Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Northern Illinois

At Northern Illinois University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.74%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.63%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Northern Illinois applicants decreased by -6.87% (1,784 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.74%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at Northern Illinois University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.39% and women students' rate is 58.09%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	56.13%	56.57%	55.76%
2014-15	50.89% -5.24%	51.58% -4.98%	50.29% -5.46%
2015-16	50.35% -0.53%	61.31% 9.72%	41.59% -8.71%
2016-17	51.84% 1.49%	51.17% -10.14%	52.40% 10.81%
2017-18	53.32% 1.47%	51.77% 0.60%	54.53% 2.13%
2018-19	54.38% 1.06%	51.94% 0.17%	56.30% 1.77%
2019-20	48.35% -6.02%	47.40% -4.54%	49.08% -7.23%
2020-21	59.25% 10.89%	58.04% 10.64%	60.07% 11.00%
2021-22	70.00% 10.75%	67.00% 8.97%	73.00% 12.92%
2022-23	70.68% 0.68%	67.55% 0.55%	72.95% -0.05%
2023-24	70.00% -0.67%	67.00% -0.55%	73.00% 0.06%
Average	57.74%	57.39%	58.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.63% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.42%	19.16%	17.79%
2014-15	25.21% 6.79%	27.81% 8.65%	22.94% 5.15%
2015-16	26.24% 1.03%	23.87% -3.94%	29.13% 6.19%
2016-17	23.20% -3.03%	25.47% 1.60%	21.38% -7.75%
2017-18	23.73% 0.52%	25.64% 0.17%	22.30% 0.92%
2018-19	24.11% 0.38%	26.80% 1.16%	22.17% -0.13%
2019-20	25.00% 0.89%	27.94% 1.14%	22.91% 0.74%
2020-21	20.70% -4.30%	23.42% -4.52%	18.91% -4.00%
2021-22	14.00% -6.70%	16.00% -7.42%	13.00% -5.91%
2022-23	13.30% -0.70%	15.54% -0.46%	11.80% -1.20%
2023-24	13.00% -0.30%	15.00% -0.54%	12.00% 0.20%
Average	20.63%	22.42%	19.49%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 19,248, the average number of admitted is 11,371, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,163.

The number of Northern Illinois applicants decreased by -6.87% (1,784 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	25,914	14,545	2,679
2014-15	19,814 -23.54%	10,083 -30.68%	2,542 -5.11%
2015-16	17,099 -13.70%	8,610 -14.61%	2,259 -11.13%
2016-17	14,980 -12.39%	7,766 -9.80%	1,802 -20.23%
2017-18	14,641 -2.26%	7,806 0.52%	1,852 2.77%
2018-19	14,157 -3.31%	7,698 -1.38%	1,856 0.22%
2019-20	15,693 10.85%	7,588 -1.43%	1,897 2.21%
2020-21	16,690 6.35%	9,888 30.31%	2,047 7.91%
2021-22	22,602 35.42%	15,821 60.00%	2,215 8.21%
2022-23	25,961 14.86%	18,348 15.97%	2,440 10.16%
2023-24	24,177 -6.87%	16,924 -7.76%	2,200 -9.84%
Average	19,248	11,371	2,163

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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