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University of Cincinnati-Main Campus vs Ohio State University-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH · Columbus, OH · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-NET

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OH
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • University of Cincinnati-Main Campus: enrollment grew +24.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +549 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Ohio State University-Main Campus: enrollment ranged 43,139–45,986 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Cincinnati-Main Campus: acceptance rate eased +19.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.67).
  • Ohio State University-Main Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus vs Ohio State University-Main Campus

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Ohio State University-Main Campus leads on avg net price ($17,339 vs $25,648 at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Ohio State University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate (60.6% vs 85.3% at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Cincinnati-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($29,310 vs $40,022 at Ohio State University-Main Campus)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between University of Cincinnati-Main Campus and Ohio State University-Main Campus?▼
Ohio State University-Main Campus leads on avg net price at $17,339 versus $25,648 at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Cincinnati-Main Campus and Ohio State University-Main Campus?▼
Ohio State University-Main Campus leads on acceptance rate at 60.6% versus 85.3% at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Cincinnati-Main Campus and Ohio State University-Main Campus?▼
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $29,310 versus $40,022 at Ohio State University-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025