Admissions & selectivity
Miami University-Oxford Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Miami University-Oxford?
Miami University-Oxford’s reported acceptance rate is 75.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 75.4%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Miami University-Oxford Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Miami University-Oxford admits 75.4% of applicants, a rate that sits just below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 39,580 applicants and 29,843 admitted students for the fall entering class.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Miami University-Oxford students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.82 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, with 100.0% of the class reporting a GPA. The middle half of enrolled SAT submitters scored between 1240 and 1378, though only 8% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
For the 24% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 25 to 30. These bands describe the enrolled students who chose to submit scores, not a minimum for admission.
An applicant can compare their own results with the university's 1240 to 1378 SAT band. Its ACT band is 25 to 30.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Miami University-Oxford. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
8% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1240
- Median
- 1300
- 75th percentile
- 1378
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
24% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 25
- Median
- 28
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Miami University-Oxford Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Miami University-Oxford?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 12.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 8.9%
- First-year retention
- 90.1%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Miami University-Oxford enrolls 16,656 undergraduates. 12.6% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 8.9% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 39,580 first-year applicants and 29,843 admitted. For transfer students, it reported 1,426 applicants, 696 admitted, and 398 enrolled.
The Pell share and transfer estimate describe the student body's composition, not how the university weighs applications.
At Miami University-Oxford, the six-year graduation rate for first-time, full-time students is 79.8%, above the peer median of 65.0% for comparable institutions. The first-year retention rate is 90.1%, also above the peer median of 83.1%.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 90% for the first-time, full-time fall 2023 entering class. It reported a six-year graduation rate of 79.8% for the first-time, full-time fall 2018 entering class, with a Pell recipient rate of 71.9%, below the overall rate.
The federal Pell completion rate is 44.8%, below the overall rate by 35.0 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect a university where the typical first-year student persists and graduation outcomes exceed those of comparable institutions, but where Pell recipients complete at a lower rate.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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