Best Colleges in Ohio (2026)

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Ohio, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40

Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank	School	Admit	Net price	SAT
1	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	61%	$17,339	1310-1480	See record
2	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	75%	$28,384	1220-1390	See record
3	Felbry College Columbus, OH	85%	$57,632	-	See record
4	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	37%	$41,190	1430-1540	See record
5	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	31%	$38,512	1358-1503	See record
6	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	34%	$38,645	1360-1520	See record
7	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	65%	$29,533	1200-1380	See record
8	Denison University Granville, OH	17.4%	$40,007	1320-1490	See record
9	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	81%	$28,746	1180-1330	See record
10	Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH	58%	$23,589	1110-1350	See record
11	Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	74%	$24,478	1175-1400	See record
12	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	85%	$25,648	1160-1370	See record
13	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	60%	$23,458	1220-1460	See record
14	Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science Cincinnati, OH	46%	$19,622	-	See record
15	Cedarville University Cedarville, OH	65%	$24,468	1130-1360	See record
16	Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH	47%	$28,226	-	See record
17	The Modern College of Design Kettering, OH	92%	$39,359	-	See record
18	Xavier University Cincinnati, OH	86%	$32,997	1103-1310	See record
19	Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon, OH	84%	$22,421	1046-1315	See record
20	Otterbein University Westerville, OH	85%	$19,237	1220	See record
21	Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH	76%	$27,603	1060-1290	See record
22	Ursuline College Pepper Pike, OH	75%	$16,164	1006-1133	See record
23	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	85%	$21,637	1090-1290	See record
24	Kettering College Kettering, OH	77%	$21,650	1050	See record
25	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	81%	$24,022	1000-1210	See record
26	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	86%	$20,787	1010-1240	See record
27	ATA College-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	-	$27,055	-	See record
28	Marietta College Marietta, OH	79%	$21,083	1040-1200	See record
29	Ashland University Ashland, OH	76%	$21,988	1035-1208	See record
30	Capital University Columbus, OH	70%	$22,576	910-1180	See record
31	American Institute of Alternative Medicine Columbus, OH	78%	$38,392	-	See record
32	University of Mount Union Alliance, OH	78%	$23,280	910-1240	See record
33	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	56%	$20,897	-	See record
34	Walsh University North Canton, OH	71%	$20,493	1040-1280	See record
35	The University of Findlay Findlay, OH	83%	$27,221	-	See record
36	Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH	61%	$29,208	980-1280	See record
37	Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	-	$28,785	-	See record
38	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	92%	$17,249	1100-1300	See record
39	Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati, OH	59%	$16,530	930-1140	See record
40	Muskingum University New Concord, OH	82%	$19,532	910-1105	See record