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Ohio State University - Columbus

OH · Public · Midwest · National university · Top 50 tier · 45,433 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate49.2%
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 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2553.7%68.5%57.2%50.8%60.6%49.2%no data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
RequiredSAT or ACT required for the Columbus 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
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Required for the Columbus campus. Scores must come directly from the testing agency. The page doesn't separate the SAT and ACT, so the policy applies to both.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

School’s words: “Scores must come directly from the testing agency.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡67%SAT 25% + ACT 42%

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

Submitted SAT25%
Submitted ACT42%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1300–1440 median 1380
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
Not reported
SAT Math
650–740 median 700
500800
ACT composite
27–32 median 30
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%85.0%67.0%64.0%67.0%39.0%36.0%21.0%21.0%24.0%25.0%78.0%80.0%64.0%46.0%40.0%42.0%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251300–1420142013001230–1390139012301260–142014201260no data1290–1440144012901280–1430143012801300–144014401300

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'19'20'21'22'23'24'2528–32322826–32322626–323226no data27–32322726–32322627–323227

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 90%
  • 2023: 79%
  • 2021: 0%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 21% submitted SAT and 64% ACT (2021-22 CDS).

Figures differ from the school's website

The school's published figures differ from its Common Data Set (applicants, admitted students and SAT/ACT middle-50% ranges). Both are shown below with links to each source.
Common Data SetSchool's own page
Admitted40,04740,025
SAT composite, middle 50%1300-14401350-1450
ACT composite, middle 50%27-3229-33
Group describedFirst-year applicants and enrolled students, Fall 2025 (Common Data Set, sections C1 and C9)New first-year students, Columbus campus, Autumn 2025 (report note: "Average test scores were calculated using scores that were considered for admission")
SourceCommon Data Set 2025-26 ↗Ohio State Autumn 2025 Enrollment Report (PDF) ↗

Sources