Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SWOSU

At Southwestern Oklahoma State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.62%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southwestern Oklahoma State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 41.18%, and the 2024 yield is 43.99%.

The number of SWOSU applicants decreased by -34.31% (882 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.62%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 88.69% and women students' rate is 92.04%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southwestern Oklahoma State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	90.26%	85.14%	94.20%
2014-15	85.26% -5.00%	79.08% -6.07%	90.03% -4.17%
2015-16	91.55% 6.30%	90.87% 11.79%	92.05% 2.02%
2016-17	90.83% -0.72%	87.77% -3.10%	93.10% 1.05%
2017-18	91.97% 1.14%	90.36% 2.59%	93.06% -0.04%
2018-19	91.86% -0.12%	89.88% -0.48%	93.10% 0.04%
2019-20	91.07% -0.78%	91.29% 1.42%	90.94% -2.16%
2020-21	93.20% 2.12%	92.34% 1.04%	93.73% 2.78%
2021-22	93.98% 0.78%	94.95% 2.62%	93.97% 0.24%
2022-23	76.78% -17.20%	73.90% -21.05%	78.26% -15.71%
2023-24	100.00% 23.22%	100.00% 26.10%	100.00% 21.74%
Average	90.62%	88.69%	92.04%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 41.18% where the current academic year yield is 43.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.89%	42.87%	37.81%
2014-15	40.06% 0.18%	44.65% 1.78%	36.95% -0.86%
2015-16	50.68% 10.62%	55.03% 10.37%	47.57% 10.62%
2016-17	34.81% -15.87%	37.95% -17.08%	32.62% -14.96%
2017-18	43.60% 8.79%	48.06% 10.11%	40.67% 8.05%
2018-19	43.07% -0.53%	49.54% 1.48%	39.13% -1.53%
2019-20	43.45% 0.38%	45.43% -4.11%	42.25% 3.12%
2020-21	40.82% -2.63%	46.18% 0.75%	37.58% -4.67%
2021-22	35.01% -5.81%	36.96% -9.22%	34.05% -3.53%
2022-23	37.64% 2.63%	43.31% 6.35%	36.69% 2.64%
2023-24	43.99% 6.35%	43.99% 0.67%	42.97% 6.29%
Average	41.18%	44.91%	38.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,372, the average number of admitted is 2,139, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 875.

The number of SWOSU applicants decreased by -34.31% (882 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,536	2,289	913
2014-15	2,632 3.79%	2,244 -1.97%	899 -1.53%
2015-16	2,084 -20.82%	1,908 -14.97%	967 7.56%
2016-17	3,131 50.24%	2,844 49.06%	990 2.38%
2017-18	2,541 -18.84%	2,337 -17.83%	1,019 2.93%
2018-19	2,505 -1.42%	2,301 -1.54%	991 -2.75%
2019-20	2,196 -12.34%	2,000 -13.08%	869 -12.31%
2020-21	2,132 -2.91%	1,987 -0.65%	811 -6.67%
2021-22	2,076 -2.63%	1,951 -1.81%	683 -15.78%
2022-23	2,571 23.84%	1,974 1.18%	743 8.78%
2023-24	1,689 -34.31%	1,689 -14.44%	743
Average	2,372	2,139	875

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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