
William Carey College's overall acceptance rate has shown a general decline in recent years. For the application year 2022, the acceptance rate was 53.5% with 517 applicants and 277 accepted, down from 57.4% in 2021, which had 470 applicants and 270 accepted. Notably, the acceptance rate peaked at 67.8% in 2018 while dropping to a low of 48.8% in 2017. The fluctuations in acceptance rates highlight a trend towards increased selectivity as the number of applicants grows, with figures from 758 applicants and a 55.2% acceptance rate in 2020 to 774 applicants at 55.0% in 2019.