Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Oakland

At Oakland University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.39%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 70.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oakland University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Oakland University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.88%, and the 2024 yield is 26.01%.

The number of Oakland applicants increased by 11.59% (1,288 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.39%, and this year's acceptance rate is 70.00% at Oakland University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.51% and women students' rate is 80.33%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oakland University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Oakland University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.00%	66.01%	66.00%
2014-15	67.00% 1.00%	66.04% 0.03%	68.23% 2.23%
2015-16	80.39% 13.39%	81.00% 14.96%	79.98% 11.75%
2016-17	86.35% 5.96%	85.65% 4.65%	86.78% 6.80%
2017-18	84.41% -1.94%	84.95% -0.70%	84.07% -2.71%
2018-19	83.91% -0.51%	84.72% -0.23%	83.43% -0.64%
2019-20	83.05% -0.86%	84.50% -0.22%	82.19% -1.23%
2020-21	81.10% -1.95%	83.94% -0.57%	79.49% -2.70%
2021-22	92.00% 10.89%	91.01% 7.07%	92.00% 12.51%
2022-23	90.05% -1.94%	89.80% -1.21%	90.46% -1.54%
2023-24	70.00% -20.05%	67.99% -21.80%	71.00% -19.46%
Average	80.39%	80.51%	80.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.88% where the current academic year yield is 26.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.38%	34.71%	30.78%
2014-15	30.49% -1.90%	33.01% -1.70%	29.10% -1.68%
2015-16	33.21% 2.72%	36.39% 3.39%	31.08% 1.98%
2016-17	28.12% -5.09%	30.97% -5.42%	26.36% -4.72%
2017-18	28.26% 0.14%	31.06% 0.09%	26.47% 0.11%
2018-19	26.14% -2.12%	29.03% -2.03%	24.41% -2.06%
2019-20	25.81% -0.33%	28.25% -0.78%	24.32% -0.08%
2020-21	23.10% -2.71%	25.44% -2.81%	21.69% -2.63%
2021-22	21.00% -2.09%	24.99% -0.46%	18.00% -3.69%
2022-23	21.16% 0.15%	24.95% -0.04%	19.89% 1.89%
2023-24	26.01% 4.85%	28.00% 3.06%	25.01% 5.12%
Average	26.88%	29.71%	25.19%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,514, the average number of admitted is 9,212, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,450.

The number of Oakland applicants increased by 11.59% (1,288 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,019	7,933	2,569
2014-15	12,528 4.23%	8,394 5.81%	2,559 -0.39%
2015-16	10,162 -18.89%	8,169 -2.68%	2,713 6.02%
2016-17	10,688 5.18%	9,229 12.98%	2,595 -4.35%
2017-18	10,296 -3.67%	8,691 -5.83%	2,456 -5.36%
2018-19	12,309 19.55%	10,328 18.84%	2,700 9.93%
2019-20	12,443 1.09%	10,334 0.06%	2,667 -1.22%
2020-21	12,054 -3.13%	9,776 -5.40%	2,258 -15.34%
2021-22	10,645 -11.69%	9,793 0.17%	2,057 -8.90%
2022-23	11,110 4.37%	10,005 2.16%	2,117 2.92%
2023-24	12,398 11.59%	8,679 -13.25%	2,257 6.61%
Average	11,514	9,212	2,450

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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