University of Cincinnati-Main Campus's admit rate has fallen 57.5 percentage points across the 12 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 15.2% | 6,497 | 81.0% | 86.4% | 1,250 |
| 2024-2025 | 85.3% | 6,584 | 80.0% | 85.3% | 1,260 |
| 2023-2024 | 87.7% | 6,921 | 72.0% | 86.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 86.2% | 6,369 | 72.1% | 86.2% | 1,260 |
| 2021-2022 | 84.9% | 5,400 | 73.0% | 86.5% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 69.8 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus's admit rate fell from 84.9% (2021-2022) to 15.2% (2025-2026) — a 69.8 pp drop. Year-over-year: 84.9 → 86.2 → 87.7 → 85.3 → 15.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 25 percentage points.
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus's 81.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 24.7 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Cincinnati-Main Campus applicants most commonly also apply to range from 43.4% admit to 92.9% admit — a 49.5 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
3 of 6 cross-admit schools are in OH — University of Cincinnati-Main Campus draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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