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University of Cincinnati

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Cincinnati, OH
Population 1,700,000
Website https://www.uc.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 29,094
Men / Women 50% / 50%
White 65%
Black 11%
Hispanic 6%
Asian 5%
International 5%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 23%
Life & Natural Sciences 22%
Humanities & Social Sciences 21%
Engineering, Computing & Math 20%
Arts 8%
Education 3%
Professional 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,976
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $29,310
Est. In-State Cost $18,079
Est. Out-of-State Cost $37,915
10-Year ROI $146,000
ROI Percentile 50th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 85%
4-Year Graduation Rate 42%
6-Year Graduation Rate 75%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,363 (22th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 233 (22th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $618M #33
Humanities & Social Sciences $19M #82
Engineering, Computing & Math $69M #93
Graduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 511 #42
Engineering, Computing & Math 69 #77
Humanities & Social Sciences 256 #97

Honors College

Name University Honors Program
Students 1,500 (5%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 41%
SAT Range 1,160 – 1,370
ACT Range 24 – 29

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Allied Health Sciences 547 23% / 77% 1% $78,144
Communication Sciences and Disorders 44 — 2% / 98% 2% $59,072
Dietetics 34 — 6% / 94% 9% —
Health Sciences 204 — 31% / 69% 1% $79,826
Medical Laboratory Science 156 — 23% / 77% 1% $82,243
Nuclear Medicine Technology 17 — 24% / 76% 0% $76,639
Public Health 32 — 16% / 84% 3% —
Public Health Education and Promotion
Respiratory Care 31 — 29% / 71% 0% $76,639
Health Information Management 23 — 9% / 91% 0% $75,698
Health Services Administration 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $75,698
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning 304 27% / 73% 3% $67,930
Architecture 86 — 43% / 57% 3% $75,479
Art History 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $43,921
Communication Design 68 — 24% / 76% 0% $75,486
Fashion Design 28 — 21% / 79% 0% $75,486
Industrial and Product Design
Interior Design 31 — 3% / 97% 6% $75,486
Studio Art 59 — 17% / 83% 5% $43,921
Urban Planning 24 — 42% / 58% 8% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services 663 41% / 59% 1% $57,283
Information Technology 65 +19 69% / 31% 3% $99,284
Exercise Science 43 — 42% / 58% 2% $47,823
Sport Management 95 — 87% / 13% 0% $47,823
Criminal Justice 188 — 32% / 68% 0% $62,403
Human Services 9 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 28 — 14% / 86% 0% $56,572
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 16 — 19% / 81% 0% $48,393
Early Childhood Education 32 — 3% / 97% 0% $46,320
Elementary Education 63 — 2% / 98% 0% $46,320
General Education 14 — 29% / 71% 0% $36,960
Middle Childhood Education 26 — 31% / 69% 0% $46,320
Pre-Kindergarten Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,320
Secondary Education 55 — 47% / 53% 0% $46,320
Special Education 14 — 21% / 79% 0% —
Fire Services Administration 14 — 100% / 0% 43% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Engineering and Applied Science 1,247 77% / 23% 8% $102,562
Aerospace Engineering 64 — 78% / 22% 6% $104,612
Architectural Engineering 34 — 68% / 32% 0% —
Biomedical Engineering 77 — 45% / 55% 3% $92,861
Chemical Engineering 109 — 62% / 38% 1% $100,985
Civil Engineering 74 — 88% / 12% 3% $95,697
Computer Engineering 60 — 88% / 12% 8% —
Computer Programming 79 — 82% / 18% 11% —
Computer Science 109 — 83% / 17% 17% $99,284
Construction Engineering 56 — 88% / 12% 2% —
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration 7 +5 86% / 14% 14% —
Electrical Engineering 107 — 85% / 15% 25% $102,539
Environmental Engineering 31 — 52% / 48% 10% —
Human-Centered Technology Design 67 — 51% / 49% 6% $99,284
Mechanical Engineering 204 — 84% / 16% 8% $111,757
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management 43 +1 88% / 12% 7% —
Engineering Management 9 — 89% / 11% 11% —
Cybersecurity 103 +7 85% / 15% 6% —
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation 14 +12 86% / 14% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Nursing 356 14% / 86% 1% $105,776
Nursing 336 — 13% / 87% 1% $105,776
Pre-Nursing 17 — 29% / 71% 6% —
Pre-Pharmacy 3 — 0% / 100% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College-Conservatory of Music 130 44% / 56% 8% $38,723
Acting 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $38,597
Dance 11 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Keyboard Instruments 8 — 12% / 88% 100% $37,027
Music 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $37,027
Music Education 8 +2 62% / 38% 0% $52,257
Music Performance 25 +6 56% / 44% 4% $37,027
Music Theory and Composition 6 — 83% / 17% 17% $37,027
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 27 — 44% / 56% 0% $38,597
Theatre 14 — 50% / 50% 0% $38,597
Voice and Opera 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $37,027
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Lindner College of Business 1,248 61% / 39% 4% $80,799
Accounting 92 +34 60% / 40% 2% $89,863
Business Administration 26 +13 77% / 23% 4% $86,441
Business Analytics 92 — 75% / 25% 10% —
Finance 303 +48 79% / 21% 4% $87,525
Human Resources 39 — 31% / 69% 5% $63,785
International Business 31 +32 61% / 39% 26% —
Marketing 455 +20 45% / 55% 1% $73,765
Operations Management 150 +2 69% / 31% 3% $86,441
Real Estate 39 +2 64% / 36% 0% —
Risk Management and Insurance 21 +4 76% / 24% 14% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
McMicken College of Arts and Sciences 1,792 35% / 65% 3% $60,748
Astrophysics 2 +5 0% / 100% 0% —
Financial Mathematics 17 — 53% / 47% 12% —
Mathematics 20 +1 50% / 50% 10% —
Physics 14 — 71% / 29% 14% —
Statistics 3 — 33% / 67% 67% —
Telecommunications 30 — 77% / 23% 7% $63,896
Biochemistry 18 +2 50% / 50% 17% —
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 86 — 37% / 63% 0% —
Biology 176 +6 35% / 65% 3% $69,636
Chemistry 48 +1 52% / 48% 2% $73,650
Environmental Studies 53 +1 26% / 74% 0% $44,593
Geosciences 9 — 33% / 67% 0% —
Horticultural Science 7 — 29% / 71% 0% —
Neurobiology and Anatomy 43 — 28% / 72% 9% $71,439
Neuroscience 44 +1 23% / 77% 0% $71,439
Nutrition Sciences
Economics 43 +16 70% / 30% 7% —
African American Studies
Anthropology 16 +4 38% / 62% 6% —
Arabic Language and Literature
Archaeology 10 +2 40% / 60% 40% —
Asian Studies/Civilization 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Classical Languages 4 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Communication 178 +5 33% / 67% 1% $57,577
Creative Writing 22 +8 32% / 68% 0% $60,282
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Developmental and Child Psychology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Electronic Media and Broadcasting 14 — 71% / 29% 0% $63,896
French 6 — 50% / 50% 0% —
General Literature 4 — 50% / 50% 25% —
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 3 +2 100% / 0% 0% —
German 3 +2 0% / 100% 0% —
Hebrew 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
History 26 — 73% / 27% 0% —
History 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% —
Interdisciplinary Studies 203 — 45% / 55% 1% $62,887
International Affairs 11 +8 45% / 55% 9% —
Journalism 28 +2 46% / 54% 7% —
Philosophy 7 — 29% / 71% 0% —
Political Science 82 +2 33% / 67% 0% $66,189
Political Science and Government 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $66,189
Psychology 315 — 19% / 81% 2% $52,821
Public Relations 12 — 42% / 58% 0% —
Rhetoric and Composition 31 — 39% / 61% 0% $60,282
Social Work 97 — 9% / 91% 1% $56,763
Sociology 8 — 25% / 75% 0% —
Spanish 13 — 31% / 69% 8% —
Women's Studies 4 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Digital Media Production 59 — 47% / 53% 8% $63,896
Film Studies 9 +1 33% / 67% 0% —
Urban Studies/Affairs 6 — 50% / 50% 0% —

Rankings

Engineering, Computing & Math

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
10k-Student Server Crashers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Schrodinger's Students
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
High-Vis Vests & Factory Floor Grunts
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
Embedded and Exhausted
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Pragmatic Plug-and-Players
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Rust Belt Royalty & Co-op Cults

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Natural Selection
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Industry Pipeline & Analytical Automatons
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Data-Driven Tree Huggers
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Scrub Life
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers

Humanities & Social Sciences

Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
FBI Most Wanted... To Hire
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
Existential Crisis Club

Arts

Actually Employable Aesthetes Applied Design
Apple Calls This The Recruiting Pool
Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Blueprint Masters
Runways, Retail, and Rhinestones Fashion & Apparel
Built for the Garment District
Eight Hours of Scales Music
Recital Royalty

Professional

The "Actually Knowing How to Build It" Crew Manufacturing
Regional Tech Titans
Future Firefighters, Paramedics, and Emergency Managers Public Safety
First Due on Scene