University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati publishes 88% (Fall 2025). In-state (Ohio) applicants got in at 90%; international at 83%.
- Acceptance rate
- 85%
- College Scorecard, latest cycle
- SAT middle 50%
- 1160–1370
- Section 25th–75th, summed
- ACT middle 50%
- 24–29
- Avg. HS GPA
- 3.67
- Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-2026, item C12)
- Test policy
- Not published
- Regular deadline
- Not published
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Acceptance rate
What Cincinnati's 88% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Cincinnati reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at Cincinnati
- SAT middle 50%
- 1160–1370sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 24–29
- Average HS GPA
- 3.67Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-2026, item C12) · Source
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 29,882
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $29,310
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.uc.edu
Sources
- Cincinnati GPA (Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-2026, item C12))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.
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