084 -1.17%
2017-18	151,138 5.75%	102,675 4.56%	34,200 0.34%
2018-19	165,792 9.70%	111,940 9.02%	37,712 10.27%
2019-20	160,699 -3.07%	112,057 0.10%	36,819 -2.37%
2020-21	162,798 1.31%	117,333 4.71%	34,661 -5.86%
2021-22	195,491 20.08%	148,474 26.54%	35,690 2.97%
2022-23	210,595 7.73%	152,781 2.90%	35,898 0.58%
2023-24	222,055 5.44%	155,516 1.79%	35,459 -1.22%
2024-25	219,173 -1.30%	154,655 -0.55%	35,619 0.45%
Average	172,329	122,678	35,339