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Tightest Ohio Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Ohio colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Denison University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 17.39% for academic year 2023-2024 in Ohio. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Ohio.
Tightest Ohio Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Denison University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGranville, OH
17.39%15,0122,61162123.78%
2Kenyon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGambier, OH
31.03%7,7262,39743918.31%
3Oberlin College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOberlin, OH
34.18%10,5363,60170119.47%
4Case Western Reserve University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, OH
36.54%37,08213,5501,61911.95%
5Ohio Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCircleville, OH
37.97%96436618149.45%
6Wilberforce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilberforce, OH
40.50%6,3382,5672108.18%
7Defiance College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDefiance, OH
47.55%1,75483418021.58%
8Ohio Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDelaware, OH
55.60%6,1443,41643212.65%
9Franciscan University of Steubenville
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSteubenville, OH
58.36%2,9681,73272341.74%
10The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCincinnati, OH
58.94%34120111858.71%