Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of the Ozarks

At University of the Ozarks, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.59%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 57.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of the Ozarks than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.76%, and the 2024 yield is 17.01%.

The number of U of the Ozarks applicants decreased by -11.17% (241 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.59%, and this year's acceptance rate is 57.99% at University of the Ozarks. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.79% and women students' rate is 69.37%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of the Ozarks than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.36%	61.61%	61.20%
2014-15	88.92% 27.57%	87.73% 26.12%	89.72% 28.53%
2015-16	96.77% 7.85%	96.14% 8.41%	97.23% 7.50%
2016-17	86.82% -9.96%	83.64% -12.50%	89.15% -8.08%
2017-18	89.15% 2.33%	90.24% 6.60%	88.38% -0.77%
2018-19	52.32% -36.82%	49.33% -40.92%	54.79% -33.59%
2019-20	50.19% -2.13%	50.86% 1.53%	49.78% -5.00%
2020-21	55.90% 5.71%	55.72% 4.86%	56.36% 6.57%
2021-22	55.01% -0.89%	55.94% 0.22%	55.01% -1.34%
2022-23	60.08% 5.08%	57.38% 1.44%	62.40% 7.38%
2023-24	57.99% -2.10%	57.03% -0.35%	59.03% -3.37%
Average	68.59%	67.79%	69.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.76% where the current academic year yield is 17.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.42%	28.57%	21.80%
2014-15	28.79% 4.36%	32.63% 4.06%	26.26% 4.45%
2015-16	29.31% 0.52%	34.11% 1.49%	25.89% -0.37%
2016-17	24.32% -4.98%	27.13% -6.98%	22.39% -3.50%
2017-18	29.20% 4.88%	33.51% 6.38%	26.11% 3.72%
2018-19	28.86% -0.34%	33.52% 0.00%	25.95% -0.16%
2019-20	22.45% -6.41%	28.45% -5.06%	18.75% -7.20%
2020-21	20.38% -2.07%	24.32% -4.13%	17.95% -0.80%
2021-22	18.96% -1.42%	21.02% -3.31%	18.06% 0.11%
2022-23	17.67% -1.29%	19.67% -1.35%	16.27% -1.80%
2023-24	17.01% -0.66%	17.04% -2.63%	16.94% 0.67%
Average	23.76%	27.27%	21.49%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,430, the average number of admitted is 902, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 208.

The number of U of the Ozarks applicants decreased by -11.17% (241 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,061	651	159
2014-15	668 -37.04%	594 -8.76%	171 7.55%
2015-16	744 11.38%	720 21.21%	211 23.39%
2016-17	895 20.30%	777 7.92%	189 -10.43%
2017-18	995 11.17%	887 14.16%	259 37.04%
2018-19	1,808 81.71%	946 6.65%	273 5.41%
2019-20	1,855 2.60%	931 -1.59%	209 -23.44%
2020-21	1,712 -7.71%	957 2.79%	195 -6.70%
2021-22	1,918 12.03%	1,055 10.24%	200 2.56%
2022-23	2,157 12.46%	1,296 22.84%	229 14.50%
2023-24	1,916 -11.17%	1,111 -14.27%	189 -17.47%
Average	1,430	902	208

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of the Ozarks and similar schools.