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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Ohio
53 colleges in Ohio with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Denison University · OH · Private (nonprofit)17% admit2Case Western Reserve University · OH · Private (nonprofit)29% admit3Kenyon College · OH · Private (nonprofit)31% admit4Oberlin College · OH · Private (nonprofit)33% admit5Art Academy of Cincinnati · OH · Private (nonprofit)33% admit6Ohio Christian University · OH · Private (nonprofit)40% admit7Defiance College · OH · Private (nonprofit)42% admit8Central State University · OH · Public46% admit9The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences · OH · Private (nonprofit)50% admit10Ohio Wesleyan University · OH · Private (nonprofit)51% admit11Ohio State University-Main Campus · OH · Public51% admit12Wilberforce University · OH · Private (nonprofit)53% admit13The College of Wooster · OH · Private (nonprofit)54% admit14Cleveland Institute of Art · OH · Private (nonprofit)56% admit15Mount St. Joseph University · OH · Private (nonprofit)57% admit16Bluffton University · OH · Private (nonprofit)61% admit17University of Dayton · OH · Private (nonprofit)62% admit18Cedarville University · OH · Private (nonprofit)63% admit19Lake Erie College · OH · Private (nonprofit)64% admit20Heidelberg University · OH · Private (nonprofit)68% admit21University of Akron Main Campus · OH · Public71% admit22Columbus College of Art & Design · OH · Private (nonprofit)72% admit23Franciscan University of Steubenville · OH · Private (nonprofit)72% admit24Capital University · OH · Private (nonprofit)73% admit25Ohio Northern University · OH · Private (nonprofit)73% admit26Lourdes University · OH · Private (nonprofit)74% admit27Malone University · OH · Private (nonprofit)76% admit28Baldwin Wallace University · OH · Private (nonprofit)77% admit29Walsh University · OH · Private (nonprofit)78% admit30Marietta College · OH · Private (nonprofit)79% admit31Tiffin University · OH · Private (nonprofit)80% admit32University of Mount Union · OH · Private (nonprofit)80% admit33Youngstown State University · OH · Public80% admit34Ashland University · OH · Private (nonprofit)81% admit35Bowling Green State University-Main Campus · OH · Public81% admit36John Carroll University · OH · Private (nonprofit)81% admit37Muskingum University · OH · Private (nonprofit)82% admit38Miami University-Oxford · OH · Public82% admit39Otterbein University · OH · Private (nonprofit)83% admit40Ursuline College · OH · Private (nonprofit)84% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.