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University of Akron Main Campus was awarded 128 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
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College Factual ranked University of Akron Main Campus as #827 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, University of Akron Main Campus is ranked at #23.
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The acceptance rate at University of Akron Main Campus is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that University of Akron Main Campus is a good fit for you.
About 18% of students accepted to University of Akron Main Campus submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 610. Math scores were between 490 and 620.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of Akron Main Campus, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Akron Main Campus is 45%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of Akron Main Campus is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 4% for first-time, full-time students at University of Akron Main Campus, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,651 undergraduates at University of Akron Main Campus with 10,791 being full-time and 2,860 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,804 | $11,665 | $13,623 | $17,467 | $18,957 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of University of Akron Main Campus, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At University of Akron Main Campus, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,940 a year. That adds up to $27,760 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at University of Akron Main Campus is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for University of Akron Main Campus are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 302 Buchtel Common, Akron, OH 44325-2102 |
| Phone: | 330-972-7111 |
| Website: | www.uakron.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 270 | $67,141 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 233 | $24,851 |
| Other Social Sciences | 233 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 219 | $45,211 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 198 | $71,448 |
| General Biology | 120 | $32,050 |
| Social Work | 120 | $37,541 |
| Law | 108 | NA |
| Marketing | 106 | $47,740 |
| General Psychology | 102 | $30,456 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 8,477 students took at least one online class at University of Akron Main Campus. This is a decrease from the 9,096 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 8,477 | 1,479 |
| 2021-2022 | 9,096 | 1,254 |
| 2020-2021 | 14,815 | 4,665 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,102 | 802 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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