Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ESU

At Emporia State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.73%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.99%. ESU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 42.28%, and the 2024 yield is 26.03%.

The number of ESU applicants decreased by -13.76% (254 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.73%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.99% at Emporia State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.34% and women students' rate is 84.87%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.69%	59.95%	61.09%
2014-15	76.49% 15.80%	77.11% 17.16%	76.16% 15.07%
2015-16	86.98% 10.49%	85.47% 8.35%	87.85% 11.69%
2016-17	87.43% 0.44%	86.11% 0.64%	88.18% 0.33%
2017-18	82.75% -4.67%	81.87% -4.24%	83.21% -4.97%
2018-19	85.32% 2.56%	84.59% 2.72%	85.73% 2.51%
2019-20	84.67% -0.64%	84.96% 0.37%	84.53% -1.20%
2020-21	86.08% 1.40%	87.08% 2.11%	85.59% 1.06%
2021-22	88.02% 1.94%	88.02% 0.94%	88.02% 2.43%
2022-23	95.67% 7.65%	96.49% 8.48%	95.27% 7.25%
2023-24	97.99% 2.32%	96.06% -0.43%	97.97% 2.70%
Average	84.73%	84.34%	84.87%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 42.28% where the current academic year yield is 26.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.77%	44.47%	48.03%
2014-15	49.80% 3.03%	51.80% 7.33%	48.73% 0.70%
2015-16	48.68% -1.13%	50.09% -1.70%	47.88% -0.85%
2016-17	44.69% -3.98%	43.90% -6.19%	45.13% -2.75%
2017-18	43.25% -1.44%	43.67% -0.23%	43.04% -2.09%
2018-19	46.80% 3.54%	46.53% 2.86%	46.95% 3.91%
2019-20	48.09% 1.29%	50.11% 3.57%	47.09% 0.14%
2020-21	42.51% -5.58%	46.58% -3.53%	40.52% -6.57%
2021-22	38.03% -4.48%	42.96% -3.62%	35.97% -4.55%
2022-23	30.41% -7.62%	31.66% -11.30%	29.71% -6.25%
2023-24	26.03% -4.38%	29.10% -2.56%	25.05% -4.67%
Average	42.28%	43.71%	41.65%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,753, the average number of admitted is 1,466, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 616.

The number of ESU applicants decreased by -13.76% (254 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,452	1,488	696
2014-15	1,982 -19.17%	1,516 1.88%	755 8.48%
2015-16	1,736 -12.41%	1,510 -0.40%	735 -2.65%
2016-17	1,702 -1.96%	1,488 -1.46%	665 -9.52%
2017-18	1,693 -0.53%	1,401 -5.85%	606 -8.87%
2018-19	1,648 -2.66%	1,406 0.36%	658 8.58%
2019-20	1,670 1.33%	1,414 0.57%	680 3.34%
2020-21	1,544 -7.54%	1,329 -6.01%	565 -16.91%
2021-22	1,419 -8.10%	1,249 -6.02%	475 -15.93%
2022-23	1,846 30.09%	1,766 41.39%	537 13.05%
2023-24	1,592 -13.76%	1,560 -11.66%	406 -24.39%
Average	1,753	1,466	616

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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