Northwest Nazarene University Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Northwest Nazarene University saw an overall acceptance rate of 62.9% for the application year 2023, with 3,571 applicants and 2,248 accepted. This marks a significant decline from the previous year, 2022, which had a much higher acceptance rate of 88.1%, accepting 2,993 out of 3,394 applicants. Historical trends reveal that acceptance rates have fluctuated notably over the past five years, from a low of 56.2% in 2015 to a high of 95.2% in 2016. The sharp drop from 76.8% in 2020 to the current rate illustrates increasing selectivity at the university.