Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UCO

At University of Central Oklahoma, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.14%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Central Oklahoma than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 48.44%, and the 2024 yield is 47.00%.

The number of UCO applicants increased by 20.17% (830 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.14%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.00% at University of Central Oklahoma. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.30% and women students' rate is 79.81%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of Central Oklahoma than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.98%	84.29%	83.77%
2014-15	90.32% 6.34%	85.65% 1.36%	94.37% 10.60%
2015-16	69.91% -20.41%	72.21% -13.44%	68.29% -26.08%
2016-17	75.03% 5.11%	75.98% 3.77%	74.36% 6.07%
2017-18	75.52% 0.49%	75.05% -0.93%	75.85% 1.49%
2018-19	78.22% 2.71%	78.35% 3.30%	78.14% 2.29%
2019-20	84.10% 5.88%	81.04% 2.70%	86.09% 7.95%
2020-21	80.49% -3.61%	78.32% -2.73%	81.78% -4.31%
2021-22	80.99% 0.50%	79.01% 0.70%	83.01% 1.23%
2022-23	69.94% -11.06%	69.40% -9.61%	70.30% -12.71%
2023-24	82.00% 12.06%	82.01% 12.61%	82.00% 11.70%
Average	79.14%	78.30%	79.81%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 48.44% where the current academic year yield is 47.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.37%	26.38%	24.65%
2014-15	52.44% 27.07%	50.50% 24.12%	53.96% 29.31%
2015-16	69.09% 16.65%	65.36% 14.86%	71.88% 17.91%
2016-17	57.02% -12.07%	56.95% -8.41%	57.06% -14.82%
2017-18	55.18% -1.84%	54.44% -2.51%	55.69% -1.37%
2018-19	50.24% -4.94%	49.27% -5.17%	50.90% -4.79%
2019-20	51.97% 1.73%	52.72% 3.45%	51.60% 0.70%
2020-21	48.41% -3.56%	46.00% -6.72%	49.77% -1.83%
2021-22	23.00% -25.41%	23.00% -23.00%	24.00% -25.77%
2022-23	53.13% 30.13%	50.26% 27.26%	55.03% 31.03%
2023-24	47.00% -6.12%	44.00% -6.26%	49.01% -6.03%
Average	48.44%	47.17%	49.41%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,759, the average number of admitted is 4,583, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,038.

The number of UCO applicants increased by 20.17% (830 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,432	8,761	2,223
2014-15	4,537 -56.51%	4,098 -53.22%	2,149 -3.33%
2015-16	5,122 12.89%	3,581 -12.62%	2,474 15.12%
2016-17	5,510 7.58%	4,134 15.44%	2,357 -4.73%
2017-18	5,383 -2.30%	4,065 -1.67%	2,243 -4.84%
2018-19	5,377 -0.11%	4,206 3.47%	2,113 -5.80%
2019-20	4,491 -16.48%	3,777 -10.20%	1,963 -7.10%
2020-21	4,732 5.37%	3,809 0.85%	1,844 -6.06%
2021-22	8,708 84.02%	7,053 85.17%	1,622 -12.04%
2022-23	4,115 -52.74%	2,878 -59.19%	1,529 -5.73%
2023-24	4,945 20.17%	4,055 40.90%	1,906 24.66%
Average	5,759	4,583	2,038

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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