Easiest Ohio Colleges to Get Into
Ohio has 67 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
32 colleges accept 100% of applicants in Ohio. Examples include Allegheny Wesleyan College, Athenaeum of Ohio, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and University of Cincinnati Clermont College.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates in Ohio, or the most selective colleges.
Hiram College
- Private 4 Year
- Hiram, OH
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- 94% acceptance rate
Hiram is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences and biomedical humanities. Students follow the Hiram Plan of 12-week terms paired with intensive three-week courses.
- SAT Range 890-1100
- Avg GPA 3.28
- Net Price $21,868
Ohio Dominican University
- Private 4 Year
- Columbus, OH
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- 94% acceptance rate
Ohio Dominican is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate education, business, and nursing. The residential campus sits in a northeast Columbus neighborhood.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.32
- Net Price $21,032
Mercy College of Ohio
- Private 4 Year
- Toledo, OH
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- 93% acceptance rate
Mercy College of Ohio is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The urban Toledo campus is tied to the Mercy Health system and the Sisters of Mercy tradition.
- SAT Range 790-1010
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $15,311
University of Toledo
- Public 4 Year
- Toledo, OH
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- 92% acceptance rate
University of Toledo is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and pharmacy. The main campus sits in a residential section of Toledo.
- SAT Range 1100-1300
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $17,844
Wilmington College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilmington, OH
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
A private Quaker liberal arts college known for undergraduate agriculture and peace studies. Students live on a residential campus in the small city of Wilmington in southwestern Ohio.
- SAT Range 850-1220
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Net Price $26,548
Cleveland State University
- Public 4 Year
- Cleveland, OH
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- 91% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Cleveland State is a public university known for undergraduate urban affairs, engineering, and business. The urban campus sits in downtown Cleveland.
- SAT Range 880-1130
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $16,230
Antioch College
- Private 4 Year
- Yellow Springs, OH
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- 89% acceptance rate
Antioch is a private liberal arts college known for a cooperative education model that alternates classroom study with full-time work. The residential campus is in the village of Yellow Springs in southwestern Ohio.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $15,964
Heidelberg University
- Private 4 Year
- Tiffin, OH
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- 86% acceptance rate
Heidelberg is a private liberal arts university known for undergraduate education and business. The residential campus is in the small city of Tiffin in northwest Ohio.
- SAT Range 1030-1162
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $19,447
Kent State University at Kent
- Public 4 Year
- Kent, OH
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Kent State is a large public university known for undergraduate fashion design, journalism, and education. Most undergrads study on a residential campus in the college town of Kent.
- SAT Range 1010-1240
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Net Price $21,278
Xavier University
- Private 4 Year
- Cincinnati, OH
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Xavier is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and nursing. The urban campus sits in Cincinnati's North Avondale neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1103-1310
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $33,623
University of Cincinnati Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Cincinnati, OH
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
University of Cincinnati is a large public university known for undergraduate architecture, design, and music. The urban campus occupies a hillside site in Cincinnati's Uptown area.
- SAT Range 1160-1370
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Net Price $24,696
Ohio University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, OH
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4.5 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Ohio University is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism and communications. Athens is a classic college town built around the residential campus.
- SAT Range 1090-1290
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $21,907
Otterbein University
- Private 4 Year
- Westerville, OH
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- 85% acceptance rate
Otterbein is a private university known for undergraduate theatre, musical theatre, and nursing. The historic campus sits in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus.
- SAT Range 1035-1260
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $20,457
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
- Private 4 Year
- Columbus, OH
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- 84% acceptance rate
- Jun 15 application deadline
Mount Carmel is a private college of nursing known for undergraduate nursing programs. The urban Columbus campus is affiliated with the Mount Carmel Health System.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $10,065
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Vernon, OH
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Mount Vernon Nazarene is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry. Most students live on the residential campus in the small city of Mount Vernon.
- SAT Range 1046-1315
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Net Price $22,961
Youngstown State University
- Public 4 Year
- Youngstown, OH
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Youngstown State is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and education. The urban campus sits in Youngstown in northeastern Ohio.
- SAT Range 1010-1230
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $12,757
The University of Findlay
- Private 4 Year
- Findlay, OH
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- 83% acceptance rate
Findlay is a private university known for undergraduate equestrian studies, pharmacy, and animal science. The campus is located in the small city of Findlay in northwest Ohio.
- SAT Range 1010-1213
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $27,297
Rabbinical College Telshe
- Private 4 Year
- Wickliffe, OH
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- 83% acceptance rate
Telshe is a private Orthodox Jewish rabbinical college known for Talmudic studies and rabbinical training. Students live on a suburban campus in Wickliffe near Cleveland.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $13,922