Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at OSU

At Ohio State University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.09%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 51.00%. OSU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.54%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of OSU applicants increased by 7.42% (4,839 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.09%, and this year's acceptance rate is 51.00% at Ohio State University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.91% and women students' rate is 56.26%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.53%	53.69%	57.39%
2014-15	52.96% -2.57%	51.47% -2.21%	54.49% -2.90%
2015-16	49.38% -3.58%	47.02% -4.45%	51.83% -2.66%
2016-17	54.11% 4.72%	52.24% 5.23%	55.95% 4.12%
2017-18	48.06% -6.05%	45.08% -7.16%	51.14% -4.81%
2018-19	51.98% 3.92%	47.86% 2.78%	56.03% 4.89%
2019-20	53.74% 1.76%	51.82% 3.96%	55.58% -0.45%
2020-21	68.49% 14.75%	65.77% 13.95%	71.21% 15.64%
2021-22	57.00% -11.49%	55.00% -10.77%	59.00% -12.21%
2022-23	52.72% -4.28%	51.09% -3.91%	54.20% -4.80%
2023-24	51.00% -1.72%	50.00% -1.09%	52.00% -2.20%
Average	54.09%	51.91%	56.26%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.54% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Ohio State University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.95%	42.50%	39.48%
2014-15	36.33% -4.61%	37.01% -5.50%	35.68% -3.80%
2015-16	35.39% -0.95%	35.98% -1.03%	34.83% -0.85%
2016-17	32.71% -2.67%	33.01% -2.97%	32.44% -2.39%
2017-18	31.39% -1.32%	32.01% -1.00%	30.83% -1.61%
2018-19	31.79% 0.40%	33.33% 1.32%	30.49% -0.33%
2019-20	30.10% -1.69%	31.06% -2.27%	29.24% -1.26%
2020-21	25.82% -4.28%	25.35% -5.71%	26.24% -2.99%
2021-22	25.00% -0.81%	25.00% -0.35%	26.00% -0.24%
2022-23	23.45% -1.55%	23.87% -1.13%	23.10% -2.90%
2023-24	23.00% -0.45%	22.00% -1.86%	23.00% -0.10%
Average	30.54%	31.01%	30.12%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 49,025, the average number of admitted is 26,499, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 7,754.

The number of OSU applicants increased by 7.42% (4,839 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	31,359	17,413	7,130
2014-15	36,788 17.31%	19,484 11.89%	7,079 -0.72%
2015-16	40,240 9.38%	19,872 1.99%	7,032 -0.66%
2016-17	44,845 11.44%	24,265 22.11%	7,938 12.88%
2017-18	47,782 6.55%	22,964 -5.36%	7,209 -9.18%
2018-19	48,077 0.62%	24,988 8.81%	7,944 10.20%
2019-20	47,703 -0.78%	25,634 2.59%	7,716 -2.87%
2020-21	49,087 2.90%	33,619 31.15%	8,679 12.48%
2021-22	58,180 18.52%	33,163 -1.36%	8,291 -4.47%
2022-23	65,189 12.05%	34,370 3.64%	8,060 -2.79%
2023-24	70,028 7.42%	35,714 3.91%	8,214 1.91%
Average	49,025	26,499	7,754

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Ohio State University-Main Campus and similar schools.