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Ohio University acceptance rate

Ohio University · Athens, Ohio · Public · 19,633 undergraduates

85.0%
accepted, fall 2024
27,486
applications
23,360
offers of admission
4,489
enrolled (19% of those admitted)

Ohio University expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 11 points between 2014 and 2024, to 85%. Ohio University admits more of its applicants than the typical four-year college, where the median rate is 77%. Grand Valley State University is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Ohio University in size and selectivity (83%); University of Oregon is the easiest (88%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 78%2002 75%2003 79%2004 86%2005 89%2006 85%2007 82%2008 78%2009 82%2010 85%2011 86%2012 78%2013 73%2014 74%2015 74%2016 75%2017 74%2018 78%2019 82%2020 87%2021 89%2022 87%2023 85%2024 85%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202427,48623,36085.0%4,489
202325,64821,73984.8%4,593
202224,97821,61086.5%4,441
202121,73319,24588.6%3,664
202022,51819,70087.5%3,126
201924,17919,84382.1%3,671
201823,38518,31178.3%3,980
201726,26319,41673.9%4,049
201620,62315,43774.9%4,314
201521,00015,62874.4%4,423
201420,93415,54874.3%4,377
201320,76515,14973.0%4,244
201217,46613,57177.7%3,888
201113,27211,43686.2%3,880
201013,36611,37285.1%3,976
200914,20411,59181.6%4,072
200814,04610,93177.8%3,985
200713,02010,67882.0%4,006
200612,68410,78185.0%4,084
200512,36711,02789.2%4,165
200412,41710,71686.3%3,795
200312,93710,23579.1%3,672
200213,1959,94375.4%3,703
200112,4339,74778.4%3,778

Applications and offers

010k20k30k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 12k Admitted: 10k2002 Applied: 13k Admitted: 10k2003 Applied: 13k Admitted: 10k2004 Applied: 12k Admitted: 11k2005 Applied: 12k Admitted: 11k2006 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2007 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2008 Applied: 14k Admitted: 11k2009 Applied: 14k Admitted: 12k2010 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2011 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2012 Applied: 17k Admitted: 14k2013 Applied: 21k Admitted: 15k2014 Applied: 21k Admitted: 16k2015 Applied: 21k Admitted: 16k2016 Applied: 21k Admitted: 15k2017 Applied: 26k Admitted: 19k2018 Applied: 23k Admitted: 18k2019 Applied: 24k Admitted: 20k2020 Applied: 23k Admitted: 20k2021 Applied: 22k Admitted: 19k2022 Applied: 25k Admitted: 22k2023 Applied: 26k Admitted: 22k2024 Applied: 27k Admitted: 23k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women16,06813,98787.0%
Men11,4189,37382.1%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
550 to 650 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
540 to 640
ACT composite
22 to 28

Colleges similar to Ohio University

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

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH		86%19,320$20,294$51,178
Iowa
Iowa City, IA		84%22,264$22,508$70,727
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR		88%20,497$22,547$66,990
Illinois State University
Normal, IL		88%19,057$17,829$67,557
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI		83%18,854$16,495$60,120
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE		87%19,178$16,214$61,819

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Ohio University 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 · Ohio University on College Scorecard