For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Ohio colleges is 66.58%, 320,515 accepted out of 481,427 applicants.
For Ohio college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 33,050 (7.37%) compared to last year, from 448,377 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 478, which is less than -0.79% last year.
Ohio colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 1.68% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Ohio colleges. The yield decreased by 1.05%.
Among Ohio colleges, Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science has the lowest acceptance rate of 16.93% with 32 accepted students out of 189 applicants. Ohio State University-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 70,028 and Ohio State University-Main Campus has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 8,214.
Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Ohio Colleges
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Ohio. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source:
IPEDS