Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ECU

At East Central University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.98%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into East Central University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at East Central University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 63.98%, and the 2024 yield is 48.96%.

The number of ECU applicants decreased by -3.25% (39 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.98% at East Central University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.60% and women students' rate is 70.22%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into East Central University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at East Central University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	98.14%	97.35%	98.73%
2014-15	97.19% -0.95%	94.46% -2.89%	99.12% 0.38%
2015-16	46.00% -51.20%	52.95% -41.51%	40.88% -58.23%
2016-17	57.77% 11.77%	73.55% 20.59%	47.31% 6.43%
2017-18	48.02% -9.74%	46.18% -27.36%	49.55% 2.24%
2018-19	82.64% 34.61%	81.56% 35.38%	83.48% 33.93%
2019-20	59.34% -23.30%	64.04% -17.53%	55.62% -27.86%
2020-21	96.45% 37.12%	97.18% 33.14%	95.96% 40.34%
2021-22	64.98% -31.48%	64.02% -33.16%	66.03% -29.93%
2022-23	70.08% 5.11%	69.44% 5.42%	70.74% 4.71%
2023-24	65.98% -4.11%	68.91% -0.53%	64.99% -5.75%
Average	71.51%	73.60%	70.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 63.98% where the current academic year yield is 48.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	64.42%	66.58%	62.82%
2014-15	64.71% 0.28%	68.80% 2.22%	61.96% -0.86%
2015-16	68.81% 4.11%	73.61% 4.81%	64.25% 2.28%
2016-17	72.63% 3.82%	70.02% -3.58%	75.31% 11.06%
2017-18	52.99% -19.64%	54.78% -15.24%	51.60% -23.71%
2018-19	73.62% 20.63%	76.03% 21.25%	71.50% 19.90%
2019-20	70.24% -3.38%	70.27% -5.76%	70.22% -1.29%
2020-21	61.80% -8.44%	64.24% -6.03%	60.12% -10.10%
2021-22	66.00% 4.20%	74.82% 10.57%	59.84% -0.28%
2022-23	59.57% -6.43%	63.28% -11.54%	56.46% -3.39%
2023-24	48.96% -10.62%	92.93% 29.65%	34.08% -22.38%
Average	63.98%	70.49%	60.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,257, the average number of admitted is 834, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 532.

The number of ECU applicants decreased by -3.25% (39 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	968	950	612
2014-15	962 -0.62%	935 -1.58%	605 -1.14%
2015-16	2,398 149.27%	1,103 17.97%	759 25.45%
2016-17	1,423 -40.66%	822 -25.48%	597 -21.34%
2017-18	1,847 29.80%	887 7.91%	470 -21.27%
2018-19	812 -56.04%	671 -24.35%	494 5.11%
2019-20	1,178 45.07%	699 4.17%	491 -0.61%
2020-21	874 -25.81%	843 20.60%	521 6.11%
2021-22	1,005 14.99%	653 -22.54%	431 -17.27%
2022-23	1,200 19.40%	841 28.79%	501 16.24%
2023-24	1,161 -3.25%	766 -8.92%	375 -25.15%
Average	1,257	834	532

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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