
Eastern Illinois University has a transfer acceptance rate of 50.2% for the application year 2024, with 1,735 applicants and 872 accepted. This marks a significant decline from the previous year’s acceptance rate of 78.5% in 2023, when the university accepted 2,841 out of 3,617 applicants. Historical data shows a strong trend of decreasing acceptance rates, declining from 81.2% in 2021 and 79.4% in 2020. The average GPA of accepted transfer students in 2024 stands at 3.36, suggesting a competitive applicant pool despite the lower acceptance rate.