Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ECSU

At Elizabeth City State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Elizabeth City State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.51%, and the 2024 yield is 9.01%.

The number of ECSU applicants increased by 36.49% (1,433 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at Elizabeth City State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.74% and women students' rate is 67.59%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Elizabeth City State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.15%	52.92%	59.98%
2014-15	49.00% -8.14%	47.19% -5.73%	50.28% -9.70%
2015-16	69.95% 20.95%	68.75% 21.56%	70.78% 20.50%
2016-17	57.15% -12.80%	56.07% -12.68%	57.87% -12.91%
2017-18	59.81% 2.65%	54.16% -1.91%	63.15% 5.28%
2018-19	59.29% -0.51%	54.02% -0.15%	62.82% -0.34%
2019-20	65.63% 6.34%	58.13% 4.12%	70.11% 7.29%
2020-21	74.83% 9.19%	69.42% 11.29%	78.07% 7.96%
2021-22	76.99% 2.17%	69.98% 0.55%	80.98% 2.90%
2022-23	74.15% -2.84%	70.52% 0.55%	76.39% -4.59%
2023-24	70.00% -4.15%	67.00% -3.52%	73.01% -3.38%
Average	64.91%	60.74%	67.59%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.51% where the current academic year yield is 9.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Elizabeth City State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.50%	26.98%	21.43%
2014-15	28.36% 4.86%	33.67% 6.70%	24.83% 3.40%
2015-16	25.02% -3.33%	29.60% -4.07%	21.96% -2.87%
2016-17	22.68% -2.34%	29.63% 0.03%	18.20% -3.76%
2017-18	21.80% -0.88%	28.15% -1.48%	18.57% 0.37%
2018-19	28.36% 6.56%	32.71% 4.57%	25.85% 7.29%
2019-20	23.01% -5.35%	28.52% -4.19%	20.29% -5.57%
2020-21	18.87% -4.14%	23.21% -5.31%	16.55% -3.74%
2021-22	13.02% -5.85%	16.02% -7.20%	10.99% -5.56%
2022-23	12.02% -1.00%	17.16% 1.14%	9.10% -1.89%
2023-24	9.01% -3.01%	14.03% -3.13%	6.98% -2.12%
Average	20.51%	25.43%	17.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,861, the average number of admitted is 1,899, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 341.

The number of ECSU applicants increased by 36.49% (1,433 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,925	2,243	527
2014-15	1,504 -61.68%	737 -67.14%	209 -60.34%
2015-16	1,531 1.80%	1,071 45.32%	268 28.23%
2016-17	1,566 2.29%	895 -16.43%	203 -24.25%
2017-18	2,677 70.95%	1,601 78.88%	349 71.92%
2018-19	2,486 -7.13%	1,474 -7.93%	418 19.77%
2019-20	2,549 2.53%	1,673 13.50%	385 -7.89%
2020-21	2,578 1.14%	1,929 15.30%	364 -5.45%
2021-22	3,373 30.84%	2,597 34.63%	338 -7.14%
2022-23	3,927 16.42%	2,912 12.13%	350 3.55%
2023-24	5,360 36.49%	3,752 28.85%	338 -3.43%
Average	2,861	1,899	341

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Elizabeth City State University and similar schools.