Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Ohio Colleges

53.47%

Applicants Changes

1.29%

Acceptance Rate

Ohio Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 71.44% to 72.73%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 72.73%, with 336,225 students accepted out of 490,867 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 69.70%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 74.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

  • Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
  • 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 39.06% to 30.30%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 30.30%
    • Women's yield: 28.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 490,867 in 2025. This represents a 1.96% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 336,225.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 61,846 in 2024-2025.

Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.

Acceptance Rate Trends

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.82% where the current academic year rate is 72.73% at Ohio Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.64% and women students' rate is 71.85%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Ohio Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 71.44% 69.27% 72.64%
2015-16 71.09%
-0.35%		 69.85%
0.58%		 71.86%
-0.78%
2016-17 71.81%
0.72%		 70.73%
0.88%		 72.69%
0.84%
2017-18 70.19%
-1.62%		 69.02%
-1.71%		 70.56%
-2.13%
2018-19 70.09%
-0.10%		 69.56%
0.54%		 70.85%
0.29%
2019-20 68.61%
-1.49%		 68.02%
-1.54%		 69.55%
-1.30%
2020-21 69.16%
0.56%		 69.63%
1.61%		 69.94%
0.39%
2021-22 72.08%
2.92%		 70.11%
0.48%		 73.61%
3.67%
2022-23 72.63%
0.55%		 72.75%
2.64%		 73.97%
0.37%
2023-24 69.22%
-3.41%		 67.45%
-5.30%		 70.72%
-3.25%
2024-25 72.73%
3.51%		 69.70%
2.24%		 74.00%
3.28%
Average 70.82% 69.64% 71.85%
Ohio Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 33.22% where the current academic year yield is 30.30%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Ohio Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 39.06% 39.85% 36.80%
2015-16 38.66%
-0.40%		 39.66%
-0.20%		 36.48%
-0.31%
2016-17 34.66%
-4.00%		 35.48%
-4.17%		 32.08%
-4.41%
2017-18 35.09%
0.43%		 36.57%
1.09%		 33.23%
1.15%
2018-19 34.22%
-0.87%		 35.13%
-1.44%		 31.79%
-1.44%
2019-20 32.84%
-1.38%		 32.57%
-2.56%		 30.90%
-0.89%
2020-21 30.21%
-2.63%		 31.27%
-1.30%		 28.42%
-2.48%
2021-22 29.49%
-0.72%		 30.13%
-1.14%		 26.86%
-1.56%
2022-23 31.85%
2.35%		 31.41%
1.27%		 29.08%
2.22%
2023-24 29.08%
-2.77%		 29.13%
-2.28%		 27.35%
-1.72%
2024-25 30.30%
1.23%		 28.77%
-0.36%		 28.48%
1.13%
Average 33.22% 33.63% 31.04%
Ohio Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 403,842, the average number of admitted is 272,595, and the average number of enrolled students is 61,347 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Ohio Colleges decreased by 1.96% (9,440 applicants) compared to last year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Ohio Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 319,839 209,474 59,283
2015-16 343,533
7.41%		 226,670
8.21%		 62,485
5.40%
2016-17 370,786
7.93%		 245,166
8.16%		 63,850
2.18%
2017-18 385,146
3.87%		 254,765
3.92%		 63,633
-0.34%
2018-19 400,696
4.04%		 266,078
4.44%		 63,916
0.44%
2019-20 397,878
-0.70%		 266,489
0.15%		 61,525
-3.74%
2020-21 388,984
-2.24%		 274,419
2.98%		 58,206
-5.39%
2021-22 414,729
6.62%		 293,365
6.90%		 59,257
1.81%
2022-23 448,377
8.11%		 306,051
4.32%		 60,809
2.62%
2023-24 481,427
7.37%		 319,842
4.51%		 60,002
-1.33%
2024-25 490,867
1.96%		 336,225
5.12%		 61,846
3.07%
Average 403,842 272,595 61,347
Ohio Colleges Applicants Trends Chart