Whitman College Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

For the application year 2022, Whitman College recorded an overall acceptance rate of 47.8%, with 5,497 applicants, of whom 2,628 were accepted. Both the Early Action (EA) and Regular Decision (RD) rounds had the same acceptance rate of 47.8%, admitting 1,314 students each from 2,749 EA applicants and 2,748 RD applicants. This rate shows a decline from the application year 2020, which had a higher acceptance rate of 56.0% with 4,814 applicants. Historically, the trend indicates a gradual decrease in acceptance rates from 56.0% in 2020 to 51.1% in 2017, reflecting an increasingly competitive admissions landscape.