Admissions

The tables and charts in this section all pertain to the fall semester entering freshman class, including full- and part-time students. With the exception of the number of students "applied" and "accepted," which is provided by the Office of Admissions, all information is based upon an Oct. 15 snapshot of enrolled students.

Acceptance and Yield Rates

The Acceptance Rate identifies the percentage of applicants who were accepted into Miami University. The Yield Rate identifies the percentage of accepted students who enrolled at Miami University.

Test Scores

The SAT and ACT scores reported are the highest scores reported by each individual. If individual students submit both SAT and ACT scores, only their highest score is included (consistent with Admissions policies). In Fall 2018, 82% of incoming freshmen submitted ACT scores; 28% submitted SAT scores.

High School Rank

40% of new freshmen reported a high school rank in 2018. This percentage has steadily decreased during the past ten years. Note that some high schools do not rank students.

Degrees Awarded

The tables and charts in this section pertain to degrees awarded at Miami University. Degree data is presented by academic year and includes degrees awarded between July 1 and June 30 of the specified year (i.e., summer 2017, fall 2017, winter 2018, and spring 2018). If a student is awarded more than one degree, each degree is counted. In the past, Miami University has reported all degrees awarded to IPEDS (i.e., federal reporting) at the Oxford campus level with a parent-child relationship which gave 4% of degrees to Hamilton and 4% of degrees to Middletown. Beginning with the 2014-15 degrees awarded, Miami reports degrees awarded for each campus using the following methodology that the Office of Institutional Research developed in conjunction with the Regional Campuses.

Regional Campuses

All degrees and certificates that belong to CLAAS as well as all associate's degrees (regardless of division) are reported as either Hamilton or Middletown. The campus is assigned based on the campus where the student has the largest number of credit hours earned. If there is a tie, then the student's entering campus will be used.

Oxford Campus

All degrees other than associate's degrees or those belonging to CLAAS will be reported as Oxford campus.

Enrollments and Credit Hours

The tables and charts in this section pertain to student enrollment at Miami University.

Because the fall semester of each year usually represents the peak enrollment, most enrollment reporting is done for the fall semester. Enrollment information is captured and a "snapshot" created at separate times during each semester: on the 15th day of the semester, on October 15th, and 30 days after the end of the semester. This ensures consistent reporting, as enrollment numbers may fluctuate slightly due to changes in the Banner transactional system.

The 15th day of the semester is generally considered the earliest point of the semester at which enrollment is "stable,"as it represents the end of the drop/add period.

Enrollment data reported to the Ohio Board of Regents is based primarily on the 15th day of the semester, but also includes enrollments from non-standard course enrollments (i.e., courses that do not run for a full term).

October 15th data is used for IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) reporting of fall enrollments to the federal government. The Office of Institutional Research also typically uses October 15th data when providing enrollment data to the publishers of college guidebooks (e.g., Peterson's Four-Year Colleges guidebook and U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges issue).

Miami University reports data for three campuses: the main campus in Oxford and regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown. Students attending the Dolibois Center in Luxembourg and the Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester are counted with the Oxford campus. Student campus is determined by the primary campus indicator on the Banner system. Students may take courses on campuses other than their primary campus.

Faculty and Staff

The tables and charts in this section pertain to counts of active employees at Miami University and are based on the data reported to IPEDS.

All counts are based upon an extract of active employees from the Banner system as of November 1 of the fall term (in this case, fall 2018). This is the date used for federal reporting to the IPEDS system and generally represents the 'high water mark' for employment for the academic year. Because the IPEDS Faculty and Staff reporting is intended to be a comprehensive look at the number and type of employees on campus, employees are counted only once, in their primary job. Other reports which focus on the number of teaching faculty, e.g., the Common Data Set, include everyone who teaches, regardless of whether it is their primary job.

Miami University reports data for three campuses: the main campus in Oxford and regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown. A small number of employees at the Dolibois Center in Luxembourg are omitted from federal reporting and thus are not included here.

Finances

The tables and charts in this section all pertain to fiscal-year based financial reporting, as used in the IPEDS Finance Survey (reported by Miami University to the federal government each spring). Miami uses GASB 34/35 standards for financial reporting, though the affiliated Miami University Foundation uses FASB standards.

Miami's fiscal year, like that of most universities, runs from July 1 through June 30 of the next calendar year. Fiscal year 2018 began on July 1, 2017 and ended on June 30, 2018. Please note that because financial information is not generally reported until it has been certified by independent auditors, there is a lag of several months before the information is available.

The endowment information shown in this section matches what is reported in the NACUBO Endowment Study and includes Miami University and the Miami University Foundation.

Additional details can be found in the university's annual Financial Report, which is available by request at controller@MiamiOH.edu.

Graduation and Retention Rates

The tables and charts in this section pertain to retention and graduation rate statistics at Miami University.

Graduation Rates

Data are presented to be consistent with national reporting guidelines for graduation rates as defined in the Student Right-to Know Act. This specifies that only students who are (1) first-time, degree-seeking college students during the fall semester, and (2) enrolled full-time during their first semester, are to be included in each yearly cohort. Each cohort is then tracked for 6 years. Students not tracked for the graduation rates include: students who begin college in the spring; students who begin college as part-time students; graduate students; and students who are transfers from other colleges. Also note that students beginning at the Hamilton and Middletown campuses are reported separately from Oxford students.

All colleges that participate in federal financial programs are required to report graduation information to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) for its Graduation Rates Survey. Graduation data on student athletes is also reported in this survey, and is included in the NCAA's Graduation Rates Reports. Only those athletes who received athletic aid during their first year are separated out in this report.

Retention Rates

First-year retention is defined as the percentage of an initial cohort (as defined above) enrolled at the same institution one year later (i.e., freshman to sophomore year).

In addition to federal reporting, Miami University participates in the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE), which gathers retention and graduation rate information from hundreds of universities across the country. The CSRDE contains summary information.

Success Rates

Students who do not complete a degree at Miami may transfer to other schools for a variety of reasons. The success rates identify the percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who graduate with a degree or are enrolled at any institution of higher learning (including Miami University or a different college or university) after 6 years.

Because the success rates are based on data from the National Student Clearinghouse, the graduation rates included as part of the success rates tables may vary slightly from the university's official 6-year graduation rates. The official graduation rates are likely to be slightly higher than the rates identified in the success rates tables.

Tuition and Financial Aid

The tables and charts in this section pertain to student tuition rates and financial aid at Miami University.

Tuition, Fees, Room & Board

Tuition and fee rates used in this section are intended to represent the most common yearly charge for full-time students. Miami's tuition for full-time students is charged as a flat rate. Part-time students (those taking less than 12 hours) are charged per credit hour. We have not included charges that apply only to specific subsets of students, such as admissions fees and course fees (e.g. materials fees for studio art classes). Detailed information on tuition & fees is kept by the Office of the Bursar.

Beginning with the 2016-17 academic year, Miami implemented the Miami Tuition Promise. Miami's Tuition Promise provides all first-time undergraduate students the certainty that tuition, room and board, special purpose fees and course fees will not increase over the four academic years of their Miami experience. For additional details on Miami's Tuition Promise, visit Miami's Tuition Promise for more details.

Miami is a public university and tuition and fee rates are subject to regulation by the state of Ohio. The Ohio state legislature meets biennially with sessions adjourning at the end of June. Thus Miami's tuition rate for the upcoming academic year may not be finalized until the end of June.

Financial Aid

The financial aid data presented in this section comes from the Common Data Set.

Note: From 2003-2004 through 2007-2008, Miami changed its tuition structure so that Ohio residents and non-residents paid essentially the same rate, with a slight difference in fees. Resident students received a scholarship which was roughly equivalent to the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. The exact amount of the scholarship varied by family income. Because of this change, comparisons with these years, for both tuition and some areas of financial aid, are not particularly meaningful. For details on these years, please contact the Office of Institutional Research at InstitutionalResearch@MiamiOH.edu.