For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of Ohio Colleges is 66.58%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 18.82%. A total of 481,427 have applied, 320,515 admitted, and 60,331 students have enrolled one of Ohio Colleges.

Of the Ohio colleges, Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science is the tightest school to admit with 16.93% acceptance rate, and Denison University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 17.00%.

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2024 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Ohio Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
American Institute of Alternative MedicineColumbus, OH160134134 83.75%100.00%
Antioch CollegeYellow Springs, OH25120635 82.07%16.99%
Art Academy of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH1,05634856 32.95%16.09%
Ashland UniversityAshland, OH3,6332,943530 81.01%18.01%
Aultman College of Nursing and Health SciencesCanton, OH1897742 40.74%54.55%
Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, OH4,3843,376743 77.01%22.01%
Bluffton UniversityBluffton, OH2,8731,753193 61.02%11.01%
Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, OH18,62915,0893,169 81.00%21.00%
Capital UniversityColumbus, OH4,3653,186414 72.99%12.99%
Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH39,03311,3201,585 29.00%14.00%
Cedarville UniversityCedarville, OH5,3823,3911,017 63.01%29.99%
Central State UniversityWilberforce, OH3,2911,514575 46.00%37.98%
Chamberlain University-OhioColumbus, OH433 75.00%100.00%
Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland, OH963539124 55.97%23.01%
Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland, OH46117549 37.96%28.00%
Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH10,2749,7601,562 95.00%16.00%
Columbus College of Art & DesignColumbus, OH867624193 71.97%30.93%
Defiance CollegeDefiance, OH1,546649130 41.98%20.03%
Denison UniversityGranville, OH14,5802,479645 17.00%26.02%
DeVry University-OhioColumbus, OH988 88.89%100.00%
Felbry CollegeColumbus, OH23215159 65.09%39.07%
Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenville, OH2,2651,631669 72.01%41.02%
Gods Bible School and CollegeCincinnati, OH1398958 64.03%65.17%
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health ScienceCincinnati, OH1893232 16.93%100.00%
Heidelberg UniversityTiffin, OH2,2531,532291 68.00%18.99%
Herzing University-AkronAkron, OH13412687 94.03%69.05%
Hiram CollegeHiram, OH1,9061,773230 93.02%12.97%
John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, OH4,2383,433549 81.01%15.99%
Kent State University at KentKent, OH22,36519,4584,281 87.00%22.00%
Kenyon CollegeGambier, OH8,2182,548459 31.01%18.01%
Kettering CollegeKettering, OH14011635 82.86%30.17%
Lake Erie CollegePainesville, OH1,193764183 64.04%23.95%
Lourdes UniversitySylvania, OH1,004743126 74.00%16.96%
Malone UniversityCanton, OH1,3351,015223 76.03%21.97%
Marietta CollegeMarietta, OH2,5161,988318 79.01%16.00%
Mercy College of OhioToledo, OH28312252 43.11%42.62%
Miami University-OxfordOxford, OH34,49828,2883,960 82.00%14.00%
Mount Carmel College of NursingColumbus, OH1156626 57.39%39.39%
Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, OH2,1691,236321 56.98%25.97%
Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon, OH1,134953267 84.04%28.02%
Muskingum UniversityNew Concord, OH2,6232,151366 82.01%17.02%
Notre Dame CollegeCleveland, OH3,3482,678241 79.99%9.00%
Oberlin CollegeOberlin, OH11,0393,643765 33.00%21.00%
Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville, OH1,223489186 39.98%38.04%
Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbus, OH1,5591,325239 84.99%18.04%
Ohio Northern UniversityAda, OH4,5373,312596 73.00%18.00%
Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH70,02835,7148,214 51.00%23.00%
Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, OH25,64821,8014,578 85.00%21.00%
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OH5,7082,911437 51.00%15.01%
Otterbein UniversityWesterville, OH3,4982,903523 82.99%18.02%
Pontifical College JosephinumColumbus, OH654 83.33%80.00%
Professional Skills InstituteMaumee, OH16811950 70.83%42.02%
Rabbinical College TelsheWickliffe, OH362918 80.56%62.07%
The Christ College of Nursing and Health SciencesCincinnati, OH56228187 50.00%30.96%
The College of WoosterWooster, OH7,0313,797456 54.00%12.01%
The Modern College of DesignKettering, OH35532765 92.11%19.88%
The University of FindlayFindlay, OH3,7603,234614 86.01%18.99%
Tiffin UniversityTiffin, OH4,7853,828498 80.00%13.01%
University of Akron Main CampusAkron, OH14,98210,6372,127 71.00%20.00%
University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, OH33,16529,1857,004 88.00%24.00%
University of DaytonDayton, OH22,74714,1031,974 62.00%14.00%
University of Mount UnionAlliance, OH3,3222,658532 80.01%20.02%
University of ToledoToledo, OH11,18410,6252,125 95.00%20.00%
Ursuline CollegePepper Pike, OH613515113 84.01%21.94%
Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, OH2,2871,784339 78.01%19.00%
Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, OH12,6616,710201 53.00%3.00%
Wilmington CollegeWilmington, OH1,8771,595255 84.98%15.99%
Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, OH2,9562,690377 91.00%14.01%
Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, OH8,8948,4491,436 95.00%17.00%
Xavier UniversityCincinnati, OH16,75014,7401,179 88.00%8.00%
Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, OH5,7994,6391,299 80.00%28.00%
Average6,7814,51485066.58%18.82%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2023-2024 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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