Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Oakwood

At Oakwood University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.78%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 51.01%. Oakwood's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oakwood University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.27%, and the 2024 yield is 23.99%.

The number of Oakwood applicants increased by 63.90% (924 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.78%, and this year's acceptance rate is 51.01% at Oakwood University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.43% and women students' rate is 57.24%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oakwood University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	34.35%	46.14%	29.75%
2014-15	47.87% 13.52%	45.44% -0.70%	49.45% 19.70%
2015-16	47.49% -0.38%	46.41% 0.97%	48.15% -1.31%
2016-17	48.37% 0.88%	48.31% 1.90%	48.40% 0.26%
2017-18	47.07% -1.30%	45.86% -2.45%	47.84% -0.56%
2018-19	65.89% 18.82%	63.88% 18.02%	67.07% 19.23%
2019-20	64.73% -1.15%	62.44% -1.44%	65.95% -1.12%
2020-21	88.81% 24.08%	97.07% 34.63%	84.74% 18.79%
2021-22	71.96% -16.85%	82.94% -14.13%	67.07% -17.67%
2022-23	68.05% -3.91%	66.31% -16.62%	69.17% 2.10%
2023-24	51.01% -17.04%	48.95% -17.36%	52.03% -17.14%
Average	57.78%	59.43%	57.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.27% where the current academic year yield is 23.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.65%	49.86%	39.73%
2014-15	37.07% -6.58%	43.01% -6.85%	33.49% -6.23%
2015-16	35.73% -1.34%	41.26% -1.75%	32.50% -1.00%
2016-17	37.13% 1.40%	40.15% -1.11%	35.28% 2.78%
2017-18	31.62% -5.52%	32.96% -7.19%	30.79% -4.49%
2018-19	28.29% -3.32%	34.32% 1.36%	24.90% -5.89%
2019-20	26.02% -2.27%	33.07% -1.25%	22.48% -2.41%
2020-21	30.06% 4.04%	32.69% -0.38%	28.57% 6.09%
2021-22	44.95% 14.89%	50.21% 17.51%	40.87% 12.30%
2022-23	38.41% -6.54%	47.87% -2.33%	32.57% -8.31%
2023-24	23.99% -14.43%	27.04% -20.83%	22.02% -10.54%
Average	34.27%	39.31%	31.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,890, the average number of admitted is 1,020, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 341.

The number of Oakwood applicants increased by 63.90% (924 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,728	937	409
2014-15	2,108 -22.73%	1,009 7.68%	374 -8.56%
2015-16	1,992 -5.50%	946 -6.24%	338 -9.63%
2016-17	2,177 9.29%	1,053 11.31%	391 15.68%
2017-18	2,473 13.60%	1,164 10.54%	368 -5.88%
2018-19	1,706 -31.01%	1,124 -3.44%	318 -13.59%
2019-20	1,775 4.04%	1,149 2.22%	299 -5.97%
2020-21	1,135 -36.06%	1,008 -12.27%	303 1.34%
2021-22	881 -22.38%	634 -37.10%	285 -5.94%
2022-23	1,446 64.13%	984 55.21%	378 32.63%
2023-24	2,370 63.90%	1,209 22.87%	290 -23.28%
Average	1,890	1,020	341

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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