Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Central Michigan

At Central Michigan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. Central Michigan's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Central Michigan University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.79%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Central Michigan applicants decreased by -8.98% (1,786 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Central Michigan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.39% and women students' rate is 73.40%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Central Michigan University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.04%	61.84%	63.92%
2014-15	69.27% 6.23%	67.13% 5.30%	70.77% 6.86%
2015-16	68.75% -0.53%	67.01% -0.13%	69.95% -0.82%
2016-17	71.56% 2.81%	69.63% 2.63%	72.82% 2.87%
2017-18	67.75% -3.81%	66.91% -2.72%	68.32% -4.49%
2018-19	68.84% 1.09%	66.83% -0.08%	70.15% 1.83%
2019-20	69.51% 0.68%	67.52% 0.69%	70.77% 0.62%
2020-21	68.67% -0.84%	66.72% -0.80%	69.92% -0.85%
2021-22	77.00% 8.33%	74.01% 7.29%	79.00% 9.08%
2022-23	78.95% 1.95%	77.68% 3.67%	79.78% 0.78%
2023-24	91.00% 12.05%	89.00% 11.33%	92.00% 12.22%
Average	72.21%	70.39%	73.40%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.79% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.40%	26.91%	22.73%
2014-15	30.03% 5.63%	31.92% 5.01%	28.85% 6.12%
2015-16	27.30% -2.73%	28.38% -3.54%	26.71% -2.14%
2016-17	25.67% -1.63%	27.40% -0.98%	24.66% -2.05%
2017-18	23.87% -1.80%	25.20% -2.20%	22.98% -1.67%
2018-19	22.22% -1.65%	22.84% -2.37%	21.84% -1.14%
2019-20	21.68% -0.55%	22.16% -0.68%	21.39% -0.45%
2020-21	15.68% -6.00%	15.16% -7.00%	15.99% -5.40%
2021-22	13.00% -2.67%	14.99% -0.17%	13.00% -2.98%
2022-23	12.86% -0.14%	13.32% -1.68%	12.57% -0.43%
2023-24	12.00% -0.86%	12.99% -0.32%	12.00% -0.57%
Average	20.79%	21.93%	20.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,592, the average number of admitted is 13,423, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,727.

The number of Central Michigan applicants decreased by -8.98% (1,786 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,262	12,143	2,963
2014-15	18,320 -4.89%	12,691 4.51%	3,811 28.62%
2015-16	18,575 1.39%	12,770 0.62%	3,486 -8.53%
2016-17	19,160 3.15%	13,711 7.37%	3,519 0.95%
2017-18	19,021 -0.73%	12,887 -6.01%	3,076 -12.59%
2018-19	17,858 -6.11%	12,293 -4.61%	2,732 -11.18%
2019-20	16,411 -8.10%	11,408 -7.20%	2,473 -9.48%
2020-21	19,396 18.19%	13,320 16.76%	2,088 -15.57%
2021-22	18,517 -4.53%	14,258 7.04%	1,854 -11.21%
2022-23	19,888 7.40%	15,701 10.12%	2,019 8.90%
2023-24	18,102 -8.98%	16,473 4.92%	1,977 -2.08%
Average	18,592	13,423	2,727

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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