Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at OU

At University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.54%, and the 2024 yield is 30.00%.

The number of OU applicants increased by 3.66% (789 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.92% and women students' rate is 79.18%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.44%	77.50%	83.05%
2014-15	81.33% 0.90%	78.93% 1.43%	83.57% 0.52%
2015-16	77.64% -3.70%	75.79% -3.14%	79.25% -4.32%
2016-17	70.84% -6.80%	70.05% -5.74%	71.51% -7.74%
2017-18	74.00% 3.17%	73.68% 3.63%	74.27% 2.76%
2018-19	77.69% 3.68%	77.83% 4.15%	77.57% 3.29%
2019-20	80.41% 2.73%	80.92% 3.08%	80.01% 2.45%
2020-21	83.38% 2.97%	82.99% 2.07%	83.69% 3.68%
2021-22	85.00% 1.62%	83.00% 0.01%	86.00% 2.31%
2022-23	72.92% -12.08%	71.43% -11.56%	74.07% -11.93%
2023-24	77.00% 4.08%	74.00% 2.57%	78.00% 3.93%
Average	78.24%	76.92%	79.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.54% where the current academic year yield is 30.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.83%	49.04%	43.18%
2014-15	45.31% -0.52%	48.26% -0.78%	42.73% -0.45%
2015-16	45.07% -0.24%	46.41% -1.85%	43.95% 1.23%
2016-17	41.18% -3.89%	42.32% -4.09%	40.21% -3.74%
2017-18	38.80% -2.38%	40.79% -1.54%	37.14% -3.07%
2018-19	35.70% -3.10%	36.04% -4.74%	35.42% -1.72%
2019-20	35.89% 0.19%	37.59% 1.55%	34.52% -0.90%
2020-21	34.32% -1.56%	36.08% -1.51%	32.94% -1.58%
2021-22	31.00% -3.33%	31.99% -4.09%	30.00% -2.94%
2022-23	29.81% -1.19%	30.46% -1.54%	29.32% -0.68%
2023-24	30.00% 0.20%	32.99% 2.54%	29.00% -0.31%
Average	37.54%	39.27%	36.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,676, the average number of admitted is 12,227, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,440.

The number of OU applicants increased by 3.66% (789 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,991	8,841	4,052
2014-15	11,331 3.09%	9,216 4.24%	4,176 3.06%
2015-16	12,002 5.92%	9,318 1.11%	4,200 0.57%
2016-17	14,391 19.91%	10,194 9.40%	4,198 -0.05%
2017-18	15,579 8.26%	11,529 13.10%	4,473 6.55%
2018-19	15,811 1.49%	12,283 6.54%	4,385 -1.97%
2019-20	15,673 -0.87%	12,603 2.61%	4,523 3.15%
2020-21	15,451 -1.42%	12,883 2.22%	4,422 -2.23%
2021-22	17,318 12.08%	14,720 14.26%	4,563 3.19%
2022-23	21,548 24.43%	15,712 6.74%	4,683 2.63%
2023-24	22,337 3.66%	17,199 9.46%	5,160 10.19%
Average	15,676	12,227	4,440

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus and similar schools.