Most Favored Ohio Colleges

Most Favored Ohio Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Ohio. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Franciscan University of Steubenville, has the highest yield rate of 41.74% for academic year 2024-2025 in Ohio. Cedarville University is positioned second with 34.00% yield and Youngstown State University follows them with 29%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Ohio.

Most Favored Ohio Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Franciscan University of Steubenville Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSteubenville, OH	41.74%	2,968	1,732	723	58.36%
2	Cedarville University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCedarville, OH	34.00%	5,298	3,459	1,176	65.29%
3	Youngstown State University Public, four-yearsYoungstown, OH	29.36%	7,368	6,222	1,827	84.45%
4	Mount Vernon Nazarene University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMount Vernon, OH	29.28%	1,230	1,035	303	84.15%
5	Mount St. Joseph University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCincinnati, OH	24.59%	2,084	1,232	303	59.12%
6	Denison University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGranville, OH	23.78%	15,012	2,611	621	17.39%
7	University of Mount Union Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlliance, OH	23.25%	3,679	2,877	669	78.20%
8	Malone University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCanton, OH	23.09%	1,313	996	230	75.86%
9	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Public, four-yearsCincinnati, OH	22.52%	34,285	29,242	6,584	85.29%
10	Ohio State University-Main Campus Public, four-yearsColumbus, OH	21.78%	72,829	44,116	9,607	60.57%

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