What You'll Actually Pay
Price after grants
$16,015 to $31,431 a year for in-state students, depending on income.
College Scorecard 2024 estimate · in-state rates
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Full cost before aid: $38,757 a year in-state. Average need-based aid package: $19,656.Aid and debt
32.7%
receive need-based grants
$30,757
average debt at graduation
8,728
students got merit aid
about 52% of undergraduates
$11,644
average merit award
Getting In
Admit rates
75.4%
admitted overall
84.1%
admitted Early Decision
75.3%
admitted Regular Decision
A note for out-of-state applicants
Miami University operates under an Ohio law directing the school to favor in-state applicants over out-of-state applicants with similar qualifications when deciding between them — not a cap, floor, or quota, and with no set percentage attached. It's a real, current law, but a soft one: how often it actually changes an outcome isn't publicly reported.
Per ORC §3345.064.
Early Decision
Early Decision applicants were admitted at 1x the Regular Decision rate, and Early Decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
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Some of that gap reflects who applies early (recruited athletes, legacy applicants and highly committed students concentrate in that pool), so it isn't proof that applying early would raise any one student's own odds.
Key dates
Test scores
SAT, middle 50% of those who submitted: 1240–1378 · 8% of the class submitted
ACT, middle 50% of those who submitted: 25–30 · 24% of the class submitted
What they value
- Very important
- Course rigor (AP/IB)
- Class rank
- GPA
- SAT/ACT scores
- Personal essay
- Recommendations
- Special talent
- Character
- Considered
- Extracurriculars
- First-gen status
- Legacy status
- Where you're from
- In-state residency
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Demonstrated interest
What this means for you
Miami (Ohio) rates three things you can work on as Very Important: course rigor, your essay, and your recommendations.
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Rigor means AP, IB, and dual enrollment carry real weight — make sure your mix of AP or IB courses is strong. The essay is weighted like your GPA. And choose recommenders who can be specific about you, not just confirm your transcript.
Miami (Ohio) rates demonstrated interest 'Considered' — it can tip a close decision, without being decisive.
Source: Common Data Set 2024–25, Section C7 (admissions factors)
Miami (Ohio) just showed you what it values in an application. Use that to write a Why-Miami (Ohio) essay that's actually about you — not a template.
Get sourced starting points for your essayStudent Life
26.8% of Miami (Ohio) classes have fewer than 20 students.
26.8%
under 20 students
64%
20 to 49
9.2%
50 or more
Every class section counts, labs and seminars included; first-year courses tend to be larger. Miami (Ohio) CDS 2024–25, I-3.
16:1
student:faculty ratio
Campus life
34.5%
first-years from out of state
46%
live on campus
23%
of men in fraternities
31%
of women in sororities
Who attends
- White82.5%
- Hispanic4.7%
- Multiracial3.7%
- Black3%
- Asian2.4%
- Unknown / other1%
Enrolled undergraduates; international students are counted separately and not included. Miami (Ohio) CDS 2024–25, B2.
Popular majors
Will They Graduate?
70.3% of Miami (Ohio) students graduate in 4 years.
70.3%
finish in 4 years
Entered fall 2018
79.8%
finish in 6 years
Entered fall 2018
90.1%
return after first year
Finishing late means paying for extra semesters, so the 4-year rate is the one that shows the cost.
Students with Pell Grants
71.9% finish in 6 years, against 79.8% of all students.
A 7.9-point gap: Pell Grant students finish less often than students overall.
City & Culture
Beyond the data — what it's actually like to spend four years in Oxford.
Oxford is a small town in southwestern Ohio built around the university, with a compact Uptown of bars, restaurants and shops directly at the edge of campus.
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Cincinnati is under an hour away but campus life does not depend on it.
The City
College town
Oxford, OH
Best For
Notable alumni
Notable Alumni
Benjamin Harrison
23rd president of the United States, who graduated from Miami in 1852
Class of 1852
Paul Brown
Founder and namesake of the Cleveland Browns and founder of the Cincinnati Bengals, and a central figure in Miami's Cradle of Coaches
Class of 1930
Ara Parseghian
Notre Dame head coach who won two national championships and entered the College Football Hall of Fame
Class of 1949
Alumni selected for name recognition and range of fields. Not from the Common Data Set.
Traditions
Traditions
The Cradle of Coaches
Miami's nickname for its extraordinary run of football coaches — Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler and Red Blaik among them. A sculpture plaza at Yager Stadium commemorates them.
The Miami Merger
The university tracks alumni who marry each other; couples who met at Miami can return to be married in Sesquicentennial Chapel. Thousands of mergers are on record.
Uptown Oxford
The three-block High Street strip at the campus gates functions as the student union in practice — the default destination on almost any evening.
Weekend escapes from Oxford
Weekend Escapes
Within driving distance from Oxford
Cincinnati
50 minutesThe nearest city, with professional sport, an airport and a music calendar.
Indianapolis
1 hour 45 minutesThe closest major city to the west.
Hueston Woods State Park
15 minutesLake, trails and a lodge just north of Oxford — the local escape that needs no planning.
Getting there and game days
Getting There & Game Days
Nearest airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG)
45 minutes from campus
For international flights: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) — about 3 hours 45 minutes by road.
Pro sports nearby
- Cincinnati Reds MLB
- Cincinnati Bengals NFL
- FC Cincinnati MLS
Internships and jobs nearby
Career Proximity
Miami's pipeline runs on Cincinnati, an hour south, which is headquarters to an unusually dense group of consumer and industrial companies for a city its size.
Top Industries Nearby
Major Employers
- Procter & Gamble
- Kroger
- Fifth Third Bank
- GE Aerospace
- Cintas
- Cincinnati Children's
Cincinnati, 50 minutes
Who thrives here
Who Thrives Here
Miami admits 75.4% of applicants, so for most solid students this is a target rather than a reach, and it is one of the older public universities in the country, founded in 1809. What defines it day to day is Greek life: about 23% of men and 31% of women join, which is high enough that it shapes the social calendar whether or not a student participates. Only 46% of undergraduates live on campus, so Oxford's off-campus housing is where much of upperclass life happens. The academic trade-off is class size — 26.8% of classes have fewer than 20 students, which is low, and the student-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Money is the other one: Miami meets 61.6% of demonstrated need and graduates carry $30,757 in average debt, against $18,519 in-state and $42,041 out-of-state tuition. 70.3% finish in four years and 79.8% in six.