University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH · Public · 29,882 undergrads (large, city) · website ↗

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$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$17,974
$30,000 – $48,000	$18,092
$48,000 – $75,000	$22,492
$75,000 – $110,000	$27,596
Over $110,000	$29,616
All incomes (average)	$25,648

Sticker tuition and fees: $13,976 in-state, $29,310 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of Cincinnati-Main Campus's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$14,108
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$17,524
Books and supplies	$1,300
Other expenses, on campus	$6,924
Other expenses, off campus	$8,430

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (6,278 of them) in 2022–23; 87% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	68%	$8,195
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	19%	$5,072
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	62%	$6,570
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	49%	$5,327

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1282
Median ACT: 27
Students with Pell grants: 19%
Graduation rate (6yr): 75%
Freshman retention: 85%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $54,810
Median debt at graduation: $21,250
International undergrads: 1,488 (4.8%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 19 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 57%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 570–670
SAT Math: 590–700
ACT composite: 24–29

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Considered if submitted
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 33,165
Admitted: 29,077
Enrolled: 6,922

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business17%

Health & Nursing14%

Engineering11%

Computer Science7%

Communications & Media6%

Visual & Performing Arts5%

Education5%

Biology & Life Sciences5%

Psychology4%

Criminal Justice4%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (61)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Marketing	475	$54,953	$72,881national $69,303	$20,500
Finance and Financial Management Services	351	$61,280	$83,501national $83,343	$18,975
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	336	$78,002	$85,551national $88,910	$18,749
Psychology, General	315	$41,394	$48,406national $50,706	$20,500
Computer and Information Sciences, General	260	$72,347	$100,975national $92,374	$21,500
Mechanical Engineering	204	$76,667	$86,331national $92,135	$18,500
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	204	—	$66,550national $68,245	—
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	203	$46,726	$60,441national $55,693	$21,312
Business Administration, Management and Operations	191	$61,319	$75,398national $68,257	$20,250
Criminal Justice and Corrections	188	$44,533	$54,231national $55,378	$19,500
Communication and Media Studies	183	$47,781	$56,818national $56,359	$21,050
Biology, General	182	$42,629	$57,443national $57,214	$20,697
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	177	$41,571	$47,019national $47,382	$24,365
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	156	$77,328	$79,742national $75,975	$25,000
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	154	$75,197	—national $85,063	$18,805
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	138	$41,821	$54,599national $54,562	$22,303
Design and Applied Arts	127	$55,676	$71,605national $51,490	$18,775
Accounting and Related Services	126	$63,157	$75,921national $76,194	$23,171
Chemical Engineering	109	$79,805	$97,220national $98,158	$19,500
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	107	$80,270	$98,364national $100,647	$23,000
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	103	$43,219	$43,570national $50,497	$24,950
Social Work	97	$42,726	$49,465national $51,790	$26,197
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	92	$67,698	—national $86,176	$20,500
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	88	$40,041	$58,004national $62,451	$19,500
Architecture	86	$56,744	$65,449national $66,914	$22,500
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	86	—	—national $65,681	$21,500
Political Science and Government	86	$42,119	$58,863national $63,293	$19,500
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	77	$76,349	$90,897national $93,451	$18,994
Civil Engineering	74	$71,503	$89,653national $86,517	$24,000
Fine and Studio Arts	67	$29,467	$37,025national $41,367	$28,123
Music	66	$21,514	—national $42,892	$19,787
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	64	$82,289	$88,511national $98,207	$24,512
International Business	63	$61,549	$74,145national $73,201	$20,500
Computer Engineering	60	$88,674	$102,273national $109,015	$20,500
Economics	59	$58,707	$75,443national $82,686	$20,331
Construction Engineering	56	$75,843	$92,984national $97,303	$19,500
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	54	$43,297	$55,075national $55,012	$22,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	51	$37,117	$54,000national $39,775	$22,331
Chemistry	49	$53,499	$72,302national $65,120	$19,250
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	48	$85,766	$89,915national $70,786	$21,194
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	44	—	$60,001national $58,928	$25,000
Real Estate	41	$55,117	—national $84,821	$22,500
Human Resources Management and Services	39	$54,492	$61,590national $68,069	$24,093
Architectural Engineering	34	$77,045	$92,687national $89,406	$15,504
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	34	$51,025	$59,703national $55,753	$24,250
Public Health	32	$42,624	$51,990national $58,808	$18,314
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	31	$71,262	$86,926national $81,171	$19,125
Journalism	30	$38,393	$48,331national $56,278	$19,750
Health and Medical Administrative Services	29	$60,946	$77,549national $58,716	$22,000
Legal Support Services	28	—	$67,713national $53,266	$18,875
History	28	$20,314	$59,290national $50,680	$13,000
Insurance	25	$61,087	$81,489national $88,472	$18,500
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	24	$55,065	$60,699national $66,874	$27,000
Mathematics	21	$54,379	$76,667national $69,562	$20,498
International Relations and National Security Studies	19	—	$57,228national $66,596	—
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	16	—	$52,735national $52,119	$27,170
Special Education and Teaching	14	$44,322	$48,124national $50,499	$23,554
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	12	—	—national $63,560	$21,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	10	—	$46,483national $51,389	—
Sociology	8	—	$50,165national $52,657	—
English Language and Literature, General	0	$42,472	$40,360national $48,590	$19,956

Associate degrees (22)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	47	$32,132	$37,898national $37,656	$15,250
Business Administration, Management and Operations	4	$41,378	$61,998national $48,733	$15,250
Communication and Media Studies	1	$42,459	$55,995national $43,243	—
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	—	$39,298	$39,427national $41,460	$11,500
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	—	$34,507	—national $35,660	—
Information Science/Studies	—	$44,711	$75,248national $56,799	$15,246
Legal Support Services	—	—	—national $44,669	$14,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	—	$38,247	$43,744national $44,125	$15,046
Biology, General	—	$43,835	$45,916national $44,758	$14,166
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	—	—	$49,204national $40,162	—
Psychology, General	—	$41,026	$49,853national $39,288	$11,500
Criminal Justice and Corrections	—	$42,858	$48,290national $46,706	$15,250
Social Work	—	—	$43,871national $39,409	$13,165
Design and Applied Arts	—	$31,288	—national $38,127	—
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	—	$63,386	$71,678national $61,982	$18,500
Health and Medical Administrative Services	—	$49,840	$42,596national $37,073	$20,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	—	$45,442	$46,526national $42,269	$15,375
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	—	$63,487	$69,519national $65,389	$14,814
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	—	$69,284	$74,935national $80,813	$18,500
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	—	—	—national $48,027	$20,500
Business/Commerce, General	—	$59,596	—national $49,927	—
Accounting and Related Services	—	$43,028	—national $47,660	$16,000

Undergraduate certificates (7)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Special Education and Teaching	73	$40,670	—national $48,019	$20,500
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	57	$34,079	—national $54,229	$22,875
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	50	$34,174	—national $31,337	$15,085
Legal Support Services	43	—	—national $49,747	$13,458
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	33	—	—national $43,365	$24,250
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	31	$36,724	—national $55,975	—
Health and Medical Administrative Services	—	$46,171	$44,205national $35,447	$12,000

Master's degrees (38)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer and Information Sciences, General	1,004	$95,350	$121,485national $124,201	$39,833
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	409	$101,779	$114,994national $120,193	$50,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	257	$95,886	$126,287national $103,485	$39,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	218	$57,998	$66,674national $65,184	$34,000
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	123	$91,107	$105,309national $129,214	$34,249
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	118	$94,715	$134,906national $124,807	—
Music	113	$32,924	$37,208national $48,285	$30,419
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	98	$49,443	$53,589national $67,030	$41,549
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	90	$49,074	$59,231national $62,033	$25,500
Criminal Justice and Corrections	86	$60,941	$64,278national $66,714	$27,333
Social Work	61	$52,544	$57,587national $65,123	$41,000
Educational Administration and Supervision	60	$58,063	$67,537national $71,685	$34,166
Mechanical Engineering	55	$99,386	$112,569national $115,974	—
Applied Mathematics	55	$78,432	$91,400national $116,060	—
Health and Medical Administrative Services	54	$84,728	$99,407national $89,981	$38,748
Curriculum and Instruction	41	$58,949	$64,542national $63,399	$24,391
Marketing	37	$64,060	$74,046national $79,106	$22,750
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	36	—	$105,027national $122,434	—
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	35	$101,469	—national $133,654	—
Public Health	35	$61,427	$62,353national $82,751	$33,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	33	$53,096	$58,174national $63,707	$25,295
Accounting and Related Services	33	$68,563	$84,200national $95,833	—
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	32	—	—national $90,984	$34,166
Civil Engineering	31	$73,936	—national $98,323	—
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	31	$60,186	—national $71,416	$47,000
Architectural Sciences and Technology	23	$60,814	$77,629national $77,466	$25,022
Psychology, General	23	$56,932	—national $64,711	—
Medical Illustration and Informatics	23	$83,946	$95,667national $101,441	$41,000
Sustainability Studies	22	$53,115	—national $76,897	—
Taxation	22	$103,900	—national $114,810	—
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	20	$50,124	$51,320national $59,571	$41,000
Special Education and Teaching	18	$54,273	$56,160national $64,397	$28,750
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	17	$181,189	—national $198,417	—
Human Resources Management and Services	13	$71,492	—national $83,558	—
Economics	11	$87,616	$121,786national $100,743	—
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	10	$32,917	—national $67,681	$52,500
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	4	$53,977	—national $66,129	—
Architecture	0	—	$76,450national $74,139	—

First professional degrees (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Medicine	166	$64,507	$90,324national $112,460	$220,737
Law	130	$73,209	$85,043national $107,773	$63,231
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	66	$109,206	$130,265national $138,348	$141,472
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	38	$75,065	—national $81,641	$78,522
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	25	$84,904	—national $85,242	$85,488

Doctoral degrees (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	8	$176,644	$199,296national $138,131	$61,500
Music	7	$49,878	$49,909national $59,592	$44,399
Public Health	6	$74,830	—national $108,962	—

Graduate certificates (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	165	$128,021	—national $126,911	$45,401

Post-baccalaureate certificates (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	—	$75,521	—national $88,516	—
Special Education and Teaching	—	$59,425	$70,717national $63,623	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	—	—	$60,605national $60,439	—
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	—	$69,150	$72,278national $66,661	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 340 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 3 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 2624 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0063
Phone: (513) 556-6000
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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