Ohio Wesleyan University's admit rate has fallen 13.4 percentage points across the 5 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 55.6% | 432 | 58.3% | 84.7% | — |
| 2023-2024 | 50.6% | 428 | 70.3% | 84.3% | — |
| 2022-2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-2022 | 74.1% | 364 | 66.5% | 78.7% | — |
| 2019-2020 | 67.3% | 399 | 65.0% | — | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Ohio Wesleyan University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 19.6% admit to 97.5% admit — a 77.9 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 11.7 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
Ohio Wesleyan University's admit rate fell from 67.3% (2019-2020) to 55.6% (2024-2025) — a 11.7 pp drop. Year-over-year: 67.3 → 74.1 → 50.6 → 55.6. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
5 of 7 cross-admit schools are in OH — Ohio Wesleyan University draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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