Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ECU

At East Carolina University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.27%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into East Carolina University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.81%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of ECU applicants increased by 4.24% (906 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.27%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at East Carolina University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.25% and women students' rate is 80.93%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into East Carolina University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.17%	62.20%	62.15%
2014-15	77.28% 15.11%	77.05% 14.85%	77.44% 15.28%
2015-16	69.04% -8.25%	68.67% -8.38%	69.27% -8.16%
2016-17	70.34% 1.31%	69.78% 1.11%	70.71% 1.44%
2017-18	79.02% 8.68%	78.14% 8.36%	79.58% 8.87%
2018-19	82.20% 3.18%	81.08% 2.94%	82.91% 3.33%
2019-20	78.72% -3.48%	77.10% -3.98%	79.75% -3.16%
2020-21	87.92% 9.20%	86.03% 8.93%	89.04% 9.29%
2021-22	94.00% 6.08%	91.99% 5.97%	95.00% 5.96%
2022-23	92.34% -1.66%	90.73% -1.26%	93.36% -1.64%
2023-24	90.00% -2.34%	89.00% -1.73%	91.00% -2.36%
Average	80.27%	79.25%	80.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.81% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.57%	41.81%	41.42%
2014-15	38.45% -3.13%	40.55% -1.25%	37.09% -4.33%
2015-16	36.94% -1.51%	39.53% -1.02%	35.27% -1.82%
2016-17	35.92% -1.02%	37.93% -1.60%	34.60% -0.67%
2017-18	34.80% -1.11%	37.11% -0.83%	33.38% -1.23%
2018-19	29.03% -5.78%	31.74% -5.36%	27.34% -6.03%
2019-20	28.82% -0.20%	31.53% -0.21%	27.16% -0.19%
2020-21	23.19% -5.63%	24.69% -6.84%	22.34% -4.82%
2021-22	20.00% -3.19%	22.00% -2.68%	19.00% -3.34%
2022-23	19.19% -0.82%	21.10% -0.90%	18.10% -0.90%
2023-24	20.00% 0.81%	22.00% 0.90%	18.00% -0.10%
Average	29.81%	31.82%	28.52%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 18,382, the average number of admitted is 14,966, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,166.

The number of ECU applicants increased by 4.24% (906 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,535	9,658	4,015
2014-15	14,223 -8.45%	10,992 13.81%	4,226 5.26%
2015-16	16,871 18.62%	11,647 5.96%	4,302 1.80%
2016-17	17,099 1.35%	12,028 3.27%	4,320 0.42%
2017-18	15,860 -7.25%	12,533 4.20%	4,362 0.97%
2018-19	17,499 10.33%	14,384 14.77%	4,175 -4.29%
2019-20	19,235 9.92%	15,141 5.26%	4,364 4.53%
2020-21	20,313 5.60%	17,859 17.95%	4,142 -5.09%
2021-22	21,898 7.80%	20,584 15.26%	4,117 -0.60%
2022-23	21,383 -2.35%	19,744 -4.08%	3,788 -7.99%
2023-24	22,289 4.24%	20,060 1.60%	4,012 5.91%
Average	18,382	14,966	4,166

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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