Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at OBU

At Ouachita Baptist University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Ouachita Baptist University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.34%, and the 2024 yield is 32.00%.

The number of OBU applicants increased by 3.64% (75 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.99% at Ouachita Baptist University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.20% and women students' rate is 69.29%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Ouachita Baptist University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	70.11%	70.81%	69.54%
2014-15	70.61% 0.50%	71.30% 0.49%	70.03% 0.49%
2015-16	68.45% -2.16%	68.40% -2.90%	68.50% -1.53%
2016-17	66.88% -1.57%	66.71% -1.69%	67.01% -1.49%
2017-18	70.94% 4.06%	69.39% 2.67%	72.06% 5.05%
2018-19	63.60% -7.34%	61.77% -7.62%	64.92% -7.15%
2019-20	61.43% -2.17%	59.54% -2.23%	62.56% -2.35%
2020-21	61.77% 0.34%	57.44% -2.09%	64.36% 1.80%
2021-22	73.98% 12.22%	70.98% 13.53%	75.98% 11.62%
2022-23	72.32% -1.66%	66.82% -4.16%	76.27% 0.29%
2023-24	68.99% -3.33%	64.99% -1.83%	71.00% -5.27%
Average	68.10%	66.20%	69.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.34% where the current academic year yield is 32.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.30%	32.44%	32.18%
2014-15	34.34% 2.05%	38.12% 5.68%	31.11% -1.07%
2015-16	34.33% -0.01%	37.32% -0.80%	31.79% 0.68%
2016-17	34.59% 0.25%	36.82% -0.50%	32.87% 1.08%
2017-18	36.94% 2.35%	37.76% 0.94%	36.36% 3.49%
2018-19	32.22% -4.72%	35.24% -2.52%	30.15% -6.22%
2019-20	28.29% -3.93%	31.51% -3.73%	26.44% -3.71%
2020-21	24.95% -3.34%	27.57% -3.94%	23.55% -2.89%
2021-22	25.01% 0.06%	33.00% 5.43%	21.02% -2.53%
2022-23	29.83% 4.81%	31.60% -1.40%	28.71% 7.69%
2023-24	32.00% 2.17%	35.02% 3.42%	30.03% 1.32%
Average	31.34%	34.22%	29.47%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,069, the average number of admitted is 1,404, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 433.

The number of OBU applicants increased by 3.64% (75 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,740	1,220	394
2014-15	1,732 -0.46%	1,223 0.25%	420 6.60%
2015-16	1,753 1.21%	1,200 -1.88%	412 -1.90%
2016-17	1,712 -2.34%	1,145 -4.58%	396 -3.88%
2017-18	1,786 4.32%	1,267 10.66%	468 18.18%
2018-19	2,162 21.05%	1,375 8.52%	443 -5.34%
2019-20	2,538 17.39%	1,559 13.38%	441 -0.45%
2020-21	2,524 -0.55%	1,559	389 -11.79%
2021-22	2,610 3.41%	1,931 23.86%	483 24.16%
2022-23	2,063 -20.96%	1,492 -22.73%	445 -7.87%
2023-24	2,138 3.64%	1,475 -1.14%	472 6.07%
Average	2,069	1,404	433

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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