Hardest Colleges to Get Into in Ohio
Ohio has 45 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are Denison University (17%), Kenyon College (31%), and Oberlin College (34%). 1 school admits a quarter of applicants or fewer, the median Ohio college admits 75%, and 14 are public against 31 private. At the other end, Central State University admits 99%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
- Denison University17%acceptanceHighly selectiveOH · SAT 1400
- Kenyon College31%acceptanceSelectiveOH · SAT 1420
- Oberlin College34%acceptanceSelectiveOH · SAT 1430
- Case Western Reserve University37%acceptanceSelectiveOH · SAT 1480
- Wilberforce University41%acceptanceSelectiveOH · SAT 1000
- Defiance College48%acceptanceSelectiveOH · SAT 1120
- Ohio Wesleyan University56%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1230
- Franciscan University of Steubenville58%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1270
- University of Akron60%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1170
- College of Wooster60%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1230
- Ohio State University61%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1430
- University of Dayton65%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1330
- Cedarville University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1150
- University of Northwestern Ohio65%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1120
- Bluffton University67%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1230
- Capital University70%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1230
- Lake Erie College70%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1150
- Walsh University71%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1150
- Wittenberg University72%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1230
- Ohio Northern University74%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1230
- Lourdes University74%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1120
- Miami University (Ohio)75%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1380
- Ursuline College75%acceptanceModerately selectiveOH · SAT 1150
- Ashland University76%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- Baldwin Wallace University76%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1230
- Malone University76%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- University of Rio Grande78%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1100
- Shawnee State University78%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1100
- Tiffin University80%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- Bowling Green State University81%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1170
- John Carroll University81%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1230
- Muskingum University82%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1230
- Findlay University83%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- Youngstown State University84%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1100
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University84%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1160
- Ohio University85%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1220
- University of Cincinnati85%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1310
- Otterbein University85%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1230
- Kent State University86%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1180
- Xavier University86%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1300
- Cleveland State University91%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- University of Toledo92%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1200
- Ohio Dominican University94%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- Wright State University96%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1150
- Central State University99%acceptanceAccessibleOH · SAT 1020
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.