List of colleges and universities in Ohio

The U.S. 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]

Institutions

Stoddard Hall at Miami University

Bosworth Hall at Oberlin College

Manasseh Cutler Hall at Ohio University

Arts and Sciences 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 Universities: High Research Activity	1,048	1919
Allegheny Wesleyan College	Salem	Private not-for profit	Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions	86	1957
American Institute of Alternative Medicine	Columbus	Private for-profit	Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools	360	1990[6]
Antioch College	Yellow Springs	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus	127	1850[7]
Antioch University	Yellow Springs	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (Antioch University Online); Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools (PhD Program in Leadership and Change)	443	1988
Art Academy of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private not-for profit	Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools	263	1869
Ashland University	Ashland	Private not-for profit	Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs	4,174	1878
ATA College-Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private for-profit	Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions	309	1994[8]
Athena Career Academy	Toledo	Private for-profit	Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields	245
Athenaeum of Ohio	Cincinnati	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions	141	1829
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Canton	Private not-for profit	Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools	250
Baldwin Wallace University	Berea	Private not-for profit	Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs	3,220	1845
Belmont College	St. Clairsville	Public	Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional	723	1971
Bluffton University	Bluffton	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields	745	1899
Bowling Green State University-Firelands	Huron	Public	Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional	1,845	1968
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	Bowling Green	Public	Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity	16,920	1910
Bryant & Stratton College-Akron	Akron	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
Bryant & Stratton College-Parma	Parma	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant	534
Bryant & Stratton College-Solon	Solon	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
Capital University	Bexley	Private not-for profit	Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs	2,617	1830
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	Private not-for profit	Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity	12,475	1826
Cedarville University	Cedarville	Private not-for profit	Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs	4,960	1887
Central Ohio Technical College	Newark	Public	Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional	2,614	1971
Central State University	Wilberforce	Public	Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields	5,434	1887
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College	Cincinnati	Public	Associate's college	10,707	1969
Clark State 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 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[9]	Various	Private for-profit	Associate's college	169[10]	1963
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
Franciscan University of Steubenville	Steubenville	Private (Catholic) 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
Hondros College of Nursing	Columbus	Private not-for profit	Associate's college	3,671	1981
James A. Rhodes State College	Lima	Public	Associate's college	3,657	1971
John Carroll University	University Heights	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	Master's university	3,709	1886
Kent State University[11]	Kent	Public	Doctoral/highest 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 (Catholic) 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 (Catholic) 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[12]	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 (Catholic) not-for profit	Master's university	2,300	1920
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[13]	1972[14]
Northwest State Community College	Archbold	Public	Associate's college	3,612	1968
Oberlin College	Oberlin	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate college	2,978	1833
Ohio University[15]	Athens	Public	Doctoral/highest research university	29,217	1804
Ohio Christian University	Circleville	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate college	4,058	1947
Ohio Dominican University	Columbus	Private (Catholic) 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[16]	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 (Catholic) not-for profit	Special-focus institution	138	1888
Remington College	Cleveland	Private not-for profit	Special-focus institution	510	1987[17]
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 Akron Main Campus	Akron	Public	Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity	14,813	1870[18]
University of Akron Wayne College	Orrville	Public	Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional	1,416	1972
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Public	Doctoral/highest research university	46,224	1819
University of Dayton	Dayton	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	Doctoral/higher research university	11,074	1850
University of Findlay	Findlay	Private not-for profit	Master's university	5,172	1882
University of Mount Union	Alliance	Private not-for profit	Baccalaureate college	2,049	1846
University of Northwestern Ohio	Lima	Private not-for profit	Mixed baccalaureate/associate's college	4,111	1920
University of Rio Grande	Rio Grande	Private not-for profit	Mixed baccalaureate/associate's college	2,202	1876
University of Toledo	Toledo	Public	Doctoral/higher research university	20,626	1872
Ursuline College	Pepper Pike	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	Master's university	1,180	1871
Walsh University	North Canton	Private (Catholic) 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[19]	Fairborn	Public	Doctoral/higher research university	16,842	1967
Xavier University	Cincinnati	Private (Catholic) 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	[20]
Chatfield College	St. Martin	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	1971	2023	[21]
Cincinnati Christian University	Cincinnati	Private not-for profit	1924	2019	[22]
Cleveland Institute of Electronics	Cleveland	Private for-profit	1934	2022	[23]
Edgecliff College	Cincinnati	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	1935	1980 Merged into Xavier University	[24]
Mary Manse College	Toledo	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	1922	1975	[25]
Miami Valley College	Springboro	Private	1870	1883	[26]
National Normal University	Lebanon	Private	1855	1917 Merged into Wilmington College	[27]
Notre Dame College	South Euclid	Private (Catholic) not-for profit	1922	2024	[28]
Ohio Central College	Iberia	Private	1854	Unspecified[29]	[30]
Trinity Lutheran Seminary	Columbus	Private not-for profit	1830	2018 Merged into Capital University	[31]
Union Institute & University	Cincinnati	Private not-for profit	1964	2024	[32]
Urbana University	Urbana	Private not-for profit	1850	2020 Merged into Franklin University	[33]
Western College for Women	Oxford	Private	1855	1974 Merged into Miami University	[34]

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