Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Oglethorpe

At Oglethorpe University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.00%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 59.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oglethorpe University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.17%, and the 2024 yield is 23.01%.

The number of Oglethorpe applicants decreased by 1.35% (38 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.00%, and this year's acceptance rate is 59.99% at Oglethorpe University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.55% and women students' rate is 69.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oglethorpe University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.76%	56.19%	55.52%
2014-15	78.23% 22.47%	80.52% 24.32%	77.14% 21.62%
2015-16	78.47% 0.24%	80.38% -0.13%	77.56% 0.41%
2016-17	80.40% 1.93%	80.42% 0.04%	80.39% 2.83%
2017-18	58.04% -22.37%	57.98% -22.45%	58.07% -22.32%
2018-19	61.64% 3.61%	65.71% 7.73%	59.15% 1.08%
2019-20	67.55% 5.91%	68.10% 2.38%	67.25% 8.10%
2020-21	66.93% -0.62%	67.10% -1.00%	66.84% -0.41%
2021-22	80.98% 14.05%	78.04% 10.95%	82.97% 16.13%
2022-23	70.99% -10.00%	68.65% -9.40%	73.29% -9.68%
2023-24	59.99% -11.00%	61.98% -6.67%	60.97% -12.32%
Average	69.00%	69.55%	69.01%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.17% where the current academic year yield is 23.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11.49%	14.81%	9.66%
2014-15	12.78% 1.30%	15.16% 0.35%	11.60% 1.94%
2015-16	15.01% 2.23%	17.02% 1.86%	14.02% 2.42%
2016-17	24.52% 9.51%	27.17% 10.15%	22.83% 8.81%
2017-18	26.66% 2.13%	27.31% 0.14%	26.25% 3.43%
2018-19	24.23% -2.43%	26.91% -0.40%	22.40% -3.85%
2019-20	25.51% 1.28%	26.05% -0.86%	25.20% 2.80%
2020-21	26.36% 0.85%	27.05% 1.00%	25.98% 0.78%
2021-22	22.02% -4.34%	22.99% -4.06%	21.01% -4.96%
2022-23	21.26% -0.76%	24.80% 1.81%	20.94% -0.07%
2023-24	23.01% 1.75%	23.94% -0.86%	24.03% 3.09%
Average	21.17%	23.02%	20.36%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,605, the average number of admitted is 1,772, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 357.

The number of Oglethorpe applicants decreased by 1.35% (38 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,403	2,455	282
2014-15	2,770 -37.09%	2,167 -11.73%	277 -1.77%
2015-16	2,768 -0.07%	2,172 0.23%	326 17.69%
2016-17	1,689 -38.98%	1,358 -37.48%	333 2.15%
2017-18	2,159 27.83%	1,253 -7.73%	334 0.30%
2018-19	2,203 2.04%	1,358 8.38%	329 -1.50%
2019-20	2,327 5.63%	1,572 15.76%	401 21.88%
2020-21	2,386 2.54%	1,597 1.59%	421 4.99%
2021-22	2,277 -4.57%	1,844 15.47%	406 -3.56%
2022-23	2,816 23.67%	1,999 8.41%	425 4.68%
2023-24	2,854 1.35%	1,712 -14.36%	394 -7.29%
Average	2,605	1,772	357

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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