Ohio State University-Main Campus
Ohio State publishes 61% (Fall 2024). Mansfield (regional) applicants got in at 99%; columbus at 61%.
Acceptance rate
What Ohio State's 61% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Ohio State reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Required for 2026-27
- Policy
Official page states: "Yes, standardized test scores from ACT or SAT are required for first-year applicants to the Columbus campus." Sole exception: applicants who will have been out of high school 2+ years by enrollment.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1310–1480sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (decision by Dec 11, 2026 for Ohio residents/Stamps Eminence; Jan 22, 2027 for non-residents/international) (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 15, 2027 (decision by Mar 5, 2027)Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 45,638
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $40,022
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.osu.edu
What should this school mean for your list?
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Sources
- Ohio State test policy (2026-27)
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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