Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Otterbein

At Otterbein University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.23%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.76%, and the 2024 yield is 18.02%.

The number of Otterbein applicants decreased by -7.02% (264 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.23%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.99% at Otterbein University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.25% and women students' rate is 78.17%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.74%	70.51%	75.67%
2014-15	75.31% 1.57%	72.93% 2.41%	76.82% 1.15%
2015-16	75.32% 0.01%	74.93% 2.01%	75.56% -1.26%
2016-17	72.87% -2.44%	71.73% -3.21%	73.55% -2.00%
2017-18	76.40% 3.53%	74.19% 2.46%	77.67% 4.12%
2018-19	81.02% 4.62%	83.54% 9.35%	79.60% 1.93%
2019-20	80.15% -0.87%	80.52% -3.02%	79.93% 0.33%
2020-21	76.06% -4.08%	77.52% -3.00%	75.25% -4.69%
2021-22	83.01% 6.95%	84.98% 7.46%	81.00% 5.75%
2022-23	83.68% 0.67%	84.94% -0.04%	82.88% 1.88%
2023-24	82.99% -0.69%	85.00% 0.06%	81.98% -0.89%
Average	78.23%	78.25%	78.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.76% where the current academic year yield is 18.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.55%	25.33%	24.12%
2014-15	28.93% 4.38%	31.64% 6.32%	27.30% 3.18%
2015-16	25.90% -3.03%	25.45% -6.20%	26.18% -1.13%
2016-17	27.56% 1.66%	29.65% 4.20%	26.34% 0.17%
2017-18	25.47% -2.08%	26.48% -3.17%	24.92% -1.43%
2018-19	24.48% -0.99%	26.88% 0.39%	23.07% -1.85%
2019-20	27.17% 2.69%	29.06% 2.18%	26.07% 3.00%
2020-21	22.84% -4.33%	24.09% -4.98%	22.13% -3.94%
2021-22	19.01% -3.84%	20.97% -3.12%	18.02% -4.11%
2022-23	17.47% -1.53%	16.60% -4.37%	18.04% 0.03%
2023-24	18.02% 0.54%	17.01% 0.41%	17.98% -0.06%
Average	23.76%	24.83%	23.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,131, the average number of admitted is 2,457, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 572.

The number of Otterbein applicants decreased by -7.02% (264 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,176	2,342	575
2014-15	2,584 -18.64%	1,946 -16.91%	563 -2.09%
2015-16	2,917 12.89%	2,197 12.90%	569 1.07%
2016-17	3,222 10.46%	2,348 6.87%	647 13.71%
2017-18	3,119 -3.20%	2,383 1.49%	607 -6.18%
2018-19	2,919 -6.41%	2,365 -0.76%	579 -4.61%
2019-20	2,861 -1.99%	2,293 -3.04%	623 7.60%
2020-21	2,849 -0.42%	2,167 -5.49%	495 -20.55%
2021-22	3,537 24.15%	2,936 35.49%	558 12.73%
2022-23	3,762 6.36%	3,148 7.22%	550 -1.43%
2023-24	3,498 -7.02%	2,903 -7.78%	523 -4.91%
Average	3,131	2,457	572

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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