68.52% of Applicants Accepted to Ohio Colleges in 2025 Admission

491,360

Applicants

336,679

Admitted

68.52%

Acceptance Rate

18.42%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Ohio colleges is 68.52%, 336,679 accepted out of 491,360 applicants.

For Ohio college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 9,542 (1.98%) compared to last year, from 481,818 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,862, which is more than 3.10% last year.

Ohio colleges' acceptance rate increased by 2.07% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Ohio colleges. The yield decreased by 0.37%.

Among Ohio colleges, Denison University has the lowest acceptance rate of 17.39% with 2,611 accepted students out of 15,012 applicants. Ohio State University-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 72,829 and Ohio State University-Main Campus has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 9,607.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Ohio Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Denison University15,012
432		2,611
143		621
-15		17.39%
0.46%		23.78%
-1.99%
Kenyon College7,726
-492		2,397
-127		439
-16		31.03%
0.32%		18.31%
0.28%
Oberlin College10,536
-503		3,601
-40		701
-78		34.18%
1.20%		19.47%
-1.93%
Art Academy of Cincinnati1,293
237		446
96		51
-6		34.49%
1.35%		11.43%
-4.86%
Case Western Reserve University37,082
-1,951		13,550
2,357		1,619
75		36.54%
7.86%		11.95%
-1.84%
Ohio Christian University964
-259		366
-122		181
-5		37.97%
-1.93%		49.45%
11.34%
Wilberforce University6,338
-6,323		2,567
-4,109		210
6		40.50%
-12.23%		8.18%
5.12%
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science223
34		102
70		77
45		45.74%
28.81%		75.49%
-24.51%
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences279
90		128
50		68
25		45.88%
4.61%		53.13%
-2.00%
Cleveland Institute of Music427
-34		202
26		30
-20		47.31%
9.13%		14.85%
-13.56%
Defiance College1,754
208		834
178		180
46		47.55%
5.12%		21.58%
1.15%
Ohio Wesleyan University6,144
436		3,416
524		432
4		55.60%
4.93%		12.65%
-2.15%
Franciscan University of Steubenville2,968
703		1,732
96		723
49		58.36%
-13.87%		41.74%
0.54%
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences341
-221		201
-81		118
30		58.94%
8.76%		58.71%
27.50%
Mount St. Joseph University2,084
-85		1,232
6		303
-21		59.12%
2.60%		24.59%
-1.84%
The College of Wooster5,473
-1,558		3,258
-561		372
-80		59.53%
5.21%		11.42%
-0.42%
University of Akron Main Campus18,025
3,043		10,755
131		1,967
-124		59.67%
-11.24%		18.29%
-1.39%
Ohio State University-Main Campus72,829
2,801		44,116
8,528		9,607
1,545		60.57%
9.75%		21.78%
-0.87%
Cleveland Institute of Art978
15		600
58		119
-4		61.35%
5.07%		19.83%
-2.86%
Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education88
61		55
38		38
21		62.50%
-0.46%		69.09%
-30.91%
Academia Medical Institute389
68		250
119		250
120		64.27%
23.46%		100.00%
0.76%
Cedarville University5,298
-84		3,459
78		1,176
159		65.29%
2.47%		34.00%
3.92%
University of Dayton21,981
-766		14,386
363		1,680
-224		65.45%
3.80%		11.68%
-1.90%
Bluffton University3,128
255		2,103
346		19067.23%
6.07%		9.03%
-1.78%
Columbus College of Art & Design1,079
212		730
108		234
42		67.66%
-4.08%		32.05%
1.18%
Capital University4,520
155		3,174
-20		374
-39		70.22%
-2.95%		11.78%
-1.15%
Lake Erie College1,370
177		964
199		190
3		70.36%
6.24%		19.71%
-4.73%
Walsh University2,748
461		1,944
156		379
42		70.74%
-7.44%		19.50%
0.65%
Hannah E Mullins School of Practical Nursing7
-17		5
-7		5
-7		71.43%
21.43%		100.00%
Wittenberg University4,528
1,572		3,276
585		381
-2		72.35%
-18.69%		11.63%
-2.60%
Lourdes University661
-343		490
-254		103
-26		74.13%
0.03%		21.02%
3.68%
Ohio Northern University4,640
103		3,452
124		686
99		74.40%
1.05%		19.87%
2.23%
Ursuline College738
125		553
38		119
5		74.93%
-9.08%		21.52%
-0.62%
Gods Bible School and College158
19		119
30		77
19		75.32%
11.29%		64.71%
-0.46%
Miami University-Oxford39,580
5,082		29,843
1,524		4,192
255		75.40%
-6.69%		14.05%
0.15%
Baldwin Wallace University4,819
435		3,648
279		700
-32		75.70%
-1.15%		19.19%
-2.54%
Malone University1,313
-22		996
-13		230
11		75.86%
0.28%		23.09%
1.39%
Ashland University3,814
181		2,914
-13		464
-55		76.40%
-4.17%		15.92%
-1.81%
Kettering College162
22		124
8		88
53		76.54%
-6.32%		70.97%
40.80%
Athena Career Academy41
-109		32
-58		32
2		78.05%
18.05%		100.00%
66.67%
University of Mount Union3,679
357		2,877
216		669
133		78.20%
-1.90%		23.25%
3.11%
American Institute of Alternative Medicine175
15		137
2		83
-52		78.29%
-6.08%		60.58%
-39.42%
Marietta College2,218
-298		1,759
-219		235
-79		79.31%
0.69%		13.36%
-2.51%
Tiffin University5,949
1,164		4,762
945		517
13		80.05%
0.28%		10.86%
-2.34%
John Carroll University4,623
385		3,740
303		596
40		80.90%
-0.20%		15.94%
-0.24%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus21,153
2,524		17,125
2,109		3,521
407		80.96%
0.35%		20.56%
-0.18%
Muskingum University2,539
-84		2,078
-64		355
-18		81.84%
0.18%		17.08%
-0.33%
Professional Skills Institute77
-91		64
-56		43
-7		83.12%
11.69%		67.19%
25.52%
Rabbinical College Telshe24
-12		20
-9		1883.33%
2.77%		90.00%
27.93%
The University of Findlay4,065
305		3,389
143		577
-36		83.37%
-2.96%		17.03%
-1.85%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University1,230
96		1,035
79		303
31		84.15%
-0.15%		29.28%
0.83%
Mount Carmel College of Nursing70
-45		59
-7		39
13		84.29%
26.90%		66.10%
26.71%
Youngstown State University7,368
1,569		6,222
1,564		1,827
510		84.45%
4.13%		29.36%
1.09%
Otterbein University3,923
425		3,316
402		586
67		84.53%
1.23%		17.67%
-0.14%
Ohio University-Main Campus27,486
1,838		23,360
1,621		4,489
-104		84.99%
0.23%		19.22%
-1.91%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus34,285
1,120		29,242
165		6,584
-338		85.29%
-2.38%		22.52%
-1.29%
Hondros College of Nursing367
-27		313
43		274
59		85.29%
16.76%		87.54%
7.91%
Felbry College48
-184		41
-109		23
-36		85.42%
20.76%		56.10%
16.77%
Heidelberg University1,879
-374		1,612
86		293
6		85.79%
18.06%		18.18%
-0.63%
Kent State University at Kent24,611
2,246		21,248
1,869		4,304
26		86.34%
-0.31%		20.26%
-1.82%
Xavier University14,631
-2,119		12,642
-2,052		927
-302		86.41%
-1.32%		7.33%
-1.03%
Chamberlain University-Ohio8
4		7
4		6
3		87.50%
12.50%		85.71%
-14.29%
Antioch College138
-113		123
-82		17
-18		89.13%
7.46%		13.82%
-3.25%
University of Akron Wayne College387
84		348
104		141
8		89.92%
9.39%		40.52%
-13.99%
Cleveland State University11,050
776		10,089
279		1,580
-13		91.30%
-4.18%		15.66%
-0.58%
The Modern College of Design265
-90		243
-83		72
6		91.70%
-0.13%		29.63%
9.38%
University of Toledo11,067
-117		10,184
-422		1,919
-203		92.02%
-2.81%		18.84%
-1.17%
Wilmington College1,578
-299		1,458
-130		292
30		92.40%
7.80%		20.03%
3.53%
Mercy College of Ohio236
-47		220
99		102
50		93.22%
50.46%		46.36%
3.38%
Hiram College1,747
-159		1,634
-146		211
-20		93.53%
0.14%		12.91%
-0.07%
Ohio Dominican University1,942
383		1,830
501		208
-26		94.23%
8.98%		11.37%
-6.24%
Herzing University-Akron92
-42		87
-39		60
-27		94.57%
0.54%		68.97%
-0.08%
Pontifical College Josephinum24
18		23
18		23
19		95.83%
12.50%		100.00%
20.00%
Wright State University-Main Campus8,855
-39		8,530
67		1,740
277		96.33%
1.18%		20.40%
3.11%
Central State University2,810
-481		2,771
1,257		537
-37		98.61%
52.61%		19.38%
-18.53%
Adult and Community Education-Hudson38
29		38
29		38
29		100.00%100.00%
Choffin Career and Technical Center884100.00%50.00%
Arizona College of Nursing-Cincinnati59
19		59
19		24
8		100.00%40.68%
0.68%
Trinity Health System School of Nursing4
2		4
2		4
2		100.00%100.00%
Arizona College of Nursing-Cleveland47
-1		47
-1		11
2		100.00%23.40%
4.65%
DeVry University-Ohio99
1		9
1		100.00%
11.11%		100.00%