Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Oklahoma Colleges

29.40%

Applicants Changes

5.79%

Acceptance Rate

Oklahoma Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 68.94% to 74.73%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 74.73%, with 61,569 students accepted out of 81,704 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 74.86%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 74.61%

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 47.40% to 36.04%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 36.04%
    • Women's yield: 34.45%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 81,704 in 2025. This represents a 12.26% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 61,569.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 18,180 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 69.72% where the current academic year rate is 74.73% at Oklahoma Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.87% and women students' rate is 70.31%.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 68.94% 66.65% 70.68%
2015-16 65.89%
-3.04%		 68.14%
1.49%		 65.73%
-4.95%
2016-17 64.44%
-1.45%		 63.30%
-4.84%		 66.30%
0.57%
2017-18 70.07%
5.63%		 69.55%
6.25%		 70.34%
4.04%
2018-19 66.19%
-3.88%		 68.70%
-0.85%		 67.17%
-3.18%
2019-20 69.66%
3.47%		 70.55%
1.85%		 68.80%
1.63%
2020-21 69.16%
-0.50%		 68.79%
-1.77%		 69.30%
0.50%
2021-22 72.43%
3.28%		 70.90%
2.11%		 75.43%
6.13%
2022-23 69.09%
-3.35%		 69.20%
-1.70%		 69.54%
-5.89%
2023-24 76.36%
7.27%		 77.96%
8.76%		 75.46%
5.92%
2024-25 74.73%
-1.63%		 74.86%
-3.10%		 74.61%
-0.85%
Average 69.72% 69.87% 70.31%
Oklahoma Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 42.43% where the current academic year yield is 36.04%. 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 Oklahoma Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 47.40% 50.79% 45.17%
2015-16 51.21%
3.81%		 53.53%
2.73%		 48.42%
3.25%
2016-17 46.27%
-4.94%		 51.22%
-2.31%		 42.03%
-6.39%
2017-18 44.02%
-2.25%		 46.45%
-4.77%		 41.94%
-0.09%
2018-19 39.49%
-4.53%		 40.89%
-5.56%		 38.70%
-3.25%
2019-20 45.17%
5.68%		 47.80%
6.92%		 43.50%
4.80%
2020-21 38.55%
-6.62%		 39.92%
-7.89%		 37.83%
-5.67%
2021-22 38.26%
-0.29%		 39.39%
-0.53%		 38.17%
0.34%
2022-23 40.32%
2.06%		 41.62%
2.22%		 41.22%
3.05%
2023-24 39.98%
-0.34%		 44.70%
3.09%		 37.82%
-3.40%
2024-25 36.04%
-3.95%		 37.66%
-7.04%		 34.45%
-3.37%
Average 42.43% 44.91% 40.84%
Oklahoma Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 69,116, the average number of admitted is 49,372, and the average number of enrolled students is 17,291 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Oklahoma Colleges increased by 12.26% (8,921 applicants) compared to last year.

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

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 63,141 44,263 18,302
2015-16 62,246
-1.42%		 42,643
-3.66%		 18,546
1.33%
2016-17 67,756
8.85%		 44,915
5.33%		 17,685
-4.64%
2017-18 67,526
-0.34%		 46,883
4.38%		 17,841
0.88%
2018-19 68,561
1.53%		 48,135
2.67%		 17,322
-2.91%
2019-20 67,829
-1.07%		 46,161
-4.10%		 16,812
-2.94%
2020-21 64,812
-4.45%		 48,295
4.62%		 15,916
-5.33%
2021-22 66,684
2.89%		 51,350
6.33%		 15,689
-1.43%
2022-23 77,231
15.82%		 54,880
6.87%		 16,405
4.56%
2023-24 72,783
-5.76%		 53,993
-1.62%		 17,498
6.66%
2024-25 81,704
12.26%		 61,569
14.03%		 18,180
3.90%
Average 69,116 49,372 17,291
Oklahoma Colleges Applicants Trends Chart