Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at EWU

At Eastern Washington University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Eastern Washington University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 35.75%, and the 2024 yield is 22.99%.

The number of EWU applicants increased by 37.48% (1,749 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at Eastern Washington University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.98% and women students' rate is 87.57%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Eastern Washington University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	79.67%	74.97%	83.17%
2014-15	74.39% -5.28%	71.23% -3.74%	76.77% -6.40%
2015-16	82.08% 7.68%	80.37% 9.14%	83.27% 6.49%
2016-17	95.48% 13.40%	94.01% 13.64%	96.57% 13.30%
2017-18	96.20% 0.72%	94.73% 0.72%	97.24% 0.66%
2018-19	63.42% -32.78%	61.91% -32.83%	64.45% -32.78%
2019-20	95.70% 32.27%	94.63% 32.73%	96.40% 31.94%
2020-21	78.94% -16.75%	80.08% -14.56%	78.27% -18.12%
2021-22	97.00% 18.06%	95.98% 15.90%	97.99% 19.72%
2022-23	96.12% -0.88%	94.90% -1.08%	97.09% -0.90%
2023-24	92.00% -4.12%	92.02% -2.88%	92.01% -5.08%
Average	86.45%	84.98%	87.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 35.75% where the current academic year yield is 22.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.08%	40.36%	36.56%
2014-15	44.26% 6.17%	45.05% 4.69%	43.71% 7.15%
2015-16	40.66% -3.60%	41.89% -3.16%	39.83% -3.87%
2016-17	42.45% 1.79%	42.65% 0.77%	42.30% 2.47%
2017-18	38.20% -4.25%	39.20% -3.46%	37.52% -4.78%
2018-19	33.52% -4.69%	34.03% -5.17%	33.18% -4.34%
2019-20	36.02% 2.51%	36.75% 2.71%	35.55% 2.38%
2020-21	34.59% -1.43%	34.95% -1.80%	34.37% -1.18%
2021-22	32.01% -2.58%	32.99% -1.96%	31.01% -3.36%
2022-23	30.50% -1.51%	32.82% -0.18%	29.02% -1.99%
2023-24	22.99% -7.51%	24.00% -8.82%	21.99% -7.03%
Average	35.75%	36.79%	35.00%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,330, the average number of admitted is 4,519, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,588.

The number of EWU applicants increased by 37.48% (1,749 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,204	4,146	1,579
2014-15	4,987 -4.17%	3,710 -10.52%	1,642 3.99%
2015-16	5,166 3.59%	4,240 14.29%	1,724 4.99%
2016-17	4,224 -18.23%	4,033 -4.88%	1,712 -0.70%
2017-18	4,446 5.26%	4,277 6.05%	1,634 -4.56%
2018-19	8,374 88.35%	5,311 24.18%	1,780 8.94%
2019-20	5,297 -36.74%	5,069 -4.56%	1,826 2.58%
2020-21	5,618 6.06%	4,435 -12.51%	1,534 -15.99%
2021-22	4,232 -24.67%	4,105 -7.44%	1,314 -14.34%
2022-23	4,666 10.26%	4,485 9.26%	1,368 4.11%
2023-24	6,415 37.48%	5,902 31.59%	1,357 -0.80%
Average	5,330	4,519	1,588

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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