Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ODU

At Old Dominion University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.82%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Old Dominion University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.47%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of ODU applicants increased by 5.41% (781 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.82%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Old Dominion University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.37% and women students' rate is 88.12%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Old Dominion University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.79%	77.83%	75.86%
2014-15	81.89% 5.10%	83.03% 5.20%	80.89% 5.03%
2015-16	83.11% 1.22%	84.42% 1.39%	81.98% 1.09%
2016-17	84.64% 1.52%	85.34% 0.91%	84.05% 2.06%
2017-18	85.72% 1.09%	84.66% -0.68%	86.61% 2.56%
2018-19	86.99% 1.26%	85.19% 0.53%	88.42% 1.80%
2019-20	89.33% 2.34%	87.50% 2.31%	90.77% 2.35%
2020-21	95.41% 6.07%	94.48% 6.98%	96.14% 5.37%
2021-22	96.00% 0.60%	94.99% 0.51%	96.99% 0.85%
2022-23	95.14% -0.86%	94.56% -0.43%	95.61% -1.38%
2023-24	91.00% -4.14%	89.01% -5.55%	92.00% -3.61%
Average	87.82%	87.37%	88.12%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.47% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.57%	38.33%	36.88%
2014-15	37.26% -0.32%	37.70% -0.63%	36.86% -0.02%
2015-16	37.40% 0.14%	38.49% 0.79%	36.44% -0.42%
2016-17	28.68% -8.71%	30.26% -8.22%	27.34% -9.09%
2017-18	30.71% 2.03%	31.81% 1.55%	29.81% 2.47%
2018-19	27.38% -3.33%	29.51% -2.30%	25.75% -4.07%
2019-20	25.58% -1.80%	27.13% -2.38%	24.41% -1.34%
2020-21	24.16% -1.42%	25.49% -1.65%	23.13% -1.28%
2021-22	22.00% -2.17%	23.00% -2.48%	21.00% -2.13%
2022-23	22.46% 0.46%	24.03% 1.03%	21.20% 0.21%
2023-24	20.00% -2.46%	20.99% -3.04%	19.01% -2.20%
Average	28.47%	29.70%	27.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,306, the average number of admitted is 10,905, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,962.

The number of ODU applicants increased by 5.41% (781 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,201	7,833	2,943
2014-15	9,161 -10.20%	7,502 -4.23%	2,795 -5.03%
2015-16	9,510 3.81%	7,904 5.36%	2,956 5.76%
2016-17	11,352 19.37%	9,608 21.56%	2,756 -6.77%
2017-18	11,159 -1.70%	9,566 -0.44%	2,938 6.60%
2018-19	13,335 19.50%	11,600 21.26%	3,176 8.10%
2019-20	13,761 3.19%	12,293 5.97%	3,145 -0.98%
2020-21	13,651 -0.80%	13,024 5.95%	3,147 0.06%
2021-22	13,586 -0.48%	13,043 0.15%	2,869 -8.83%
2022-23	14,435 6.25%	13,734 5.30%	3,084 7.49%
2023-24	15,216 5.41%	13,847 0.82%	2,769 -10.21%
Average	12,306	10,905	2,962

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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