List of colleges and universities in Ohio

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.

Institutions

Stoddard Hall at Miami University

Bosworth Hall at Oberlin College

Manasseh Cutler Hall at Ohio University

McMicken Hall at the University of Cincinnati

The Immaculate Conception Chapel at the University of Dayton

Frank Gehry-designed Peter B. Lewis Building at Case Western Reserve University.

Active institutions

School	Location(s)	Control	Type [4]	Enrollment [5]	Founded
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

Defunct institutions

Defunct institutions

School	Location	Control	Founded	Closed	Ref
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]

See also

• Ohio portal

• Higher education in the United States
• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of college athletic programs in Ohio
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• Lists of universities and colleges
• List of colleges and universities by country

References

1. See College Lands: Ohio University Chartered, and Land Ordinance of 1785, and A compilation of laws, treaties, resolutions, and ordinances: of the general and state governments, which relate to lands in the state of Ohio; including the laws adopted by the governor and judges; the laws of the territorial legislature; and the laws of this state, to the years 1815–16. G. Nashee, State Printer. 1825. p.  17.
2. "Ohio Lands: A Short History". Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
3. John Kilbourne (1907). "The Public Lands of Ohio". In Henry Howe (ed.). Historical Collections of Ohio ... an Encyclopedia of the State. Vol. 1 (The Ohio Centennial ed.). The State of Ohio. p. 226. Act of February 18, 1804, v. 2, L. O. p. 193, An act establishing a University in the town of Athens.
4. As noted by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
5. As noted by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Data taken from 2013-14 academic year.
6. As Buchtel College
7. "Student Population at Allegheny Wesleyan College". College Tuition Compare. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
8. Not ranked by Carnegie, but presumed to be a baccalaureate college.
9. Closed briefly in 2008 and reopened in 2011.
10. Also includes UC Blue Ash, an Associate's-heavy school, and UC Clermont, a mixed Associate's/Baccalaureate school.
11. Maintains campuses in Chillicothe, Jackson, Lancaster and New Boston.
12. Across all campuses.
13. Also includes associate's dominant Ashtabula, Geauga, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas campuses, health profession campus in East Liverpool, mixed baccalaureate and associate's Salem campus.
14. Also includes associate's-heavy satellite campuses in Hamilton, Middletown, and West Chester.
15. NEOMED Facts & Figures, Enrollment Fall 2019, Retrieved Jan. 10, 2020
16. As Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
17. Includes associate's dominant Chillicothe, Eastern, Lancaster, and Southern campuses, and special-focus Zanesville campus.
18. Also includes baccalaureate Lima campus, and mixed baccalaureate/associate's Mansfield, Marion, and Newark campuses.
19. National organization formed, date of Cleveland opening unknown
20. Also includes baccalaureate college Lake Campus.
21. "Chancellor University is closing, ending a 165-year higher education legacy". cleveland.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
22. "A Letter to Our Students | Cincinnati Christian University" . Retrieved 2020-05-14.
23. "Edgecliff finds a home". www.enquirer.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
24. "CAC Manuscripts: MS 27". 2007-06-27. Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
25. Pauwels, Cynthia L. (2009). Historic Warren County: An Illustrated History. HPN Books. ISBN   9781935377092.
26. "National Normal University - Ohio History Central". www.ohiohistorycentral.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
27. "Towards the end of the nineteenth century"
28. History of Morrow County, Ohio, 1989, Walsworth Press, Inc., 1989.
29. "How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016?". Education Dive. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
30. "Urbana University to Close Physical Campus and Move Academic Programming Online through Franklin University After Conclusion of Spring 2020 Term | Urbana University". www.urbana.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
31. "Western College for Women - Ohio History Central". www.ohiohistorycentral.org. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

External links

• Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Ohio