The average acceptance rate of the 11 public Ohio colleges that have competitive admission is 81.57% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.09%. The acceptance rate at 5 public Ohio colleges increased and the rate of 6 colleges decreased.
University of Akron Main Campus has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 59.67%. Ohio State University-Main Campus (60.57%) and Miami University-Oxford (75.40%) 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.
University of Akron Main Campus ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Ohio State University-Main Campus ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,712 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,800 for the academic year 2024-2025.
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 1 | University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OHPublic, 4-year | 59.67% 11.24% | 18.29% | 1,040 | $20,815 ($13,135) | 13,332 | 52.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHPublic, 4-year | 60.57% 9.75% | 21.78% | 1,400 | $40,022 ($13,244) | 61,443 | 88.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 3 2 | Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OHPublic, 4-year | 75.40% 6.69% | 14.05% | 1,310 | $38,965 ($17,519) | 18,838 | 80.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 - | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OHPublic, 4-year | 80.96% 0.35% | 20.56% | 1,110 | $21,900 ($13,912) | 17,594 | 64.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 2 | Youngstown State University Youngstown, OHPublic, 4-year | 84.45% 4.13% | 29.36% | 1,120 | $10,286 ($9,926) | 12,204 | 50.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 6 - | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OHPublic, 4-year | 84.99% 0.23% | 19.22% | 1,190 | $24,838 ($14,158) | 26,323 | 65.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 7 1 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OHPublic, 4-year | 85.29% 2.38% | 22.52% | 1,260 | $28,697 ($13,363) | 45,026 | 75.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Kent State University at Kent Kent, OHPublic, 4-year | 86.34% 0.31% | 20.26% | 1,120 | $21,575 ($12,920) | 26,374 | 64.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 9 2 | Cleveland State University Cleveland, OHPublic, 4-year | 91.30% 4.18% | 15.66% | - | $18,502 ($12,982) | 14,074 | 51.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 10 1 | University of Toledo Toledo, OHPublic, 4-year | 92.02% 2.81% | 18.84% | 1,200 | $21,517 ($12,157) | 14,358 | 57.00% | 18 to 1 |
| Average | 80.10% | 20.05% | 1,194 | $24,712 ($13,332) | 24,957 | 64.60% | 18 to 1 |