Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Oberlin

At Oberlin College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 33.05%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 33.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.10%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Oberlin applicants decreased by -0.24% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 33.05%, and this year's acceptance rate is 33.00% at Oberlin College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 31.75% and women students' rate is 34.09%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	30.41%	30.87%	30.08%
2014-15	32.72% 2.31%	32.86% 1.99%	32.63% 2.54%
2015-16	28.78% -3.95%	29.60% -3.27%	28.21% -4.42%
2016-17	28.03% -0.74%	29.92% 0.33%	26.82% -1.39%
2017-18	33.72% 5.68%	32.93% 3.01%	34.25% 7.42%
2018-19	36.21% 2.50%	33.71% 0.79%	38.01% 3.76%
2019-20	36.40% 0.19%	35.03% 1.32%	37.39% -0.62%
2020-21	35.36% -1.04%	32.53% -2.50%	37.48% 0.09%
2021-22	34.00% -1.36%	30.99% -1.54%	37.00% -0.48%
2022-23	34.87% 0.87%	31.77% 0.77%	37.15% 0.15%
2023-24	33.00% -1.87%	29.01% -2.76%	36.00% -1.15%
Average	33.05%	31.75%	34.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.10% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.53%	35.21%	34.02%
2014-15	33.70% -0.83%	34.60% -0.61%	33.07% -0.96%
2015-16	34.59% 0.89%	35.13% 0.54%	34.20% 1.13%
2016-17	31.91% -2.68%	32.50% -2.63%	31.49% -2.71%
2017-18	27.82% -4.09%	29.83% -2.66%	26.51% -4.98%
2018-19	29.54% 1.72%	31.95% 2.12%	28.00% 1.49%
2019-20	28.44% -1.10%	30.05% -1.90%	27.35% -0.65%
2020-21	20.66% -7.78%	20.70% -9.36%	20.63% -6.72%
2021-22	24.01% 3.35%	27.00% 6.30%	22.01% 1.38%
2022-23	22.86% -1.15%	24.02% -2.97%	22.12% 0.11%
2023-24	21.00% -1.86%	23.03% -0.99%	20.01% -2.12%
Average	28.10%	29.46%	27.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,728, the average number of admitted is 2,892, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 786.

The number of Oberlin applicants decreased by -0.24% (27 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,438	2,262	781
2014-15	7,227 -2.84%	2,365 4.55%	797 2.05%
2015-16	7,815 8.14%	2,249 -4.90%	778 -2.38%
2016-17	8,518 9.00%	2,388 6.18%	762 -2.06%
2017-18	7,762 -8.88%	2,617 9.59%	728 -4.46%
2018-19	7,525 -3.05%	2,725 4.13%	805 10.58%
2019-20	7,708 2.43%	2,806 2.97%	798 -0.87%
2020-21	9,309 20.77%	3,292 17.32%	680 -14.79%
2021-22	10,597 13.84%	3,603 9.45%	865 27.21%
2022-23	11,066 4.43%	3,859 7.11%	882 1.97%
2023-24	11,039 -0.24%	3,643 -5.60%	765 -13.27%
Average	8,728	2,892	786

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Oberlin College and similar schools.