
Southwestern Adventist University has shown a decline in its overall acceptance rate, dropping from 60.1% for the application year 2021, with 895 students accepted out of 1,490 applicants, to 53.6% in 2022, where 770 were accepted from 1,438 applicants. There is no available data for the years prior to 2021 or for Early Action and Regular Decision acceptance rates. This trend indicates a tightening of the acceptance criteria as the number of applicants remains substantial.