Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ATU

At Arkansas Tech University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.81%, and the 2024 yield is 30.99%.

The number of ATU applicants decreased by -14.89% (858 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at Arkansas Tech University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.45% and women students' rate is 89.95%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Arkansas Tech University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.03%	85.24%	84.84%
2014-15	86.26% 1.23%	85.99% 0.75%	86.48% 1.63%
2015-16	89.11% 2.85%	88.42% 2.43%	89.71% 3.23%
2016-17	63.91% -25.20%	65.73% -22.70%	62.41% -27.29%
2017-18	94.75% 30.83%	94.13% 28.40%	95.24% 32.82%
2018-19	90.24% -4.51%	89.18% -4.95%	90.98% -4.26%
2019-20	94.74% 4.50%	93.99% 4.81%	95.28% 4.30%
2020-21	97.66% 2.92%	97.35% 3.37%	97.85% 2.57%
2021-22	94.00% -3.66%	94.00% -3.36%	94.99% -2.86%
2022-23	94.39% 0.39%	93.97% -0.03%	94.68% -0.32%
2023-24	96.00% 1.61%	95.98% 2.01%	97.01% 2.33%
Average	89.65%	89.45%	89.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.81% where the current academic year yield is 30.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Arkansas Tech University from 2013 to 2024.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53.65%	57.39%	50.48%
2014-15	54.21% 0.55%	58.51% 1.12%	50.64% 0.16%
2015-16	48.91% -5.30%	52.01% -6.51%	46.26% -4.37%
2016-17	56.58% 7.67%	58.56% 6.56%	54.85% 8.58%
2017-18	38.92% -17.66%	43.62% -14.95%	35.24% -19.61%
2018-19	37.26% -1.66%	42.79% -0.83%	33.47% -1.77%
2019-20	30.53% -6.72%	35.21% -7.58%	27.25% -6.22%
2020-21	25.19% -5.35%	29.12% -6.09%	22.78% -4.47%
2021-22	24.00% -1.18%	29.02% -0.10%	20.99% -1.79%
2022-23	26.70% 2.69%	31.16% 2.15%	23.74% 2.75%
2023-24	30.99% 4.29%	35.01% 3.84%	28.01% 4.27%
Average	38.81%	42.94%	35.79%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,385, the average number of admitted is 4,863, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,758.

The number of ATU applicants decreased by -14.89% (858 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Arkansas Tech University from 2013 to 2024.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,847	3,271	1,755
2014-15	4,162 8.19%	3,590 9.75%	1,946 10.88%
2015-16	4,619 10.98%	4,116 14.65%	2,013 3.44%
2016-17	5,232 13.27%	3,344 -18.76%	1,892 -6.01%
2017-18	5,006 -4.32%	4,743 41.84%	1,846 -2.43%
2018-19	5,122 2.32%	4,622 -2.55%	1,722 -6.72%
2019-20	7,228 41.12%	6,848 48.16%	2,091 21.43%
2020-21	7,139 -1.23%	6,972 1.81%	1,756 -16.02%
2021-22	6,218 -12.90%	5,845 -16.16%	1,403 -20.10%
2022-23	5,762 -7.33%	5,439 -6.95%	1,452 3.49%
2023-24	4,904 -14.89%	4,708 -13.44%	1,459 0.48%
Average	5,385	4,863	1,758

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Arkansas Tech University and similar schools.