The average acceptance rate of the 32 private Ohio colleges that have competitive admission is 68.42% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.28%. The acceptance rate at 12 private Ohio colleges increased and the rate of 19 colleges decreased.
Denison University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 17.00%. Case Western Reserve University (29.00%) and Kenyon College (31.01%) are following it in the list of Tightest Ohio Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Denison University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Case Western Reserve University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $51,282 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,081 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Denison University Granville, OHPrivate, 4-year | 17.00% 4.96% | 26.02% | 1,380 | $64,000 | 2,416 | 84.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 - | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate, 4-year | 29.00% 1.59% | 14.00% | 1,490 | $64,678 | 12,201 | 85.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 - | Kenyon College Gambier, OHPrivate, 4-year | 31.01% 3.29% | 18.01% | 1,440 | $69,330 | 1,885 | 87.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 - | Oberlin College Oberlin, OHPrivate, 4-year | 33.00% 1.87% | 21.00% | 1,440 | $64,646 | 2,992 | 83.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 5 | Ohio Christian University Circleville, OHPrivate, 4-year | 39.98% | 38.04% | - | $17,990 | 1,600 | 32.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OHPrivate, 4-year | 51.00% 1.18% | 15.01% | 1,220 | $52,296 | 1,410 | 66.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 2 | The College of Wooster Wooster, OHPrivate, 4-year | 54.00% 2.27% | 12.01% | 1,360 | $59,550 | 1,967 | 74.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 8 - | Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati, OHPrivate, 4-year | 56.98% 2.63% | 25.97% | 980 | $36,650 | 2,027 | 50.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 9 8 | University of Dayton Dayton, OHPrivate, 4-year | 62.00% 12.05% | 14.00% | 1,290 | $47,600 | 11,674 | 81.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Cedarville University Cedarville, OHPrivate, 4-year | 63.01% 1.87% | 29.99% | 1,240 | $36,078 | 4,960 | 75.00% | 16 to 1 |
| Average | 43.70% | 21.41% | 1,316 | $51,282 | 4,313 | 71.70% | 11 to 1 |