Editing Western Michigan University (section)

=== Undergraduate admissions ===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 82.8%
|admit rate change = 0.5
|yield rate        = 13.5%
|yield rate change = -12.6
|SAT Total         = 1000–1200<br />(among 37.1% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  =
|ACT               = 21–27<br />(among 6.7% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        =
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="cds21-22">{{cite web |url=https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u965/2022/WMU_CDS_2021-22.pdf |title=WMU Common Data Set 2021-2022
 |publisher=WMU Institutional Research |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
}}

WMU is considered "selective" by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{cite web |title = Western Michigan University |url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/western-michigan-university-2330 |publisher = U.S. News & World Report |access-date = November 3, 2022 |archive-url = |archive-date = |url-status = }}</ref> For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), WMU received 18,853 applications and accepted 15,612 (82.8%). Of those accepted, 2,112 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 13.5%. WMU's freshman retention rate is 77.2%, with 56.3% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="cds21-22" />

The enrolled first-year class of 2025 had the following standardized test scores: the middle 50% range (25th percentile-75th percentile) of [[SAT]] scores was 1000–1200, while the middle 50% range of [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores was 21–27.<ref name="cds21-22" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px"
|+ Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics
<ref name="cds21-22" />
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u965/2021/WMU_CDS_2020-21.pdf |title=WMU Common Data Set 2020-2021
 |publisher=WMU Institutional Research |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u965/2020/WMU_CDS_2019-20_0.pdf |title=WMU Common Data Set 2019-2020
 |publisher=WMU Institutional Research |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u965/2019/43%20CDS%202018-19%20FNL%20-%20Updated%20H5.pdf |title=WMU Common Data Set 2018-2019
 |publisher=WMU Institutional Research |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u965/2019/43%20CDS%202017-18%20FNL%20-%20Updated%20H5.pdf |title=WMU Common Data Set 2017-2018
 |publisher=WMU Institutional Research |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u965/2017/WMU_CDS_2016-17_0.pdf |title=WMU Common Data Set 2016-2017
 |publisher=WMU Institutional Research |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
!
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 18,853 || 16,582 || 17,698 || 17,051 || 14,263 || 13,613
|-
! Admits
| 15,612 || 14,085 || 14,133 || 13,829 || 11,741 || 11,205
|-
! Admit rate
| 82.8 || 84.9 || 79.9 || 81.1 || 82.3 || 82.3
|-
! Enrolled
| 2,112 || 2,613 || 2,919 || 3,023 || 3,178 || 2,930
|-
! Yield rate
| 13.5 || 18.6 || 20.7 || 21.9 || 27.1 || 26.1
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 21–27<br /><small>(6.7%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 20–27<br /><small>(22.4%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 19–26<br /><small>(28.5%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 20–26<br /><small>(32.9%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 20–26<br /><small>(44.9%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 19–25<br /><small>(96.2%<sup>†</sup>)</small>
|-
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1000–1200<br /><small>(37.1%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1010–1210<br /><small>(66.5%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1000–1210<br /><small>(81.5%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1000–1190<br /><small>(81.5%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 970–1180<br /><small>(69.3%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}

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