Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Elon

At Elon University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.71%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 67.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Elon University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.32%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Elon applicants increased by 7.07% (1,240 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.71%, and this year's acceptance rate is 67.00% at Elon University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.05% and women students' rate is 63.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Elon University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	53.98%	64.07%	48.77%
2014-15	53.93% -0.04%	63.91% -0.15%	48.85% 0.08%
2015-16	57.20% 3.26%	69.83% 5.92%	50.38% 1.53%
2016-17	60.44% 3.24%	74.16% 4.33%	53.55% 3.17%
2017-18	66.53% 6.09%	75.78% 1.63%	61.72% 8.16%
2018-19	72.14% 5.61%	77.23% 1.45%	69.43% 7.71%
2019-20	78.44% 6.30%	79.89% 2.65%	77.65% 8.22%
2020-21	71.70% -6.73%	72.66% -7.22%	71.15% -6.50%
2021-22	78.00% 6.30%	76.00% 3.34%	79.00% 7.85%
2022-23	74.46% -3.54%	73.02% -2.98%	75.35% -3.65%
2023-24	67.00% -7.46%	66.00% -7.03%	68.00% -7.35%
Average	66.71%	72.05%	63.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.32% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.45%	26.98%	27.76%
2014-15	26.60% -0.85%	25.59% -1.39%	27.24% -0.52%
2015-16	25.98% -0.62%	25.55% -0.04%	26.30% -0.94%
2016-17	25.45% -0.53%	24.86% -0.69%	25.85% -0.45%
2017-18	24.57% -0.88%	24.70% -0.16%	24.49% -1.37%
2018-19	21.94% -2.63%	23.60% -1.10%	20.95% -3.53%
2019-20	20.14% -1.79%	21.19% -2.41%	19.55% -1.40%
2020-21	14.46% -5.68%	15.84% -5.36%	13.64% -5.91%
2021-22	11.00% -3.46%	13.01% -2.83%	11.00% -2.64%
2022-23	12.95% 1.95%	14.24% 1.24%	12.17% 1.17%
2023-24	13.00% 0.06%	15.00% 0.76%	12.00% -0.17%
Average	20.32%	20.96%	20.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,825, the average number of admitted is 8,718, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,584.

The number of Elon applicants increased by 7.07% (1,240 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,949	5,370	1,474
2014-15	10,443 4.97%	5,632 4.88%	1,498 1.63%
2015-16	10,256 -1.79%	5,866 4.15%	1,524 1.74%
2016-17	10,098 -1.54%	6,103 4.04%	1,553 1.90%
2017-18	9,623 -4.70%	6,402 4.90%	1,573 1.29%
2018-19	10,729 11.49%	7,740 20.90%	1,698 7.95%
2019-20	10,500 -2.13%	8,236 6.41%	1,659 -2.30%
2020-21	15,306 45.77%	10,975 33.26%	1,587 -4.34%
2021-22	17,834 16.52%	13,911 26.75%	1,530 -3.59%
2022-23	17,551 -1.59%	13,069 -6.05%	1,692 10.59%
2023-24	18,791 7.07%	12,590 -3.67%	1,637 -3.25%
Average	12,825	8,718	1,584

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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