Colleges in Ohio: acceptance rates and cost

Of the 11 Ohio colleges with a page here, no college here admitted a smaller share for fall 2023 than Denison, which took 16.9% of its applicants.

For movement over time, the biggest change belongs to Denison, where the rate dropped 29.1 points between fall 2013 and fall 2023, from 46.0% to 16.9%, which makes it both the most selective and the fastest-changing college here.

For students coming from another state, University of Akron asks $21,210 of out-of-state students for 2025-26, the lowest figure in the table; residents of Ohio pay $13,530.

Measured by net price, families earning $0 to $30,000 paid the least at Ohio State, $6,061 on average in 2024-25 for students paying the in-state rate.

Ohio State leads on applications with 70,028 for fall 2023, up 123% from fall 2013.

Beyond the colleges listed here, in Ohio, 64 bachelor's colleges reported admissions for fall 2023, with a median admit rate of 78.4%, and the median out-of-state tuition at the state's 20 public bachelor's colleges is $20,693 for 2025-26.

Ohio colleges on AdmitFacts

College	Admit rate, fall 2023	In-state tuition, 2025-26	Out-of-state, 2025-26	Graduation, 2019 entrants	Net price $0-30k, 2024-25
Ohio State	50.8%	$13,641	$42,423	87%	$6,061
Case Western	28.7%	$69,270 same for all		87%	$14,046
Miami University	82.1%	$18,520	$42,042	81%	$16,121
University of Cincinnati	87.7%	$14,394	$29,728	75%	$16,848
Ohio University	84.8%	$14,582	$25,796	65%	$15,142
Denison	16.9%	$71,000 same for all		78%	$15,189
Xavier University	87.7%	$52,680 same for all		71%	$26,294
Kent State	86.6%	$13,628	$23,791	51%	$15,853
University of Dayton	61.6%	$50,610 same for all		80%	$22,720
Bowling Green	80.6%	$14,892	$22,880	66%	$17,881
University of Akron	70.9%	$13,530	$21,210	53%	$9,514

Admit rates: IPEDS fall 2023. Tuition and fees: College Scorecard 2025-26; private colleges charge every student the same. Graduation within 6 years: College Scorecard, students who started in 2019. Net price for families earning $0 to $30,000: College Scorecard 2024-25, students with federal aid. State medians cover every operating bachelor's-degree college in the Scorecard file.

Every state median in the summary, with its source field

Figure	Value	File, field, year
Median admit rate, Ohio (N = 64)	78.4%	`IPEDS ADM2023, median ADMSSN/APPLCN, bachelor's institutions, fall 2023`
Median out-of-state tuition and fees, public colleges, Ohio (N = 20)	$20,693	`College Scorecard, median TUITIONFEE_OUT, public bachelor's institutions, 2025-26`