Ohio State University's admit rate has held within a 20.4-point band over 11 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 49.2% | 8,248 | 87.0% | 93.0% | 1,380 |
| 2024-2025 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 49.6% | 3,809 | 88.0% | 94.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 52.7% | 8,060 | 88.0% | 93.4% | 1,360 |
| 2021-2022 | 57.2% | 8,423 | 88.0% | 93.9% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Ohio State University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 16.4% admit to 83.2% admit — a 66.8 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 31 percentage points.
Ohio State University's 87.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 30.7 pp.
Admit rate has tightened 8.0 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
Ohio State University's admit rate fell from 57.2% (2021-2022) to 49.2% (2025-2026) — a 8.0 pp drop. Year-over-year: 57.2 → 52.7 → 49.6 → 49.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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