Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Illinois State

At Illinois State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.38%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.58%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of Illinois State applicants increased by 6.57% (1,288 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.38%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Illinois State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.52% and women students' rate is 85.54%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.92%	67.13%	70.11%
2014-15	73.88% 4.96%	71.60% 4.47%	75.39% 5.28%
2015-16	87.72% 13.84%	86.27% 14.68%	88.65% 13.26%
2016-17	88.88% 1.16%	87.44% 1.17%	89.86% 1.21%
2017-18	89.13% 0.25%	87.30% -0.15%	90.38% 0.52%
2018-19	89.18% 0.05%	88.23% 0.93%	89.81% -0.58%
2019-20	81.94% -7.24%	81.22% -7.01%	82.38% -7.42%
2020-21	81.31% -0.63%	80.73% -0.49%	81.66% -0.72%
2021-22	92.00% 10.69%	89.01% 8.28%	93.00% 11.34%
2022-23	86.24% -5.76%	82.76% -6.25%	88.68% -4.33%
2023-24	89.00% 2.76%	86.00% 3.24%	91.00% 2.32%
Average	84.38%	82.52%	85.54%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.58% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.17%	29.53%	27.31%
2014-15	31.76% 3.58%	33.63% 4.10%	30.57% 3.26%
2015-16	34.09% 2.34%	36.72% 3.09%	32.53% 1.96%
2016-17	34.41% 0.32%	36.80% 0.07%	32.83% 0.30%
2017-18	32.44% -1.97%	34.56% -2.24%	31.05% -1.78%
2018-19	32.10% -0.34%	35.26% 0.70%	30.07% -0.98%
2019-20	29.17% -2.93%	32.43% -2.83%	27.20% -2.87%
2020-21	26.63% -2.54%	28.22% -4.21%	25.68% -1.52%
2021-22	31.00% 4.38%	34.00% 5.78%	29.00% 3.32%
2022-23	23.57% -7.43%	25.47% -8.53%	22.19% -6.81%
2023-24	22.00% -1.57%	24.01% -1.46%	21.00% -1.19%
Average	29.58%	31.88%	28.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,853, the average number of admitted is 12,488, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,602.

The number of Illinois State applicants increased by 6.57% (1,288 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,354	10,582	2,981
2014-15	15,298 -0.36%	11,302 6.80%	3,589 20.40%
2015-16	12,139 -20.65%	10,648 -5.79%	3,630 1.14%
2016-17	12,078 -0.50%	10,735 0.82%	3,694 1.76%
2017-18	11,592 -4.02%	10,332 -3.75%	3,352 -9.26%
2018-19	12,886 11.16%	11,492 11.23%	3,689 10.05%
2019-20	16,151 25.34%	13,234 15.16%	3,860 4.64%
2020-21	15,487 -4.11%	12,593 -4.84%	3,353 -13.13%
2021-22	11,913 -23.08%	10,960 -12.97%	3,398 1.34%
2022-23	19,596 64.49%	16,899 54.19%	3,983 17.22%
2023-24	20,884 6.57%	18,587 9.99%	4,089 2.66%
Average	14,853	12,488	3,602

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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