Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at EKU

At Eastern Kentucky University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 78.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eastern Kentucky University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Eastern Kentucky University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.75%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of EKU applicants increased by 7.97% (1,261 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 78.00% at Eastern Kentucky University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.46% and women students' rate is 82.50%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eastern Kentucky University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Eastern Kentucky University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.02%	58.42%	61.18%
2014-15	73.87% 13.86%	69.73% 11.31%	76.86% 15.69%
2015-16	70.63% -3.24%	67.77% -1.96%	72.61% -4.25%
2016-17	86.33% 15.70%	85.66% 17.90%	86.76% 14.14%
2017-18	87.37% 1.04%	86.94% 1.28%	87.67% 0.92%
2018-19	87.29% -0.09%	86.69% -0.25%	87.65% -0.03%
2019-20	93.83% 6.54%	92.82% 6.13%	94.46% 6.81%
2020-21	97.95% 4.12%	97.18% 4.36%	98.36% 3.90%
2021-22	98.00% 0.05%	97.99% 0.81%	98.99% 0.63%
2022-23	64.31% -33.69%	64.86% -33.13%	63.99% -35.01%
2023-24	78.00% 13.69%	77.00% 12.14%	79.00% 15.02%
Average	81.60%	80.46%	82.50%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.75% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.68%	42.99%	35.71%
2014-15	36.11% -2.57%	39.24% -3.75%	34.07% -1.65%
2015-16	38.72% 2.61%	41.81% 2.56%	36.73% 2.67%
2016-17	37.15% -1.57%	41.06% -0.75%	34.69% -2.05%
2017-18	32.07% -5.08%	34.12% -6.94%	30.66% -4.03%
2018-19	30.49% -1.58%	32.99% -1.13%	29.00% -1.67%
2019-20	27.89% -2.59%	30.75% -2.23%	26.14% -2.86%
2020-21	25.19% -2.71%	27.75% -3.00%	23.82% -2.32%
2021-22	35.00% 9.81%	38.01% 10.25%	33.00% 9.18%
2022-23	26.90% -8.10%	28.51% -9.50%	25.96% -7.04%
2023-24	21.00% -5.90%	22.01% -6.50%	20.00% -5.95%
Average	31.75%	34.48%	29.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,423, the average number of admitted is 8,310, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,540.

The number of EKU applicants increased by 7.97% (1,261 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,932	5,961	2,306
2014-15	9,776 -1.57%	7,222 21.15%	2,608 13.10%
2015-16	10,215 4.49%	7,215 -0.10%	2,794 7.13%
2016-17	8,091 -20.79%	6,985 -3.19%	2,595 -7.12%
2017-18	9,187 13.55%	8,027 14.92%	2,574 -0.81%
2018-19	9,117 -0.76%	7,958 -0.86%	2,426 -5.75%
2019-20	8,975 -1.56%	8,421 5.82%	2,349 -3.17%
2020-21	9,206 2.57%	9,017 7.08%	2,271 -3.32%
2021-22	7,251 -21.24%	7,106 -21.19%	2,487 9.51%
2022-23	15,821 118.19%	10,174 43.17%	2,737 10.05%
2023-24	17,082 7.97%	13,324 30.96%	2,798 2.23%
Average	10,423	8,310	2,540

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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