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Tightest Ohio Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next 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 21.96% for academic year 2022-2023 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 (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Denison University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGranville, OH
21.96%12,2202,68468325.45%
2Case Western Reserve University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, OH
27.41%38,70110,6071,55314.64%
3Kenyon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGambier, OH
34.30%8,1162,78453119.07%
4Oberlin College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOberlin, OH
34.87%11,0663,85988222.86%
5Wilberforce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilberforce, OH
45.12%4,1001,85036319.62%
6Ohio Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDelaware, OH
52.18%5,3242,77845316.31%
7Ohio Dominican University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColumbus, OH
52.42%2,1861,14620818.15%
8Ohio State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsColumbus, OH
52.72%65,18934,3708,06023.45%
9Lake Erie College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPainesville, OH
54.10%1,08558722538.33%
10Mount Saint Joseph University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCincinnati, OH
54.35%2,1271,15629625.61%