Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at OWU

At Ohio Wesleyan University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 51.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.25%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of OWU applicants increased by 7.21% (384 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 51.00% at Ohio Wesleyan University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.71% and women students' rate is 72.32%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.33%	73.26%	77.35%
2014-15	74.30% -1.03%	71.19% -2.07%	77.25% -0.10%
2015-16	74.83% 0.53%	72.02% 0.83%	77.78% 0.53%
2016-17	71.55% -3.28%	69.28% -2.75%	73.79% -3.99%
2017-18	71.39% -0.16%	67.31% -1.97%	75.09% 1.31%
2018-19	68.99% -2.40%	64.60% -2.71%	73.27% -1.82%
2019-20	67.30% -1.69%	60.85% -3.75%	73.43% 0.16%
2020-21	68.40% 1.10%	63.12% 2.26%	73.49% 0.06%
2021-22	73.99% 5.59%	69.01% 5.90%	77.98% 4.49%
2022-23	52.18% -21.81%	46.21% -22.81%	58.04% -19.94%
2023-24	51.00% -1.18%	44.00% -2.20%	58.01% -0.02%
Average	68.11%	63.71%	72.32%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.25% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.83%	17.48%	18.13%
2014-15	15.48% -2.34%	15.16% -2.33%	15.77% -2.36%
2015-16	14.72% -0.76%	15.31% 0.15%	14.15% -1.62%
2016-17	16.58% 1.86%	18.01% 2.70%	15.25% 1.10%
2017-18	15.08% -1.49%	15.64% -2.37%	14.63% -0.62%
2018-19	13.96% -1.13%	13.40% -2.24%	14.43% -0.20%
2019-20	13.92% -0.04%	13.86% 0.46%	13.97% -0.47%
2020-21	14.87% 0.95%	15.32% 1.46%	14.50% 0.53%
2021-22	13.99% -0.88%	13.97% -1.35%	15.01% 0.51%
2022-23	16.31% 2.31%	16.50% 2.54%	16.15% 1.14%
2023-24	15.01% -1.29%	13.97% -2.53%	14.98% -1.17%
Average	15.25%	15.33%	15.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,351, the average number of admitted is 2,917, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 445.

The number of OWU applicants increased by 7.21% (384 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,029	3,035	541
2014-15	3,981 -1.19%	2,958 -2.54%	458 -15.34%
2015-16	3,949 -0.80%	2,955 -0.10%	435 -5.02%
2016-17	4,123 4.41%	2,950 -0.17%	489 12.41%
2017-18	4,160 0.90%	2,970 0.68%	448 -8.38%
2018-19	4,705 13.10%	3,246 9.29%	453 1.12%
2019-20	4,281 -9.01%	2,881 -11.24%	401 -11.48%
2020-21	3,962 -7.45%	2,710 -5.94%	403 0.50%
2021-22	3,641 -8.10%	2,694 -0.59%	377 -6.45%
2022-23	5,324 46.22%	2,778 3.12%	453 20.16%
2023-24	5,708 7.21%	2,911 4.79%	437 -3.53%
Average	4,351	2,917	445

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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