Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Northeastern Illinois

At Northeastern Illinois University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.12%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%. Northeastern Illinois's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northeastern Illinois University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.92%, and the 2024 yield is 8.99%.

The number of Northeastern Illinois applicants increased by 84.25% (3,878 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.12%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at Northeastern Illinois University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 58.59% and women students' rate is 66.54%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Northeastern Illinois University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.81%	56.96%	62.34%
2014-15	57.61% -2.21%	54.81% -2.15%	59.34% -3.00%
2015-16	67.04% 9.43%	63.28% 8.47%	69.73% 10.39%
2016-17	71.01% 3.98%	71.00% 7.72%	71.02% 1.29%
2017-18	69.39% -1.63%	65.50% -5.50%	72.37% 1.35%
2018-19	55.63% -13.76%	47.85% -17.65%	61.65% -10.72%
2019-20	58.48% 2.85%	55.14% 7.29%	60.92% -0.74%
2020-21	60.70% 2.22%	54.20% -0.94%	65.20% 4.28%
2021-22	61.99% 1.29%	55.01% 0.81%	67.00% 1.80%
2022-23	62.70% 0.71%	56.78% 1.77%	67.30% 0.30%
2023-24	70.00% 7.31%	63.99% 7.21%	75.01% 7.71%
Average	63.12%	58.59%	66.54%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.92% where the current academic year yield is 8.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.25%	28.22%	23.44%
2014-15	25.64% 0.39%	27.35% -0.87%	25.17% 1.74%
2015-16	24.83% -0.81%	27.69% 0.34%	24.38% -0.79%
2016-17	18.18% -6.65%	17.53% -10.16%	18.73% -5.65%
2017-18	17.62% -0.56%	19.66% 2.13%	16.20% -2.53%
2018-19	13.58% -4.04%	14.85% -4.81%	12.83% -3.38%
2019-20	16.41% 2.82%	18.36% 3.51%	15.12% 2.30%
2020-21	12.75% -3.66%	13.01% -5.35%	12.60% -2.52%
2021-22	15.99% 3.25%	17.97% 4.96%	13.97% 1.37%
2022-23	17.88% 1.89%	19.96% 1.99%	17.50% 3.53%
2023-24	8.99% -8.88%	10.99% -8.98%	8.00% -9.50%
Average	17.92%	19.60%	17.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,464, the average number of admitted is 3,482, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 602.

The number of Northeastern Illinois applicants increased by 84.25% (3,878 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,350	3,200	808
2014-15	5,213 -2.56%	3,003 -6.16%	770 -4.70%
2015-16	4,499 -13.70%	3,016 0.43%	749 -2.73%
2016-17	6,203 37.88%	4,405 46.05%	801 6.94%
2017-18	6,788 9.43%	4,710 6.92%	830 3.62%
2018-19	5,968 -12.08%	3,320 -29.51%	451 -45.66%
2019-20	4,711 -21.06%	2,755 -17.02%	452 0.22%
2020-21	4,885 3.69%	2,965 7.62%	378 -16.37%
2021-22	3,399 -30.42%	2,107 -28.94%	337 -10.85%
2022-23	4,603 35.42%	2,886 36.97%	516 53.12%
2023-24	8,481 84.25%	5,937 105.72%	534 3.49%
Average	5,464	3,482	602

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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