Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at EIU

At Eastern Illinois University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.42%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.78%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of EIU applicants decreased by 0.55% (64 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.42%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.00% at Eastern Illinois University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.98% and women students' rate is 59.82%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.91%	59.08%	63.80%
2014-15	49.76% -12.14%	47.07% -12.01%	51.62% -12.18%
2015-16	50.21% 0.45%	47.19% 0.12%	52.28% 0.67%
2016-17	46.88% -3.34%	43.04% -4.15%	49.57% -2.72%
2017-18	51.51% 4.64%	47.35% 4.31%	54.53% 4.97%
2018-19	55.31% 3.80%	52.33% 4.97%	57.31% 2.78%
2019-20	52.50% -2.81%	50.43% -1.90%	53.84% -3.47%
2020-21	55.54% 3.04%	53.52% 3.09%	56.83% 2.99%
2021-22	71.99% 16.45%	67.01% 13.49%	75.01% 18.18%
2022-23	67.96% -4.03%	63.74% -3.27%	71.21% -3.80%
2023-24	68.00% 0.04%	63.01% -0.73%	72.01% 0.80%
Average	57.42%	53.98%	59.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.78% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.32%	27.47%	27.23%
2014-15	25.37% -1.95%	25.60% -1.87%	25.23% -2.00%
2015-16	25.01% -0.37%	25.63% 0.03%	24.62% -0.61%
2016-17	19.56% -5.45%	20.23% -5.40%	19.15% -5.47%
2017-18	18.45% -1.11%	19.48% -0.75%	17.80% -1.35%
2018-19	16.81% -1.64%	17.29% -2.19%	16.53% -1.28%
2019-20	19.89% 3.07%	22.37% 5.08%	18.38% 1.86%
2020-21	18.05% -1.84%	18.47% -3.90%	17.79% -0.59%
2021-22	15.01% -3.04%	17.01% -1.46%	14.01% -3.79%
2022-23	11.13% -3.88%	10.97% -6.04%	11.46% -2.55%
2023-24	10.00% -1.13%	9.01% -1.96%	11.00% -0.46%
Average	18.78%	19.41%	18.47%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,918, the average number of admitted is 5,160, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 918.

The number of EIU applicants decreased by 0.55% (64 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,881	4,879	1,333
2014-15	8,918 13.16%	4,438 -9.04%	1,126 -15.53%
2015-16	9,103 2.07%	4,571 3.00%	1,143 1.51%
2016-17	8,420 -7.50%	3,947 -13.65%	772 -32.46%
2017-18	6,965 -17.28%	3,588 -9.10%	662 -14.25%
2018-19	8,580 23.19%	4,746 32.27%	798 20.54%
2019-20	8,859 3.25%	4,651 -2.00%	925 15.91%
2020-21	8,999 1.58%	4,998 7.46%	902 -2.49%
2021-22	7,145 -20.60%	5,144 2.92%	772 -14.41%
2022-23	11,584 62.13%	7,873 53.05%	876 13.47%
2023-24	11,648 0.55%	7,921 0.61%	792 -9.59%
Average	8,918	5,160	918

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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