Future Students

Incoming freshman

Welcome, future Buckeye! Here’s everything you need to know about applying to Ohio State Newark.

Apply for free

To align with our mission of affordability and accessibility, we're covering the $60 application fee for first-year applicants who apply directly to a regional campus between Oct. 1 and Dec. 1. Our regional campuses are already dedicated to providing Ohio students and families with an excellent college education at one of the lowest tuition rates in the state.

Just enter fee waiver code RCW2025 when prompted in the online application to your regional campus of choice by Dec. 1 for these big benefits:

  • No application fee
  • Automatic consideration for scholarships
  • Quick admissions decision (typically under three weeks!)

This fee waiver code is exclusively available for first-year applicants to an Ohio State regional campus in Lima, Mansfield, Marion or Newark, or ATI in Wooster. Note: If you’re planning to apply to the Columbus campus, you should submit the Common Application and not an application to a regional campus.

Admission criteria

You must be a resident of Ohio and a high school graduate (or soon-to-be) who has never enrolled at a college or university (don’t count college classes you may have taken in high school) to enroll as an incoming freshman.

Home-schooled applicants must submit an approved “excuse from attendance” verification (or equivalent) provided by a local school district or state official.

Autumn semester 2023 enrollment of new first-year students

  • 1,403 new first-year students
  • 45% first-generation students
  • 44% racial and ethnic diversity

Visit Campus

Learn about the admission process and tour campus.
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Steps to enroll

Campus resources and services for new students

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On-campus housing

Housing options include traditional dormitories and apartment-style living steps away from the academic core.
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Learning communities

Connect to like-minded students, faculty and resources to ensure you get the most out of your first year.
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Disability services

Free programs and services are designed to help all students have full access to college life.
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