Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Elmhurst

At Elmhurst University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.13%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.43%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Elmhurst applicants increased by 9.13% (523 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.13%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at Elmhurst University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.91% and women students' rate is 71.77%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.80%	71.05%	72.38%
2014-15	67.71% -4.09%	66.37% -4.69%	68.67% -3.70%
2015-16	54.78% -12.93%	46.12% -20.25%	62.02% -6.65%
2016-17	71.89% 17.11%	71.97% 25.86%	71.84% 9.82%
2017-18	70.54% -1.36%	68.04% -3.93%	72.14% 0.30%
2018-19	67.36% -3.17%	66.53% -1.52%	68.54% -3.60%
2019-20	67.78% 0.42%	66.75% 0.22%	68.62% 0.08%
2020-21	65.53% -2.26%	62.73% -4.01%	67.57% -1.05%
2021-22	71.00% 5.47%	66.02% 3.29%	76.02% 8.45%
2022-23	76.01% 5.01%	70.39% 4.37%	80.70% 4.68%
2023-24	76.00% -0.01%	69.00% -1.38%	81.00% 0.30%
Average	69.13%	65.91%	71.77%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.43% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.08%	27.48%	25.02%
2014-15	23.59% -2.49%	24.77% -2.71%	22.77% -2.25%
2015-16	24.10% 0.52%	25.39% 0.62%	23.30% 0.53%
2016-17	19.19% -4.92%	21.92% -3.47%	17.35% -5.95%
2017-18	19.33% 0.14%	21.01% -0.91%	18.31% 0.96%
2018-19	18.65% -0.68%	25.20% 4.19%	14.34% -3.97%
2019-20	18.62% -0.03%	19.18% -6.02%	18.42% 4.07%
2020-21	16.97% -1.65%	16.46% -2.72%	17.22% -1.19%
2021-22	19.99% 3.02%	18.96% 2.49%	20.99% 3.76%
2022-23	14.16% -5.83%	14.78% -4.18%	13.92% -7.07%
2023-24	13.00% -1.16%	12.98% -1.80%	12.99% -0.93%
Average	19.43%	20.74%	18.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,096, the average number of admitted is 2,856, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 525.

The number of Elmhurst applicants increased by 9.13% (523 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,702	1,940	506
2014-15	3,193 18.17%	2,162 11.44%	510 0.79%
2015-16	3,620 13.37%	1,983 -8.28%	478 -6.27%
2016-17	3,458 -4.48%	2,486 25.37%	477 -0.21%
2017-18	3,645 5.41%	2,571 3.42%	497 4.19%
2018-19	4,219 15.75%	2,842 10.54%	530 6.64%
2019-20	4,175 -1.04%	2,830 -0.42%	527 -0.57%
2020-21	4,299 2.97%	2,817 -0.46%	478 -9.30%
2021-22	3,762 -12.49%	2,671 -5.18%	534 11.72%
2022-23	5,731 52.34%	4,356 63.08%	617 15.54%
2023-24	6,254 9.13%	4,753 9.11%	618 0.16%
Average	4,096	2,856	525

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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