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Eastern Illinois University Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Public

Not for Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master’s degree
Post-master’s certificate

State Abbreviation

Illinois

600 LINCOLN AVECHARLESTON, IL 61920

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$13,669

72%

8857

21

Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

Rolling Admissions

Normal

3.44

1020

Eastern Illinois is an above-average public university located in Charleston, Illinois. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 3,966 undergraduate students. Admissions is somewhat competitive as the Eastern Illinois acceptance rate is 72%. Popular majors include Liberal Arts and Humanities, Psychology, and Kinesiology and Exercise Science. Graduating 51% of students, Eastern Illinois alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $34,400.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for Eastern Illinois University is eight percent lower than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College67.20%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology74.20%
Millikin University71.30%
DePauw University64.40%
Greenville College56.10%