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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting, and thank you. I just looked at Grinnell and Kenyon for comparison — Grinnell’s trends are opposite Oberlin’s — their acceptance rate went down significantly over those years and their yield went up. A couple of blips but overall a clear trend line.

Kenyon’s trends, though, mirror Oberlin’s a little more closely, so maybe it’s an Ohio thing or a lacks-a-billion-dollar endowment thing?
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Oberlin is definitely not alone — there are quite a few small liberal arts colleges that are looking at future demographics with great concern. It doesn’t help that Ohio population is declining slightly (definitely not growing), and they’re having to compete with colleges in booming Sunbelt states that are cheaper, in most cases. Iowa is growing slowly, albeit not at the rate of Southern states. However, less than 12% of Grinnell students are from Iowa and less than 8% of Oberlin students are from Ohio.  Interestingly, Oberlin has more than twice as many students from NY (16%) as Ohio, and 61% of Oberlin students come from NY, CA, MA, OH, IL, PA, NJ, & MD, most of which are losing population or relatively flat. [/quote]

Here’s the link on Oberlin demographics:

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/oberlin-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html#:~:text=The%20majority%20of%20the%20Oberlin,diversity%20is%20higher%20than%20average.[/quote]

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