The average acceptance rate of the 11 public Ohio colleges that have competitive admission is 82.73% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.57%. The acceptance rate at 4 public Ohio colleges increased and the rate of 7 colleges decreased.
Ohio State University-Main Campus has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 51.00%. University of Akron Main Campus (71.00%) and Youngstown State University (80.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Ohio Public 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.
Ohio State University-Main Campus stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Akron Main Campus ranked 2nd, up 2 places from 4th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $23,753 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,123 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 - | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHPublic, 4-year | 51.00% 1.72% | 23.00% | 1,400 | $38,365 ($12,859) | 60,540 | 88.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 2 2 | University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OHPublic, 4-year | 71.00% 11.87% | 20.00% | 1,080 | $17,239 ($12,799) | 13,465 | 47.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 3 - | Youngstown State University Youngstown, OHPublic, 4-year | 80.00% 0.60% | 28.00% | 1,080 | $10,117 ($9,757) | 11,071 | 48.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 4 2 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OHPublic, 4-year | 81.00% 2.34% | 21.00% | 1,110 | $21,378 ($13,390) | 16,920 | 61.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 3 | Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OHPublic, 4-year | 82.00% 5.92% | 14.00% | 1,290 | $38,124 ($17,060) | 19,107 | 80.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OHPublic, 4-year | 85.00% 1.52% | 21.00% | 1,190 | $24,114 ($13,746) | 24,145 | 65.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Kent State University at Kent Kent, OHPublic, 4-year | 87.00% 1.02% | 22.00% | 1,110 | $20,880 ($11,767) | 25,854 | 64.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 8 2 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OHPublic, 4-year | 88.00% 1.78% | 24.00% | 1,250 | $28,240 ($12,906) | 41,155 | 72.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 9 4 | Cleveland State University Cleveland, OHPublic, 4-year | 95.00% 9.68% | 16.00% | - | $17,973 ($12,613) | 14,385 | 48.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 1 | University of Toledo Toledo, OHPublic, 4-year | 95.00% 2.77% | 20.00% | 1,180 | $21,102 ($11,742) | 15,545 | 54.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 81.50% | 20.90% | 1,188 | $23,753 ($12,864) | 24,219 | 62.70% | 17 to 1 |