Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southern Oregon

At Southern Oregon University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.58%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%. Southern Oregon's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southern Oregon University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.90%, and the 2024 yield is 22.01%.

The number of Southern Oregon applicants increased by 67.64% (1,438 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.58%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at Southern Oregon University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.09% and women students' rate is 83.25%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southern Oregon University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.04%	68.79%	76.36%
2014-15	77.37% 4.33%	81.79% 13.00%	74.75% -1.61%
2015-16	95.23% 17.86%	92.67% 10.87%	96.65% 21.90%
2016-17	78.20% -17.03%	74.16% -18.51%	80.52% -16.13%
2017-18	78.48% 0.28%	76.10% 1.94%	79.82% -0.70%
2018-19	76.47% -2.02%	72.86% -3.24%	78.55% -1.27%
2019-20	78.20% 1.74%	77.47% 4.61%	78.59% 0.04%
2020-21	90.43% 12.23%	90.09% 12.62%	90.63% 12.04%
2021-22	90.02% -0.42%	90.06% -0.03%	89.02% -1.61%
2022-23	87.96% -2.06%	87.03% -3.03%	88.85% -0.16%
2023-24	83.00% -4.96%	80.96% -6.07%	81.98% -6.88%
Average	82.58%	81.09%	83.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.90% where the current academic year yield is 22.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.24%	37.52%	33.63%
2014-15	31.38% -3.86%	31.17% -6.35%	31.51% -2.12%
2015-16	35.84% 4.47%	41.21% 10.04%	33.00% 1.49%
2016-17	31.21% -4.64%	32.98% -8.23%	30.27% -2.73%
2017-18	33.15% 1.94%	36.40% 3.42%	31.41% 1.14%
2018-19	30.49% -2.66%	33.20% -3.20%	29.05% -2.36%
2019-20	32.91% 2.42%	37.39% 4.19%	30.57% 1.53%
2020-21	27.36% -5.55%	31.18% -6.21%	25.13% -5.44%
2021-22	30.02% 2.66%	36.04% 4.86%	26.97% 1.83%
2022-23	30.32% 0.30%	31.21% -4.83%	29.84% 2.87%
2023-24	22.01% -8.31%	23.04% -8.17%	20.01% -9.83%
Average	30.90%	33.76%	29.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,593, the average number of admitted is 2,127, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 651.

The number of Southern Oregon applicants increased by 67.64% (1,438 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,615	1,910	673
2014-15	2,731 4.44%	2,113 10.63%	663 -1.49%
2015-16	2,411 -11.72%	2,296 8.66%	823 24.13%
2016-17	2,766 14.72%	2,163 -5.79%	675 -17.98%
2017-18	2,779 0.47%	2,181 0.83%	723 7.11%
2018-19	2,779	2,125 -2.57%	648 -10.37%
2019-20	2,514 -9.54%	1,966 -7.48%	647 -0.15%
2020-21	2,320 -7.72%	2,098 6.71%	574 -11.28%
2021-22	1,913 -17.54%	1,722 -17.92%	517 -9.93%
2022-23	2,126 11.13%	1,870 8.59%	567 9.67%
2023-24	3,564 67.64%	2,958 58.18%	651 14.81%
Average	2,593	2,127	651

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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