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Cincinnati acceptance rate

University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, Ohio · Public · 29,882 undergraduates

85.3%
accepted, fall 2024
34,285
applications
29,242
offers of admission
6,584
enrolled (23% of those admitted)

Cincinnati expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 10 points between 2014 and 2024, to 85%. Applications more than doubled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 34,285. Iowa is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Cincinnati in size and selectivity (84%); Colorado State University, Fort Collins is the easiest (89%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 82%2002 82%2003 88%2004 88%2005 77%2006 76%2007 76%2008 75%2009 61%2010 66%2011 65%2012 68%2013 73%2014 76%2015 76%2016 76%2017 76%2018 73%2019 77%2020 76%2021 85%2022 86%2023 88%2024 85%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202434,28529,24285.3%6,584
202333,16529,07787.7%6,922
202229,02525,02486.2%6,369
202125,77521,86584.8%5,400
202023,96018,30676.4%5,242
201923,60918,10276.7%5,480
201823,29617,03373.1%5,329
201721,59316,51776.5%5,400
201619,37014,80376.4%5,011
201517,26513,10175.9%4,435
201416,68912,64775.8%4,618
201316,00211,72173.2%4,486
201216,89011,49268.0%4,160
201117,06311,04864.7%4,300
201016,32710,77366.0%3,936
200914,3338,79861.4%3,166
200811,8768,90275.0%3,560
200710,7418,16076.0%3,144
200611,8138,97576.0%3,138
200511,1248,58977.2%3,071
200410,9589,67388.3%3,724
20039,8998,67387.6%3,943
20028,1896,72482.1%2,994
200110,7458,78681.8%3,564

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 11k Admitted: 9k2002 Applied: 8k Admitted: 7k2003 Applied: 10k Admitted: 9k2004 Applied: 11k Admitted: 10k2005 Applied: 11k Admitted: 9k2006 Applied: 12k Admitted: 9k2007 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2008 Applied: 12k Admitted: 9k2009 Applied: 14k Admitted: 9k2010 Applied: 16k Admitted: 11k2011 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2012 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2013 Applied: 16k Admitted: 12k2014 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2015 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2016 Applied: 19k Admitted: 15k2017 Applied: 22k Admitted: 17k2018 Applied: 23k Admitted: 17k2019 Applied: 24k Admitted: 18k2020 Applied: 24k Admitted: 18k2021 Applied: 26k Admitted: 22k2022 Applied: 29k Admitted: 25k2023 Applied: 33k Admitted: 29k2024 Applied: 34k Admitted: 29k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women18,71316,04985.8%
Men15,56613,18984.7%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
570 to 670 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
590 to 700
ACT composite
24 to 29

Colleges similar to Cincinnati

The six public four-year colleges closest to Cincinnati in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT		86%27,264$27,314$72,729
Ohio University
Athens, OH		85%19,633$20,666$61,938
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO		89%25,538$22,247$66,947
Iowa
Iowa City, IA		84%22,264$22,508$70,727
Michigan State
East Lansing, MI		85%40,922$21,322$74,168
Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH		86%19,320$20,294$51,178

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Cincinnati to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Cincinnati on College Scorecard