Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at EMU

At Eastern Mennonite University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.02%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. EMU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 6 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.14%, and the 2024 yield is 16.03%.

The number of EMU applicants increased by 3.06% (35 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.02%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Eastern Mennonite University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.00% and women students' rate is 72.78%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.05%	62.91%	66.67%
2014-15	60.44% -4.61%	61.22% -1.69%	59.96% -6.71%
2015-16	61.72% 1.28%	60.39% -0.83%	62.63% 2.67%
2016-17	61.15% -0.56%	56.98% -3.41%	64.23% 1.61%
2017-18	53.73% -7.42%	56.40% -0.58%	51.91% -12.32%
2018-19	59.20% 5.46%	54.42% -1.98%	62.50% 10.59%
2019-20	64.60% 5.40%	63.91% 9.49%	65.03% 2.53%
2020-21	71.82% 7.22%	71.65% 7.73%	71.92% 6.88%
2021-22	95.05% 23.23%	94.03% 22.38%	96.03% 24.11%
2022-23	99.48% 4.43%	99.08% 5.05%	99.72% 3.69%
2023-24	100.00% 0.52%	100.00% 0.92%	100.00% 0.28%
Average	72.02%	71.00%	72.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.14% where the current academic year yield is 16.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.24%	36.55%	30.88%
2014-15	24.17% -9.07%	25.13% -11.42%	23.57% -7.31%
2015-16	24.85% 0.68%	28.99% 3.86%	22.11% -1.45%
2016-17	30.01% 5.16%	31.29% 2.30%	29.18% 7.06%
2017-18	28.55% -1.46%	31.56% 0.27%	26.32% -2.86%
2018-19	27.14% -1.41%	28.88% -2.68%	26.09% -0.23%
2019-20	22.01% -5.13%	22.47% -6.41%	21.72% -4.37%
2020-21	21.71% -0.29%	25.40% 2.93%	19.52% -2.19%
2021-22	19.98% -1.73%	20.99% -4.41%	19.05% -0.47%
2022-23	17.84% -2.14%	19.26% -1.74%	16.98% -2.08%
2023-24	16.03% -1.81%	18.97% -0.29%	15.07% -1.90%
Average	24.14%	26.32%	22.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,301, the average number of admitted is 922, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 214.

The number of EMU applicants increased by 3.06% (35 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,073	698	232
2014-15	1,643 53.12%	993 42.26%	240 3.45%
2015-16	1,656 0.79%	1,022 2.92%	254 5.83%
2016-17	1,215 -26.63%	743 -27.30%	223 -12.20%
2017-18	1,232 1.40%	662 -10.90%	189 -15.25%
2018-19	1,245 1.06%	737 11.33%	200 5.82%
2019-20	1,435 15.26%	927 25.78%	204 2.00%
2020-21	1,398 -2.58%	1,004 8.31%	218 6.86%
2021-22	1,090 -22.03%	1,036 3.19%	207 -5.05%
2022-23	1,144 4.95%	1,138 9.85%	203 -1.93%
2023-24	1,179 3.06%	1,179 3.60%	189 -6.90%
Average	1,301	922	214

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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