Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ONU

At Ohio Northern University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.88%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Ohio Northern University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.97%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of ONU applicants decreased by -31.52% (2,088 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.88%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.00% at Ohio Northern University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.32% and women students' rate is 68.62%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Ohio Northern University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.85%	65.30%	70.70%
2014-15	68.59% 0.74%	63.97% -1.32%	73.51% 2.81%
2015-16	69.05% 0.45%	68.24% 4.26%	70.11% -3.40%
2016-17	64.11% -4.94%	63.83% -4.41%	64.41% -5.70%
2017-18	66.10% 1.99%	65.66% 1.83%	66.60% 2.19%
2018-19	68.30% 2.20%	68.08% 2.42%	68.57% 1.97%
2019-20	70.15% 1.85%	70.84% 2.76%	69.44% 0.88%
2020-21	65.20% -4.95%	64.56% -6.28%	65.76% -3.68%
2021-22	68.99% 3.79%	65.02% 0.45%	73.02% 7.26%
2022-23	54.37% -14.62%	50.06% -14.96%	58.73% -14.29%
2023-24	73.00% 18.63%	72.98% 22.92%	74.00% 15.27%
Average	66.88%	65.32%	68.62%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.97% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.17%	26.09%	28.29%
2014-15	27.44% 0.26%	28.70% 2.61%	26.26% -2.03%
2015-16	27.31% -0.13%	29.68% 0.97%	24.28% -1.98%
2016-17	23.71% -3.60%	25.23% -4.45%	22.09% -2.20%
2017-18	23.28% -0.43%	24.09% -1.14%	22.38% 0.29%
2018-19	23.04% -0.24%	24.21% 0.12%	21.87% -0.51%
2019-20	22.23% -0.81%	23.42% -0.79%	21.00% -0.87%
2020-21	21.04% -1.19%	25.65% 2.23%	17.04% -3.96%
2021-22	21.00% -0.04%	23.01% -2.63%	18.97% 1.93%
2022-23	18.49% -2.51%	21.46% -1.55%	15.93% -3.04%
2023-24	18.00% -0.49%	20.01% -1.45%	14.98% -0.95%
Average	22.97%	24.69%	21.19%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,244, the average number of admitted is 2,810, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 632.

The number of ONU applicants decreased by -31.52% (2,088 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,325	2,256	613
2014-15	3,337 0.36%	2,289 1.46%	628 2.45%
2015-16	3,108 -6.86%	2,146 -6.25%	586 -6.69%
2016-17	3,934 26.58%	2,522 17.52%	598 2.05%
2017-18	4,159 5.72%	2,749 9.00%	640 7.02%
2018-19	4,334 4.21%	2,960 7.68%	682 6.56%
2019-20	3,899 -10.04%	2,735 -7.60%	608 -10.85%
2020-21	4,221 8.26%	2,752 0.62%	579 -4.77%
2021-22	5,205 23.31%	3,591 30.49%	754 30.22%
2022-23	6,625 27.28%	3,602 0.31%	666 -11.67%
2023-24	4,537 -31.52%	3,312 -8.05%	596 -10.51%
Average	4,244	2,810	632

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Ohio Northern University and similar schools.