Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ENMU-Portales

At Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 52.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 55.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 49.39%, and the 2024 yield is 42.98%.

The number of ENMU-Portales applicants increased by 21.72% (372 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 52.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 55.01% at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.85% and women students' rate is 51.52%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.21%	76.61%	52.27%
2014-15	63.06% -0.14%	63.41% -13.20%	62.78% 10.52%
2015-16	49.83% -13.23%	48.23% -15.19%	51.15% -11.64%
2016-17	57.31% 7.48%	58.86% 10.63%	56.22% 5.07%
2017-18	60.45% 3.13%	60.57% 1.71%	60.36% 4.14%
2018-19	60.38% -0.07%	59.83% -0.74%	60.74% 0.38%
2019-20	58.25% -2.12%	55.48% -4.35%	60.02% -0.71%
2020-21	50.60% -7.65%	49.12% -6.36%	51.50% -8.53%
2021-22	32.97% -17.63%	34.93% -14.19%	30.97% -20.53%
2022-23	27.55% -5.42%	27.31% -7.62%	27.71% -3.26%
2023-24	55.01% 27.46%	57.96% 30.64%	53.02% 25.31%
Average	52.60%	53.85%	51.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 49.39% where the current academic year yield is 42.98%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.44%	40.49%	53.56%
2014-15	45.64% -0.80%	51.28% 10.79%	41.11% -12.45%
2015-16	51.56% 5.92%	55.90% 4.62%	48.21% 7.10%
2016-17	45.20% -6.36%	49.67% -6.23%	41.90% -6.31%
2017-18	39.69% -5.52%	42.84% -6.83%	37.50% -4.40%
2018-19	35.19% -4.50%	43.54% 0.71%	29.79% -7.71%
2019-20	35.42% 0.23%	39.52% -4.02%	33.00% 3.20%
2020-21	35.60% 0.18%	40.81% 1.28%	32.60% -0.40%
2021-22	73.16% 37.55%	75.22% 34.41%	70.16% 37.55%
2022-23	92.37% 19.22%	95.70% 20.48%	90.21% 20.05%
2023-24	42.98% -49.39%	45.09% -50.61%	40.99% -49.22%
Average	49.39%	52.73%	47.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,272, the average number of admitted is 1,229, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 548.

The number of ENMU-Portales applicants increased by 21.72% (372 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,245	1,419	659
2014-15	2,220 -1.11%	1,400 -1.34%	639 -3.03%
2015-16	2,382 7.30%	1,187 -15.21%	612 -4.23%
2016-17	2,455 3.06%	1,407 18.53%	636 3.92%
2017-18	2,647 7.82%	1,600 13.72%	635 -0.16%
2018-19	2,645 -0.08%	1,597 -0.19%	562 -11.50%
2019-20	2,714 2.61%	1,581 -1.00%	560 -0.36%
2020-21	2,409 -11.24%	1,219 -22.90%	434 -22.50%
2021-22	1,480 -38.56%	488 -59.97%	357 -17.74%
2022-23	1,713 15.74%	472 -3.28%	436 22.13%
2023-24	2,085 21.72%	1,147 143.01%	493 13.07%
Average	2,272	1,229	548

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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