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Ohio Colleges by the Numbers
71 four-year Ohio colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 71, with Ohio medians up top.
The most selective door in the state is Denison University at 17.4% admitted; the most open is Arizona College of Nursing-Cincinnati at 100%. Published in-state tuition runs from $7,710 at the cheapest campus to $71,520 at the most expensive — a $63,810 spread inside Ohio alone. Ohio's ten-year earnings benchmark of $52,356 sits 3% below the national median for college-goers.
In Ohio, 15 schools don't look at test scores at all, while 1 — Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences — still requires them. Ohio has 71 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from Ohio State University-Main Campus at 45,638 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size.
Each Ohio school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Ohio, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Ohio medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76.5% | $29,500 | $52,356 | 55.6% |
Medians across 77 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Ohio; the table below lists the 71 with complete admissions records.
All Ohio colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Institute of Alternative Medicine | Columbus | 78.3% | not considered | $22,947 | 231 | $40,805 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Cincinnati | Cincinnati | 100% | not considered | $23,760 | 77 | $34,657 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Cleveland | Beachwood | 100% | not considered | $23,760 | 164 | $34,657 |
| Art Academy of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | 34.5% | — | $41,375 | 205 | $34,368 |
| Ashland University | Ashland | 76.4% | 1020–1255 | $31,210 | 2,199 | $52,928 |
| Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Canton | 45.9% | ACT 15–22 | $20,230 | 280 | $63,582 |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Berea | 75.7% | 1050–1285 | $39,832 | 2,842 | $54,122 |
| Bluffton University | Bluffton | 67.2% | 920–1130 | $37,362 | 582 | $49,547 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | Bowling Green | 81% | 1020–1230 | $14,460 | 12,812 | $47,896 |
| Capital University | Columbus | 70.2% | 980–1190 | $43,234 | 1,585 | $54,143 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | 36.5% | 1430–1540 | $66,608 | 6,437 | $87,989 |
| Cedarville University | Cedarville | 65.3% | 1110–1360 | $37,150 | 4,024 | $55,443 |
| Central State University | Wilberforce | 98.6% | not considered | $8,058 | 2,620 | $33,267 |
| Chamberlain University-Ohio | Columbus | 87.5% | — | $19,975 | 257 | $92,405 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | Cleveland | 61.4% | 1060–1300 | $49,400 | 539 | $42,509 |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland | 47.3% | not considered | $52,880 | 159 | $32,641 |
| Cleveland State University | Cleveland | 91.3% | ACT 17–25 | $12,988 | 8,969 | $52,131 |
| Columbus College of Art & Design | Columbus | 67.7% | not considered | $40,825 | 882 | $40,664 |
| Defiance College | Defiance | 47.5% | not considered | $29,320 | 499 | $49,351 |
| Denison University | Granville | 17.4% | 1300–1470 | $67,000 | 2,380 | $67,753 |
| DeVry University-Ohio | Columbus | 100% | — | $17,408 | 210 | $45,987 |
| Franciscan University of Steubenville | Steubenville | 58.4% | 1100–1290 | $34,100 | 2,901 | $50,030 |
| Gods Bible School and College | Cincinnati | 75.3% | — | $7,710 | 281 | $37,722 |
| Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science | Cincinnati | 45.7% | — | $15,470 | 690 | $66,111 |
| Heidelberg University | Tiffin | 85.8% | not considered | $33,650 | 915 | $48,466 |
| Herzing University-Akron | Akron | 94.6% | not considered | $13,450 | 391 | $36,909 |
| Hiram College | Hiram | 93.5% | not considered | $27,600 | 777 | $54,311 |
| Hondros College of Nursing | Columbus | 85.3% | not considered | $14,817 | 3,857 | $58,636 |
| John Carroll University | University Heights | 80.9% | 1190–1350 | $50,500 | 2,274 | $62,860 |
| Kent State University at Kent | Kent | 86.3% | 1000–1230 | $13,232 | 19,320 | $45,388 |
| Kenyon College | Gambier | 31% | 1360–1500 | $71,520 | 1,732 | $71,830 |
| Kettering College | Kettering | 76.5% | ACT 18–26 | $16,320 | 549 | $67,492 |
| Lake Erie College | Painesville | 70.4% | 945–1115 | $37,634 | 852 | $50,417 |
| Lourdes University | Sylvania | 74.1% | not considered | $29,500 | 543 | $48,150 |
| Malone University | Canton | 75.9% | 885–1236 | $37,160 | 798 | $48,909 |
| Marietta College | Marietta | 79.3% | 990–1295 | $39,652 | 952 | $57,180 |
| Mercy College of Ohio | Toledo | 93.2% | 850–1070 | $19,470 | 939 | $65,409 |
| Miami University-Oxford | Oxford | 75.4% | 1210–1380 | $18,161 | 16,656 | $55,076 |
| Mount Carmel College of Nursing | Columbus | 84.3% | ACT 17–21 | $22,080 | 532 | $75,103 |
| Mount St. Joseph University | Cincinnati | 59.1% | 880–1083 | $38,150 | 1,129 | $51,509 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Mount Vernon | 84.2% | 963–1228 | $37,158 | 1,358 | $49,555 |
| Muskingum University | New Concord | 81.8% | 900–1120 | $32,665 | 1,376 | $48,440 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin | 34.2% | 1370–1510 | $67,366 | 2,887 | $58,343 |
| Ohio Christian University | Circleville | 38% | ACT 15–17 | $24,600 | 862 | $39,813 |
| Ohio Dominican University | Columbus | 94.2% | ACT 20–28 | $35,720 | 760 | $51,748 |
| Ohio Northern University | Ada | 74.4% | 1173–1376 | $39,800 | 2,489 | $80,928 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Columbus | 60.6% | 1330–1480 | $13,244 | 45,638 | $60,409 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Athens | 85% | 1100–1290 | $14,158 | 19,633 | $52,581 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware | 55.6% | 1105–1350 | $53,888 | 1,516 | $55,624 |
| Otterbein University | Westerville | 84.5% | ACT 23–28 | $35,548 | 2,157 | $53,313 |
| Professional Skills Institute | Maumee | 83.1% | not considered | $15,884 | 395 | $47,765 |
| The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Cincinnati | 58.9% | 830–1000 | $16,836 | 713 | $68,303 |
| The College of Wooster | Wooster | 59.5% | 1250–1450 | $61,640 | 1,730 | $59,629 |
| The Modern College of Design | Kettering | 91.7% | not considered | $31,468 | 211 | $42,187 |
| The University of Findlay | Findlay | 83.4% | not considered | $41,164 | 2,223 | $56,996 |
| Tiffin University | Tiffin | 80% | 870–1120 | $34,790 | 2,051 | $35,942 |
| Trinity Health System School of Nursing | Steubenville | 100% | — | $9,619 | 26 | $71,660 |
| University of Akron Main Campus | Akron | 59.7% | 950–1190 | $13,135 | 9,052 | $46,600 |
| University of Akron Wayne College | Orrville | 89.9% | 901–1153 | $7,723 | 457 | $46,600 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Cincinnati | 85.3% | 1150–1360 | $13,976 | 29,882 | $54,810 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton | 65.5% | 1195–1370 | $49,140 | 7,682 | $75,537 |
| University of Mount Union | Alliance | 78.2% | 1070–1290 | $36,600 | 1,995 | $53,217 |
| University of Toledo | Toledo | 92% | 1050–1300 | $12,744 | 9,770 | $50,632 |
| Ursuline College | Pepper Pike | 74.9% | 960–1200 | $38,990 | 670 | $56,878 |
| Walsh University | North Canton | 70.7% | 1056–1215 | $35,745 | 1,390 | $59,764 |
| Wilberforce University | Wilberforce | 40.5% | ACT 15–21 | $16,448 | 822 | $38,298 |
| Wilmington College | Wilmington | 92.4% | 860–1050 | $32,082 | 1,006 | $48,491 |
| Wittenberg University | Springfield | 72.4% | 1070–1260 | $45,940 | 1,215 | $54,947 |
| Wright State University-Main Campus | Dayton | 96.3% | 913–1230 | $11,522 | 6,762 | $49,500 |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati | 86.4% | 1060–1298 | $50,640 | 4,207 | $64,873 |
| Youngstown State University | Youngstown | 84.5% | 940–1210 | $11,113 | 7,961 | $41,544 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.