Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UMES

At University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Maryland Eastern Shore than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.14%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of UMES applicants increased by 19.45% (1,308 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.82% and women students' rate is 63.08%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Maryland Eastern Shore than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.02%	54.23%	55.53%
2014-15	61.27% 6.24%	61.10% 6.88%	61.37% 5.83%
2015-16	49.06% -12.21%	47.57% -13.53%	50.00% -11.37%
2016-17	38.39% -10.66%	36.80% -10.77%	39.35% -10.65%
2017-18	39.01% 0.61%	38.72% 1.92%	39.18% -0.17%
2018-19	54.11% 15.11%	51.92% 13.20%	55.41% 16.23%
2019-20	64.67% 10.56%	60.29% 8.38%	67.37% 11.96%
2020-21	62.03% -2.65%	58.58% -1.71%	63.90% -3.46%
2021-22	82.01% 19.98%	80.99% 22.41%	87.01% 23.11%
2022-23	81.56% -0.45%	77.75% -3.24%	83.71% -3.30%
2023-24	90.00% 8.44%	90.01% 12.26%	91.00% 7.29%
Average	61.56%	59.82%	63.08%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.14% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Maryland Eastern Shore from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.22%	29.68%	25.67%
2014-15	30.31% 3.09%	34.29% 4.61%	27.83% 2.16%
2015-16	28.68% -1.63%	33.16% -1.13%	25.97% -1.86%
2016-17	18.20% -10.48%	19.51% -13.65%	17.47% -8.50%
2017-18	18.51% 0.30%	22.40% 2.89%	16.18% -1.29%
2018-19	18.96% 0.45%	21.96% -0.43%	17.30% 1.12%
2019-20	20.03% 1.08%	26.50% 4.53%	16.47% -0.82%
2020-21	8.88% -11.15%	11.15% -15.35%	7.75% -8.72%
2021-22	8.00% -0.89%	10.01% -1.14%	6.00% -1.76%
2022-23	10.72% 2.73%	15.21% 5.20%	8.37% 2.37%
2023-24	10.00% -0.72%	12.01% -3.20%	9.00% 0.64%
Average	18.14%	21.44%	16.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,660, the average number of admitted is 4,070, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 634.

The number of UMES applicants increased by 19.45% (1,308 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,073	2,241	610
2014-15	4,141 1.67%	2,537 13.21%	769 26.07%
2015-16	7,249 75.05%	3,556 40.17%	1,020 32.64%
2016-17	10,231 41.14%	3,928 10.46%	715 -29.90%
2017-18	7,827 -23.50%	3,053 -22.28%	565 -20.98%
2018-19	4,923 -37.10%	2,664 -12.74%	505 -10.62%
2019-20	3,929 -20.19%	2,541 -4.62%	509 0.79%
2020-21	8,511 116.62%	5,279 107.75%	469 -7.86%
2021-22	7,625 -10.41%	6,253 18.45%	500 6.61%
2022-23	6,724 -11.82%	5,484 -12.30%	588 17.60%
2023-24	8,032 19.45%	7,229 31.82%	723 22.96%
Average	6,660	4,070	634

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Maryland Eastern Shore and similar schools.