Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ORU

At Oral Roberts University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Oral Roberts University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.78%, and the 2024 yield is 24.01%.

The number of ORU applicants decreased by -10.04% (406 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.01% at Oral Roberts University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.12% and women students' rate is 76.43%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Oral Roberts University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	43.54%	48.65%	39.88%
2014-15	79.76% 36.22%	78.29% 29.64%	80.69% 40.81%
2015-16	64.04% -15.72%	64.25% -14.04%	63.91% -16.78%
2016-17	68.46% 4.42%	57.14% -7.11%	75.51% 11.60%
2017-18	93.34% 24.88%	94.16% 37.02%	92.79% 17.29%
2018-19	80.50% -12.84%	83.92% -10.24%	78.43% -14.36%
2019-20	68.29% -12.21%	73.09% -10.83%	65.83% -12.60%
2020-21	78.39% 10.10%	83.49% 10.41%	75.70% 9.87%
2021-22	85.01% 6.63%	82.00% -1.49%	87.00% 11.30%
2022-23	78.37% -6.65%	73.33% -8.67%	81.99% -5.01%
2023-24	99.01% 20.64%	98.97% 25.65%	98.99% 17.00%
Average	76.25%	76.12%	76.43%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.78% where the current academic year yield is 24.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	64.67%	67.01%	62.61%
2014-15	33.08% -31.58%	31.88% -35.14%	33.82% -28.79%
2015-16	28.24% -4.85%	32.59% 0.72%	25.44% -8.38%
2016-17	26.69% -1.55%	35.24% 2.65%	22.68% -2.76%
2017-18	27.34% 0.66%	29.27% -5.97%	26.04% 3.35%
2018-19	22.53% -4.81%	23.35% -5.92%	22.00% -4.04%
2019-20	23.62% 1.09%	26.82% 3.48%	21.81% -0.19%
2020-21	20.74% -2.89%	19.95% -6.88%	21.19% -0.61%
2021-22	23.00% 2.26%	24.00% 4.05%	22.00% 0.81%
2022-23	22.68% -0.32%	24.03% 0.03%	21.81% -0.19%
2023-24	24.01% 1.33%	22.99% -1.04%	24.00% 2.19%
Average	28.78%	30.65%	27.58%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,875, the average number of admitted is 2,252, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 571.

The number of ORU applicants decreased by -10.04% (406 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,417	617	399
2014-15	1,512 6.70%	1,206 95.46%	399
2015-16	2,339 54.70%	1,498 24.21%	423 6.02%
2016-17	2,638 12.78%	1,806 20.56%	482 13.95%
2017-18	2,433 -7.77%	2,271 25.75%	621 28.84%
2018-19	2,867 17.84%	2,308 1.63%	520 -16.26%
2019-20	3,434 19.78%	2,345 1.60%	554 6.54%
2020-21	3,956 15.20%	3,101 32.24%	643 16.06%
2021-22	3,350 -15.32%	2,848 -8.16%	655 1.87%
2022-23	4,045 20.75%	3,170 11.31%	719 9.77%
2023-24	3,639 -10.04%	3,603 13.66%	865 20.31%
Average	2,875	2,252	571

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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