The state of Ohio is home to a number of public and private institutions of higher learning. Prior to statehood, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 included a provision to establish an institution of higher education in what became Ohio. American Western University was chartered in 1802 as a result, but never opened. Two years later, the new Ohio General Assembly chartered Ohio University, which opened for classes in 1809, followed by Miami University, which was chartered in 1809 and opened in 1824. In northern Ohio, Western Reserve College (now Case Western Reserve University) was established in 1826. [1] [2] [3]
The Ohio Board of Regents oversees the public institutions of higher education in Ohio. This system has come under some criticism in recent years as contributing greatly to overlap and redundancies in the higher education system. For example, Ohio's public university system supports nine doctoral programs in history and five law schools while four different public universities in Ohio operate airports and offer aviation programs. At the same time, the system has been lauded for creating powerful "utility" organizations, such as OhioLINK and the Ohio Supercomputer Center, which allow campuses to collaborate and achieve significant efficiencies. A new credit transfer program makes transferring among Ohio's public campuses much easier, and allows students to preview academic programs.
11 of the 14 public universities top the state's enrollment statistics. The remaining three public institutions—Shawnee State University, Central State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University—are relatively small. Case Western Reserve University is the state's largest private university by enrollment, followed by the University of Dayton, Xavier University, Franklin University, Ashland University, and the University of Findlay.
School | Location(s) | Control | Type [4] | Enrollment [5] | Founded |
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Air Force Institute of Technology | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Public | Doctoral/moderate research university | 860 | 1919 |
University of Akron | Akron | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 23,962 | 1870 [6] |
Allegheny Wesleyan College | Salem | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 84 [7] | 1957 |
Antioch College | Yellow Springs | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college (presumed) [8] | 179 | 1850 [9] |
Antioch University Midwest | Yellow Springs | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 243 | 1988 |
Art Academy of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 209 | 1869 |
Ashland University | Ashland | Private not-for profit | Doctoral/moderate research university | 5,428 | 1878 |
Baldwin Wallace University | Berea | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 3,979 | 1845 |
Beckfield College | Springdale | Private for-profit | Associate's college | 548 | 1984 |
Belmont College | St. Clairsville | Public | Associate's college | 1,042 | 1971 |
Bluffton University | Bluffton | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,094 | 1899 |
Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 17,959 | 1910 |
Capital University | Bexley | Private not-for profit | Doctoral/higher research university | 3,494 | 1830 |
Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | Private not-for profit | Doctoral/highest research university | 12,266 | 1826 |
Cedarville University | Cedarville | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 4,193 | 1887 |
Central Ohio Technical College | Newark | Public | Associate's college | 3,567 | 1971 |
Central State University | Wilberforce | Public | Baccalaureate college, HBCU | 1,751 | 1887 |
Chatfield College | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | Associate's college | 500 | 1971 |
University of Cincinnati [10] | Cincinnati | Public | Doctoral/highest research university | 46,224 | 1819 |
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College | Cincinnati | Public | Associate's college | 10,707 | 1969 |
Clark State Community College | Springfield | Public | Associate's college | 6,400 | 1962 |
Cleveland Institute of Art | Cleveland | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 615 | 1882 |
Cleveland Institute of Electronics | Cleveland | Private for-profit | Associate's college | 1,000 | 1934 |
Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 450 | 1920 |
Cleveland State University | Cleveland | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 14,118 | 1964 |
Columbus College of Art and Design | Columbus | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 1,288 | 1879 |
Columbus State Community College | Columbus | Public | Associate's college | 24,664 | 1963 |
Cuyahoga Community College | Cleveland | Public | Associate's college | 31,024 | 1963 |
Daymar College [11] | Various | Private for-profit | Associate's college | 169 [12] | 1963 |
University of Dayton | Dayton | Private not-for profit | Doctoral/higher research university | 11,074 | 1850 |
Defiance College | Defiance | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 920 | 1850 |
Denison University | Granville | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,278 | 1831 |
Eastern Gateway Community College | Steubenville and Youngstown | Public | Associate's college | 2,904 | 1986 |
Edison State Community College | Piqua | Public | Associate's college | 4,000 | 1973 |
University of Findlay | Findlay | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 5,172 | 1882 |
Franciscan University of Steubenville | Steubenville | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,421 | 1946 |
Franklin University | Columbus | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 5,732 | 1902 |
Heidelberg University | Tiffin | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 1,230 | 1850 |
Hiram College | Hiram | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,259 | 1850 |
Hocking College | Nelsonville | Public | Associate's college | 2,300 | 1968 |
James A. Rhodes State College | Lima | Public | Associate's college | 3,657 | 1971 |
John Carroll University | University Heights | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 3,709 | 1886 |
Kent State University [13] | Kent | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 29,477 | 1910 |
Kenyon College | Gambier | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,662 | 1824 |
Kettering College | Kettering | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 760 | 1967 |
Lake Erie College | Painesville | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 1,155 | 1856 |
Lakeland Community College | Kirtland and Madison | Public | Associate's college | 9,831 | 1967 |
Lorain County Community College | Elyria, Wellington, North Ridgeville, and Lorain | Public | Associate's college | 9,473 | 1963 |
Lourdes University | Sylvania | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,035 | 1958 |
Malone University | Canton | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 1,218 | 1892 |
Marietta College | Marietta | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,500 | 1835 |
Marion Technical College | Marion | Public | Associate's college | 2,468 | 1970 |
Mercy College of Ohio | Toledo | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 688 | 1917 |
Mount Carmel College of Nursing | Columbus | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 897 | 1903 |
Miami University [14] | Oxford | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 18,620 | 1809 |
Miami-Jacobs Career College | Dayton | Private for-profit | 1,200 | 1998 | |
Mount St. Joseph University | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,300 | 1920 |
University of Mount Union | Alliance | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,049 | 1846 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Mount Vernon | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,317 | 1968 |
Muskingum University | New Concord | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,074 | 1837 |
North Central State College | Mansfield | Public | Associate's college | 4,700 | 1961 |
Northeast Ohio Medical University | Rootstown | Public | Doctoral/M.D./Pharm.D./higher research university | 959 [15] | 1972 [16] |
Northwest State Community College | Archbold | Public | Associate's college | 3,612 | 1968 |
University of Northwestern Ohio | Lima | Private not-for profit | Mixed baccalaureate/associate's college | 4,111 | 1920 |
Notre Dame College | South Euclid | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,100 | 1922 |
Oberlin College | Oberlin | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,978 | 1833 |
Ohio University [17] | Athens | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 29,217 | 1804 |
Ohio Christian University | Circleville | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 4,058 | 1947 |
Ohio Dominican University | Columbus | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,942 | 1911 |
Ohio Northern University | Ada | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 3,695 | 1871 |
Ohio State University [18] | Columbus | Public | Doctoral/highest research university | 58,322 | 1870 |
Ohio Technical College | Cleveland | Private for-profit | Associate's college | 1,500 | 1969 |
Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,734 | 1842 |
Otterbein University | Westerville | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,791 | 1847 |
Owens Community College | Toledo and Findlay | Public | Associate's college | 20,160 | 1965 |
Pontifical College Josephinum | Columbus | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 138 | 1888 |
Remington College | Cleveland | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 510 | 1987 [19] |
University of Rio Grande | Rio Grande | Private not-for profit | Mixed baccalaureate/associate's college | 2,202 | 1876 |
Shawnee State University | Portsmouth | Public | Baccalaureate college | 4,247 | 1986 |
Sinclair Community College | Dayton | Public | Associate's college | 28,000 | 1887 |
Southern State Community College | Hillsboro, Mount Orab, Wilmington, and Washington Court House | Public | Associate's college | 2,462 | 1971 |
Stark State College | Canton | Public | Associate's college | 9,653 | 1960 |
Terra State Community College | Fremont | Public | Associate's college | 3,222 | 1968 |
Tiffin University | Tiffin | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 4,100 | 1888 |
University of Toledo | Toledo | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 20,626 | 1872 |
Union Institute & University | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | Doctoral/moderate research university | 1,567 | 1964 |
Ursuline College | Pepper Pike | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 1,180 | 1871 |
Walsh University | North Canton | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 2,500 | 1958 |
Washington State Community College | Marietta | Public | Associate's college | 2,300 | 1971 |
Wilberforce University | Wilberforce | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college, HBCU | 387 | 1856 |
Wilmington College | Wilmington | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 1,200 | 1870 |
Wittenberg University | Springfield | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,964 | 1845 |
The College of Wooster | Wooster | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,049 | 1866 |
Wright State University [20] | Fairborn | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 16,842 | 1967 |
Xavier University | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | Master's university | 6,650 | 1831 |
Youngstown State University | Youngstown | Public | Master's university | 11,072 | 1908 |
Zane State College | Zanesville | Public | Associate's college | 2,100 | 1969 |
School | Location | Control | Founded | Closed | Ref |
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Chancellor University | Cleveland | Private for-profit | 1848 | 2013 | [21] |
Cincinnati Christian University | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | 1924 | 2019 | [22] |
Edgecliff College | Cincinnati | Private | 1935 | 1980 Merged into Xavier University | [23] |
Mary Manse College | Toledo | Private | 1922 | 1975 | [24] |
Miami Valley College | Springboro | Private | 1870 | 1883 | [25] |
National Normal University | Lebanon | Private | 1855 | 1917 Merged into Wilmington College | [26] |
Ohio Central College | Iberia | Private | 1854 | Unspecified [27] | [28] |
Trinity Lutheran Seminary | Columbus | Private not-for profit | 1830 | 2018 Merged into Capital University | [29] |
Urbana University | Urbana | Private not-for profit | 1850 | 2020 Merged into Franklin University | [30] |
Western College for Women | Oxford | Private | 1855 | 1974 Merged into Miami University | [31] |
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