
The University of West Alabama's overall acceptance rate has seen significant fluctuations in recent years. For the application year 2023, the acceptance rate reached 87% from a pool of 2,041 applicants, with 1,778 accepted. This represents a substantial increase from the 2022 rate of 69%, where 2,156 out of 3,131 applicants were accepted. Historically, acceptance rates were much lower in the preceding years, notably just 35% in 2019 and 28% in 2017, illustrating a notable recent trend towards higher acceptance rates over the past few years.