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Washington Adventist University

Takoma Park, MD 4 year Private

Acceptance Rate

Fall 2021 admitted students

61.8%

Application Fees

Fall 2021

$25

Applicants Stats

The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in WAU-DC during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.

Total Men Women
Applicants 1,744 584 1,160
Admitted students 1,077 328 749
Enrolled students 56 23 33
Acceptance rate 62% 56% 65%
Yield rate 5% 7% 4%

    • Total Applicants

      During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, WAU-DC received a total of 1,744 applications. These applications included 584 male applicants and 1,160 female applicants.

    • Admitted Students

      Out of the 1,744 applicants, WAU-DC admitted 1,077 students. Among the admitted students, there were 328 males and 749 females who received offers of admission.

    • Enrolled Students

      Among the admitted students, 56 students chose to enroll at WAU-DC. This means that 56 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 23 were male and 33 were female.

    • Acceptance Rate

      The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, WAU-DC had an overall acceptance rate of 62% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 56% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 65%.

    • Yield Rate

      The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. WAU-DC had an overall yield rate of 5% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 7%, and for female admitted students, it was 4%.

Admission and Enrollment Trends

The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for WAU-DC over the past 7 years.

Applicants Admitted Students Acceptance Rate Enrolled Students Yield Rate
Year Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
2015 1,375 562 813 455 188 267 33% 34% 33% 143 83 60 31% 44% 22%
2016 1,996 772 1,206 666 260 406 33% 34% 34% 79 27 52 12% 10% 13%
2017 746 288 438 458 173 276 61% 60% 63% 109 51 58 24% 30% 21%
2018 3,063 1,136 1,927 1,591 548 1,043 52% 48% 54% 177 73 104 11% 13% 10%
2019 2,532 926 1,606 1,488 522 966 59% 56% 60% 128 53 75 9% 10% 8%
2020 2,017 676 1,341 1,895 620 1,275 94% 92% 95% 89 32 57 5% 5% 4%
2021 1,744 584 1,160 1,077 328 749 62% 56% 65% 56 23 33 5% 7% 4%

Admission Requirements

Fall 2021

Washington Adventist University uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.

Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.

Required

  • Secondary school GPA
  • Secondary school record
  • Recommendation letters

Recommended

  • Test scores (SAT/ACT)
  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

Neither required nor recommended

  • Secondary school rank
  • Completion of college-preparatory program
  • Formal demonstration of competencies
  • Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)

Accepted Credits

Fall 2021

The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Washington Adventist University.

  • Credit for life experiences

    Accepted

  • Advanced placement (AP) credits

    Accepted

  • Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)

    Accepted

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