Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ECSU

At Eastern Connecticut State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.46%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.00%. ECSU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eastern Connecticut State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.80%, and the 2024 yield is 13.99%.

The number of ECSU applicants decreased by -3.88% (213 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.46%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.00% at Eastern Connecticut State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.86% and women students' rate is 70.72%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eastern Connecticut State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.53%	64.14%	64.88%
2014-15	63.10% -1.44%	62.27% -1.87%	63.76% -1.11%
2015-16	63.56% 0.46%	61.03% -1.24%	65.50% 1.74%
2016-17	57.91% -5.65%	54.11% -6.92%	60.79% -4.72%
2017-18	65.81% 7.91%	59.73% 5.62%	70.45% 9.66%
2018-19	65.73% -0.08%	60.03% 0.30%	69.82% -0.62%
2019-20	63.87% -1.87%	58.39% -1.64%	67.94% -1.88%
2020-21	69.70% 5.83%	64.56% 6.17%	73.30% 5.36%
2021-22	73.00% 3.30%	66.02% 1.47%	77.98% 4.68%
2022-23	73.83% 0.83%	67.18% 1.16%	78.48% 0.50%
2023-24	81.00% 7.17%	74.00% 6.82%	84.99% 6.51%
Average	67.46%	62.86%	70.72%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.80% where the current academic year yield is 13.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Eastern Connecticut State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.86%	29.43%	30.20%
2014-15	29.42% -0.43%	31.59% 2.16%	27.73% -2.46%
2015-16	28.86% -0.56%	28.70% -2.89%	28.97% 1.24%
2016-17	29.84% 0.98%	29.88% 1.17%	29.81% 0.84%
2017-18	25.77% -4.07%	24.13% -5.75%	26.82% -2.99%
2018-19	26.53% 0.76%	27.90% 3.77%	25.68% -1.14%
2019-20	24.60% -1.93%	26.07% -1.83%	23.66% -2.02%
2020-21	23.28% -1.32%	25.13% -0.94%	22.15% -1.51%
2021-22	22.99% -0.30%	25.02% -0.11%	22.00% -0.15%
2022-23	17.67% -5.32%	17.34% -7.68%	17.87% -4.13%
2023-24	13.99% -3.68%	15.99% -1.35%	14.00% -3.87%
Average	24.80%	25.56%	24.45%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,298, the average number of admitted is 3,567, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 870.

The number of ECSU applicants decreased by -3.88% (213 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,112	3,299	985
2014-15	4,756 -6.96%	3,001 -9.03%	883 -10.36%
2015-16	5,370 12.91%	3,413 13.73%	985 11.55%
2016-17	5,863 9.18%	3,395 -0.53%	1,013 2.84%
2017-18	5,455 -6.96%	3,590 5.74%	925 -8.69%
2018-19	5,580 2.29%	3,668 2.17%	973 5.19%
2019-20	5,563 -0.30%	3,553 -3.14%	874 -10.17%
2020-21	5,182 -6.85%	3,612 1.66%	841 -3.78%
2021-22	4,630 -10.65%	3,380 -6.42%	777 -7.61%
2022-23	5,488 18.53%	4,052 19.88%	716 -7.85%
2023-24	5,275 -3.88%	4,273 5.45%	598 -16.48%
Average	5,298	3,567	870

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Eastern Connecticut State University and similar schools.