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Ohio University

OH · Public · Midwest · National university · 19,544 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate85.2%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'2482.1%87.5%88.6%86.5%85.0%85.2%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action (Nov. 15) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalAthens campusSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡45%SAT 12% + ACT 33%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT12%
542 students
Submitted ACT33%
1,424 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1100–1280 median 1200
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
550–650 median 600
500800
SAT Math
540–640 median 590
500800
ACT composite
22–28 median 25
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24100%100%61.0%54.0%50.0%45.0%22.0%25.0%12.0%13.0%13.0%12.0%90.0%89.0%49.0%41.0%37.0%33.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24no datano datano data1100–1260126011001100–1280128011001100–128012801100

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'2421–26262121–26262122–27272222–27272222–28282222–282822

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources