Admission Comparison between Ohio Colleges
For the academic year 2023-2024, 492,189 students have applied to Ohio colleges and 337,273 have accepted to admit. The acceptance rate of the Ohio colleges is 74.0%. Of the admitted students, 62,627 students finally enrolled in one of Ohio colleges.
1 Ohio colleges require to submit Test Scores (SAT and/or ACT scores) and no colleges recommend to submit the scores. 51 colleges does not require the test scores, but they consider the scores in admission selection process. The average SAT score submitted by enrolled students at Ohio colleges is 1,173.
Ohio College Admission Statistics
The admission statistics is based on IPEDS admission data and the data is mostly focused on the 4 years colleges. Therefore, the numbers of applicant, admitted, and enrolled are for the 4 years colleges other than community colleges and career/vocational schools
Below list shows the top colleges in key admission facts. For that, we include colleges that have more than 500 applicants.
- Ohio State University-Main Campus has the largest number of applicants of 72,829 and Ohio State University-Main Campus has the most admitted students of 44,116.
- The average acceptance rate of Ohio colleges is 74.0% and Denison University has the lowest acceptance rate of 17.4%.
- The average yield (enrollment rate) is 35.5% and Ohio Christian University has the highest yield of 49.5%.
- The average SAT score is 1,173 and Case Western Reserve University has the highest SAT score of 1,510.
Ohio Colleges Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics Comparison
The following table lists Ohio colleges with admission perspectives including acceptance rate and yield (enrollment rate). As mentioned above, only 4-years colleges are included in this table. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or available.
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| College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield (Enrollment Rate) | Undergraduate Application Fees | Graduate Application Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herzing University-Akron Akron, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 92 | 87 | 60 | 94.6% | 69 | - | - |
| Adult and Community Education-Hudson Columbus, OH Public, Less than 2 years | 38 | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 100 | - | - |
| Professional Skills Institute Maumee, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 77 | 64 | 43 | 83.1% | 67 | - | - |
| Hondros College of Nursing Columbus, OH Private, 2-4 years | 367 | 313 | 274 | 85.3% | 88 | - | - |
| Wilberforce University Wilberforce, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 6,338 | 2,567 | 210 | 40.5% | 8 | - | - |
| Mercy College of Ohio Toledo, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 236 | 220 | 102 | 93.2% | 46 | - | - |
| Chamberlain University-Ohio Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 8 | 7 | 6 | 87.5% | 86 | - | - |
| Felbry College Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 48 | 41 | 23 | 85.4% | 56 | - | - |
| Trinity Health System School of Nursing Steubenville, OH Private, 2-4 years | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 100 | - | - |
| Rabbinical College Telshe Wickliffe, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 24 | 20 | 18 | 83.3% | 90 | - | - |
| Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Canton, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 279 | 128 | 68 | 45.9% | 53 | - | - |
| Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education Canton, OH Public, Less than 2 years | 88 | 55 | 38 | 62.5% | 69 | - | - |
| Wilmington College Wilmington, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,578 | 1,458 | 292 | 92.4% | 20 | - | - |
| Central State University Wilberforce, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 2,810 | 2,771 | 537 | 98.6% | 19 | - | - |
| Athena Career Academy Toledo, OH Private, 2-4 years | 41 | 32 | 32 | 78.0% | 100 | - | - |
| Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,079 | 730 | 234 | 67.7% | 32 | - | - |
| Ohio Northern University Ada, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 4,640 | 3,452 | 686 | 74.4% | 20 | - | - |
| Academia Medical Institute Columbus, OH Private, Less than 2 years | 389 | 250 | 250 | 64.3% | 100 | - | - |
| Gods Bible School and College Cincinnati, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 158 | 119 | 77 | 75.3% | 65 | - | - |
| University of Akron Wayne College Orrville, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 387 | 348 | 141 | 89.9% | 41 | - | - |
| Hiram College Hiram, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,747 | 1,634 | 211 | 93.5% | 13 | - | - |
| The Modern College of Design Kettering, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 265 | 243 | 72 | 91.7% | 30 | - | - |
| Choffin Career and Technical Center Youngstown, OH Public, Less than 2 years | 8 | 8 | 4 | 100.0% | 50 | - | - |
| Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 70 | 59 | 39 | 84.3% | 66 | - | - |
| Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 978 | 600 | 119 | 61.3% | 20 | - | - |
| DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 9 | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 100 | - | - |
| Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science Cincinnati, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 223 | 102 | 77 | 45.7% | 75 | - | - |
| Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,293 | 446 | 51 | 34.5% | 11 | - | - |
| Bluffton University Bluffton, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 3,128 | 2,103 | 190 | 67.2% | 9 | - | - |
| Kettering College Kettering, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 162 | 124 | 88 | 76.5% | 71 | - | - |
| Marietta College Marietta, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 2,218 | 1,759 | 235 | 79.3% | 13 | - | - |
| The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 341 | 201 | 118 | 58.9% | 59 | - | - |
| American Institute of Alternative Medicine Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 175 | 137 | 83 | 78.3% | 61 | - | - |
| Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 427 | 202 | 30 | 47.3% | 15 | - | - |
| Defiance College Defiance, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,754 | 834 | 180 | 47.5% | 22 | - | - |
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 37,082 | 13,550 | 1,619 | 36.5% | 12 | - | - |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 72,829 | 44,116 | 9,607 | 60.6% | 22 | - | - |
| John Carroll University University Heights, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 4,623 | 3,740 | 596 | 80.9% | 16 | - | - |
| Denison University Granville, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 15,012 | 2,611 | 621 | 17.4% | 24 | - | - |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 34,285 | 29,242 | 6,584 | 85.3% | 23 | - | - |
| Xavier University Cincinnati, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 14,631 | 12,642 | 927 | 86.4% | 7 | - | - |
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 10,536 | 3,601 | 701 | 34.2% | 19 | - | - |
| University of Toledo Toledo, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 11,067 | 10,184 | 1,919 | 92.0% | 19 | - | - |
| Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 2,084 | 1,232 | 303 | 59.1% | 25 | - | - |
| Kenyon College Gambier, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 7,726 | 2,397 | 439 | 31.0% | 18 | - | - |
| Cedarville University Cedarville, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 5,298 | 3,459 | 1,176 | 65.3% | 34 | - | - |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 27,486 | 23,360 | 4,489 | 85.0% | 19 | - | - |
| Capital University Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 4,520 | 3,174 | 374 | 70.2% | 12 | - | - |
| Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 8,855 | 8,530 | 1,740 | 96.3% | 20 | - | - |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,230 | 1,035 | 303 | 84.1% | 29 | - | - |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 24,611 | 21,248 | 4,304 | 86.3% | 20 | - | - |
| Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 2,968 | 1,732 | 723 | 58.4% | 42 | - | - |
| Ohio Dominican University Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,942 | 1,830 | 208 | 94.2% | 11 | - | - |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 39,580 | 29,843 | 4,192 | 75.4% | 14 | - | - |
| University of Dayton Dayton, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 21,981 | 14,386 | 1,680 | 65.4% | 12 | - | - |
| Walsh University North Canton, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 2,748 | 1,944 | 379 | 70.7% | 19 | - | - |
| University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 18,025 | 10,755 | 1,967 | 59.7% | 18 | - | - |
| Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 7,368 | 6,222 | 1,827 | 84.4% | 29 | - | - |
| Malone University Canton, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,313 | 996 | 230 | 75.9% | 23 | - | - |
| Muskingum University New Concord, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 2,539 | 2,078 | 355 | 81.8% | 17 | - | - |
| The College of Wooster Wooster, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 5,473 | 3,258 | 372 | 59.5% | 11 | - | - |
| Lake Erie College Painesville, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,370 | 964 | 190 | 70.4% | 20 | - | - |
| Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 4,819 | 3,648 | 700 | 75.7% | 19 | - | - |
| Ashland University Ashland, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 3,814 | 2,914 | 464 | 76.4% | 16 | - | - |
| Otterbein University Westerville, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 3,923 | 3,316 | 586 | 84.5% | 18 | - | - |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 21,153 | 17,125 | 3,521 | 81.0% | 21 | - | - |
| Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 6,144 | 3,416 | 432 | 55.6% | 13 | - | - |
| University of Mount Union Alliance, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 3,679 | 2,877 | 669 | 78.2% | 23 | - | - |
| Ohio Christian University Circleville, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 964 | 366 | 181 | 38.0% | 49 | - | - |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 11,050 | 10,089 | 1,580 | 91.3% | 16 | - | - |
| The University of Findlay Findlay, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 4,065 | 3,389 | 577 | 83.4% | 17 | - | - |
| Wittenberg University Springfield, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 4,528 | 3,276 | 381 | 72.3% | 12 | - | - |
| Ursuline College Pepper Pike, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 738 | 553 | 119 | 74.9% | 22 | - | - |
| Heidelberg University Tiffin, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 1,879 | 1,612 | 293 | 85.8% | 18 | - | - |
| Tiffin University Tiffin, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 5,949 | 4,762 | 517 | 80.0% | 11 | - | - |
| Antioch College Yellow Springs, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 138 | 123 | 17 | 89.1% | 14 | - | - |
| Lourdes University Sylvania, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 661 | 490 | 103 | 74.1% | 21 | - | - |
| Pontifical College Josephinum Columbus, OH Private, 4 years four-years | 24 | 23 | 23 | 95.8% | 100 | - | - |
| Average | 492,189 | 337,273 | 62,627 | 74.0% | 35 | - | - |
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