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# Ohio University-Main Campus Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Ohio University-Main Campus?

Ohio University-Main Campus’s reported acceptance rate is 85.0%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
85.0%

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.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Ohio University-Main Campus admits 85.0% of applicants, a rate that sits close to the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The university is broadly accessible, and the admission rate reflects that.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Ohio University-Main Campus students report?

Ohio University-Main Campus enrolls a broad span of academic preparation among its entering class. The middle 50% of SAT scores submitted by enrolled students ranged from 1,090 to 1,290.

For the ACT, the middle 50% of submitted scores stretched from 22 to 28. These ranges describe the enrolled class, not admission cutoffs.

An applicant near the lower end of either range is in the company of many current students, while a score at the upper end sits above most of the group. Applicants can use the SAT and ACT ranges above to see how their preparation compares to the academic profile of recent entering students.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Ohio University-Main Campus. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1090

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1290

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
22

**75th percentile**
28

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Ohio University-Main Campus?

**Pell Grant recipients**
21.2%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
21.4%

**First-year retention**
83.9%

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.

Ohio University-Main Campus enrolls 19,633 undergraduates, with 21.2% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 21.4% arriving as transfers or part-time students. That composition points to a campus where federal grant aid and prior college work are both common, rather than one defined by a single entry route.

At Ohio University-Main Campus, the first-year retention rate is 83.9%, just above the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 65.5%, which sits slightly below the peer median of 65.0%.

Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 47.3%, below the overall six-year rate by 18.2 percentage points. For an enrolled student, the experience is one of strong early persistence and a graduation rate near the peer median.

A Pell-eligible student should plan on using every academic support the university offers.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).