Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Oregon State

At Oregon State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oregon State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Oregon State University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.27%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of Oregon State applicants increased by 13.15% (3,374 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.00% at Oregon State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.94% and women students' rate is 83.18%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Oregon State University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Oregon State University have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.94%	75.64%	82.49%
2014-15	77.76% -1.18%	73.97% -1.67%	81.70% -0.79%
2015-16	78.36% 0.61%	75.33% 1.36%	81.36% -0.34%
2016-17	77.48% -0.88%	73.98% -1.35%	80.77% -0.59%
2017-18	78.84% 1.36%	76.13% 2.16%	81.40% 0.63%
2018-19	80.63% 1.79%	78.23% 2.10%	82.89% 1.49%
2019-20	82.33% 1.69%	79.78% 1.55%	84.68% 1.79%
2020-21	82.21% -0.11%	79.91% 0.13%	84.31% -0.37%
2021-22	89.00% 6.78%	87.00% 7.09%	91.00% 6.69%
2022-23	82.53% -6.47%	80.39% -6.61%	84.35% -6.65%
2023-24	79.00% -3.53%	77.00% -3.39%	80.00% -4.35%
Average	80.64%	77.94%	83.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.27% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.88%	37.89%	33.90%
2014-15	33.87% -2.01%	35.40% -2.49%	32.44% -1.46%
2015-16	32.62% -1.26%	35.11% -0.29%	30.33% -2.11%
2016-17	33.73% 1.11%	36.73% 1.62%	31.14% 0.81%
2017-18	32.54% -1.19%	35.48% -1.25%	29.94% -1.20%
2018-19	30.60% -1.93%	33.30% -2.17%	28.21% -1.73%
2019-20	26.34% -4.26%	28.49% -4.82%	24.47% -3.74%
2020-21	25.02% -1.32%	27.34% -1.15%	23.03% -1.44%
2021-22	19.00% -6.02%	22.00% -5.34%	17.00% -6.02%
2022-23	21.32% 2.32%	23.56% 1.56%	19.50% 2.49%
2023-24	20.00% -1.32%	22.00% -1.56%	19.00% -0.49%
Average	28.27%	30.66%	26.27%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,817, the average number of admitted is 14,442, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,832.

The number of Oregon State applicants increased by 13.15% (3,374 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,414	9,799	3,516
2014-15	14,116 13.71%	10,976 12.01%	3,718 5.75%
2015-16	14,058 -0.41%	11,016 0.36%	3,593 -3.36%
2016-17	14,595 3.82%	11,308 2.65%	3,814 6.15%
2017-18	14,888 2.01%	11,738 3.80%	3,819 0.13%
2018-19	14,890 0.01%	12,006 2.28%	3,674 -3.80%
2019-20	15,786 6.02%	12,996 8.25%	3,423 -6.83%
2020-21	17,374 10.06%	14,284 9.91%	3,574 4.41%
2021-22	23,188 33.46%	20,637 44.48%	3,921 9.71%
2022-23	25,651 10.62%	21,169 2.58%	4,513 15.10%
2023-24	29,025 13.15%	22,930 8.32%	4,586 1.62%
Average	17,817	14,442	3,832

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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