Ohio State acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Ohio State admitted 40,047 of 81,392 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 49.2%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Ohio State counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Ohio State acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 81,392 | 40,047 | 49.2% | 8,248 | 20.6% |
| 2024-25 | 72,829 | 44,116 | 60.6% | 9,607 | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70,028 | 35,588 | 50.8% | 8,062 | 22.7% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Ohio State
Early decision counts: Not published. Ohio State’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Ohio State waitlist
Ohio State SAT and ACT scores
What Ohio State says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Ohio State rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, First generation, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, First generation, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: Recommendations, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, First generation, Volunteer work, Work experience
Ohio State testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Required for the Columbus campus. First-year applicants must submit ACT or SAT scores (the page lists Autumn 2027 deadlines: Nov. 1, 2026 early action, Jan. 2027 regular). Applicants out of high school two or more years by enrollment are exempt.
From Ohio State’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Figures are for the Columbus campus. C1 totals are the residency table totals. The 2024-25 C2 prints 0 offered a waitlist place. Ohio State has no early decision plan.
Ohio State acceptance rate questions
- What is the Ohio State acceptance rate?
- Ohio State's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 81,392 first-year applicants and 40,047 admitted, an acceptance rate of 49.2%. It was 60.6% in 2024-25 and 50.8% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Ohio State students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1300 to 1440, and ACT submitters scored 27 to 32. 25.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Ohio State waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Ohio State offered 5,358 applicants a place on the waitlist; 2,278 accepted one, and 2,049 were admitted from it.
- Does Ohio State require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Required for the Columbus campus. First-year applicants must submit ACT or SAT scores (the page lists Autumn 2027 deadlines: Nov. 1, 2026 early action, Jan. 2027 regular). Applicants out of high school two or more years by enrollment are exempt.
Applying to Ohio State?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Ohio State says it weighs.
Source: Ohio State Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Ohio State. All official acceptance rates