List of colleges and universities in Ohio explained

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]

Institutions

Active institutions!School!Location(s)!Control!Type[4] !Enrollment[5] !Founded
Air Force Institute of TechnologyWright-Patterson Air Force BasePublicDoctoral Universities: High Research Activity1,0481919
Allegheny Wesleyan CollegeSalemPrivate not-for profit Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions 861957
American Institute of Alternative MedicineColumbusPrivate for-profitSpecial Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools3601990[6]
Antioch CollegeYellow SpringsPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus1271850[7]
Antioch UniversityYellow SpringsPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (Antioch University Online); Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools (PhD Program in Leadership and Change)4431988
Art Academy of CincinnatiCincinnatiPrivate not-for profitSpecial Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools2631869
Ashland UniversityAshlandPrivate not-for profitMaster's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs4,1741878
ATA College-CincinnatiCincinnatiPrivate for-profitSpecial Focus Two-Year: Health Professions3091994[8]
Athena Career AcademyToledoPrivate for-profitSpecial Focus Two-Year: Other Fields245
Athenaeum of OhioCincinnatiPrivate not-for profitSpecial Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions1411829
Aultman College of Nursing and Health SciencesCantonPrivate not-for profitSpecial Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools250
Baldwin Wallace UniversityBereaPrivate not-for profitMaster's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs3,2201845
Belmont CollegeSt. ClairsvillePublicAssociate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional7231971
Bluffton UniversityBlufftonPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields7451899
Bowling Green State University-FirelandsHuronPublicAssociate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional1,8451968
Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling GreenPublicDoctoral Universities: High Research Activity16,9201910
Bryant & Stratton College-Parma ParmaPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant534
Capital UniversityBexleyPrivate not-for profitMaster's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs2,6171830
Case Western Reserve UniversityClevelandPrivate not-for profitDoctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity12,4751826
Cedarville UniversityCedarvillePrivate not-for profitMaster's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs4,9601887
Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewarkPublicAssociate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional2,6141971
Central State UniversityWilberforcePublicBaccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields5,4341887
Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnatiPublicAssociate's college10,7071969
Clark State CollegeSpringfieldPublicAssociate's college6,4001962
Cleveland Institute of ArtClevelandPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution6151882
Cleveland Institute of MusicClevelandPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution4501920
Cleveland State UniversityClevelandPublicDoctoral/higher research university14,1181964
Columbus College of Art and DesignColumbusPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution1,2881879
Columbus State Community CollegeColumbusPublicAssociate's college24,6641963
Cuyahoga Community CollegeClevelandPublicAssociate's college31,0241963
Daymar College[9] VariousPrivate for-profitAssociate's college169[10] 1963
Defiance CollegeDefiancePrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college9201850
Denison UniversityGranvillePrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college2,2781831
Eastern Gateway Community CollegeSteubenville and YoungstownPublicAssociate's college2,9041986
Edison State Community CollegePiquaPublicAssociate's college4,0001973
Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenvillePrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,4211946
Franklin UniversityColumbusPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution5,7321902
Heidelberg UniversityTiffinPrivate not-for profitMaster's university1,2301850
Hiram CollegeHiramPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college1,2591850
Hocking CollegeNelsonvillePublicAssociate's college2,3001968
James A. Rhodes State CollegeLimaPublicAssociate's college3,6571971
John Carroll UniversityUniversity HeightsPrivate not-for profitMaster's university3,7091886
Kent State University[11] KentPublicDoctoral/highest research university29,4771910
Kenyon CollegeGambierPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college1,6621824
Kettering CollegeKetteringPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution7601967
Lake Erie CollegePainesvillePrivate not-for profitMaster's university1,1551856
Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland and MadisonPublicAssociate's college9,8311967
Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Wellington, North Ridgeville, and LorainPublicAssociate's college9,4731963
Lourdes UniversitySylvaniaPrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,0351958
Malone UniversityCantonPrivate not-for profitMaster's university1,2181892
Marietta CollegeMariettaPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college1,5001835
Marion Technical CollegeMarionPublicAssociate's college2,4681970
Mercy College of OhioToledoPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution6881917
Mount Carmel College of NursingColumbusPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution8971903
Miami University[12] OxfordPublicDoctoral/higher research university18,6201809
Miami-Jacobs Career CollegeDaytonPrivate for-profit1,2001998
Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnatiPrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,3001920
Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount VernonPrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,3171968
Muskingum UniversityNew ConcordPrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,0741837
North Central State CollegeMansfieldPublicAssociate's college4,7001961
Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityRootstownPublicDoctoral/M.D./Pharm.D./higher research university959[13] 1972[14]
Northwest State Community CollegeArchboldPublicAssociate's college3,6121968
Oberlin CollegeOberlinPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college2,9781833
Ohio University[15] AthensPublicDoctoral/highest research university29,2171804
Ohio Christian UniversityCirclevillePrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college4,0581947
Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbusPrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,9421911
Ohio Northern UniversityAdaPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college3,6951871
Ohio State University[16] ColumbusPublicDoctoral/highest research university58,3221870
Ohio Technical CollegeClevelandPrivate for-profitAssociate's college1,5001969
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelawarePrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college1,7341842
Otterbein UniversityWestervillePrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,7911847
Owens Community CollegeToledo and FindlayPublicAssociate's college20,1601965
Pontifical College JosephinumColumbusPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution1381888
Remington CollegeClevelandPrivate not-for profitSpecial-focus institution5101987[17]
Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouthPublicBaccalaureate college4,2471986
Sinclair Community CollegeDaytonPublicAssociate's college28,0001887
Southern State Community CollegeHillsboro, Mount Orab, Wilmington, and Washington Court HousePublicAssociate's college2,4621971
Stark State CollegeCantonPublicAssociate's college9,6531960
Terra State Community CollegeFremontPublicAssociate's college3,2221968
Tiffin UniversityTiffinPrivate not-for profitMaster's university4,1001888
University of Akron Main CampusAkronPublicDoctoral Universities: High Research Activity13,4651870[18]
University of Akron Wayne CollegeOrrvillePublicAssociate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional1,4161972
University of CincinnatiCincinnatiPublicDoctoral/highest research university46,2241819
University of DaytonDaytonPrivate not-for profitDoctoral/higher research university11,0741850
University of FindlayFindlayPrivate not-for profitMaster's university5,1721882
University of Mount UnionAlliancePrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college2,0491846
University of Northwestern OhioLimaPrivate not-for profitMixed baccalaureate/associate's college4,1111920
University of Rio GrandeRio GrandePrivate not-for profitMixed baccalaureate/associate's college2,2021876
University of ToledoToledoPublicDoctoral/higher research university20,6261872
Ursuline CollegePepper PikePrivate not-for profitMaster's university1,1801871
Walsh UniversityNorth CantonPrivate not-for profitMaster's university2,5001958
Washington State Community CollegeMariettaPublicAssociate's college2,3001971
Wilberforce UniversityWilberforcePrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college, HBCU3871856
Wilmington CollegeWilmingtonPrivate not-for profitMaster's university1,2001870
Wittenberg UniversitySpringfieldPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college1,9641845
The College of WoosterWoosterPrivate not-for profitBaccalaureate college2,0491866
Wright State University[19] FairbornPublicDoctoral/higher research university16,8421967
Xavier UniversityCincinnatiPrivate not-for profitMaster's university6,6501831
Youngstown State UniversityYoungstownPublicMaster's university11,0721908
Zane State CollegeZanesvillePublicAssociate's college2,1001969

Defunct institutions

Defunct institutions!School!Location!Control!Founded!Closed!Ref
Chancellor UniversityClevelandPrivate for-profit18482013[20]
Chatfield CollegeSt. MartinPrivate not-for profit19712023[21]
Cincinnati Christian UniversityCincinnatiPrivate not-for profit19242019[22]
Cleveland Institute of ElectronicsClevelandPrivate for-profit[23]
Edgecliff CollegeCincinnatiPrivate19351980
Merged into Xavier University		[24]
Mary Manse CollegeToledoPrivate19221975[25]
Miami Valley CollegeSpringboroPrivate18701883[26]
National Normal UniversityLebanonPrivate18551917
Merged into Wilmington College		[27]
Notre Dame CollegeSouth EuclidPrivate not-for profit[28]
Ohio Central CollegeIberiaPrivate1854Unspecified[29] [30]
Trinity Lutheran SeminaryColumbusPrivate not-for profit18302018
Merged into Capital University		[31]
Union Institute & UniversityCincinnatiPrivate not-for profit[32]
Urbana UniversityUrbanaPrivate not-for profit18502020
Merged into Franklin University		[33]
Western College for WomenOxfordPrivate18551974
Merged into Miami University		[34]

See also

References

  1. See College Lands: Ohio University Chartered, and Land Ordinance of 1785, and Book: 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 . 17 .
  2. Web site: Ohio Lands: A Short History . March 27, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520040556/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maggie/ohio-lands/ohl5.html . May 20, 2011 .
  3. Book: Historical Collections of Ohio ... an Encyclopedia of the State . The Ohio Centennial. 1. Henry Howe . The State of Ohio . 1907 . The Public Lands of Ohio . John Kilbourne . 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. Data taken from fall 2022 (IPEDS).
  6. Web site: About aIAM . 2024-10-13 . American Institute of Alternative Medicine . en-US.
  7. Closed briefly in 2008 and reopened in 2011.
  8. Web site: About ATA College Medical Careers ATA Campuses . 2024-10-13 . ATA College . en-US.
  9. Maintains campuses in Chillicothe, Jackson, Lancaster and New Boston.
  10. Across all campuses.
  11. 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.
  12. Also includes associate's-heavy satellite campuses in Hamilton, Middletown, and West Chester.
  13. https://www.neomed.edu/about/facts-figures/ NEOMED Facts & Figures
  14. As Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
  15. Includes associate's dominant Chillicothe, Eastern, Lancaster, and Southern campuses, and special-focus Zanesville campus.
  16. Also includes baccalaureate Lima campus, and mixed baccalaureate/associate's Mansfield, Marion, and Newark campuses.
  17. National organization formed, date of Cleveland opening unknown
  18. As Buchtel College
  19. Also includes baccalaureate college Lake Campus.
  20. News: Chancellor University is closing, ending a 165-year higher education legacy. cleveland.com. 2018-02-11. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084743/http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/07/chancellor_university_is_closi.html. 2018-02-12.
  21. News: 2024-01-25 . A rural community fights to keep education options after college closes . 2024-10-13 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  22. Web site: A Letter to Our Students Cincinnati Christian University. en-US. 2020-05-14.
  23. News: Bullard . Stan . October 1, 2024 . Playhouse Square inches north with $1.6 million building purchase . subscription . October 13, 2024 . Crain's Cleveland Business.
  24. Web site: Edgecliff finds a home. www.enquirer.com. 2018-02-11.
  25. Web site: CAC Manuscripts: MS 27. 2007-06-27. 2018-02-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070627023423/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ms0027.html. 2007-06-27.
  26. Book: Pauwels, Cynthia L.. Historic Warren County: An Illustrated History. 2009. HPN Books. 9781935377092. en.
  27. Web site: National Normal University - Ohio History Central. www.ohiohistorycentral.org. en. 2018-02-11. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212142039/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/National_Normal_University?rec=765. 2018-02-12.
  28. Web site: 2024-05-14 . Notre Dame College staff members, South Euclid council member file lawsuit to try to 'save' college . 2024-10-13 . Ideastream Public Media . en.
  29. "Towards the end of the nineteenth century"
  30. History of Morrow County, Ohio, 1989, Walsworth Press, Inc., 1989.
  31. Web site: How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016?. Education Dive. en-US. 2020-05-14.
  32. Web site: 2024-06-20 . Union Institute & University announces closure . 2024-10-13 . WVXU . en.
  33. Web site: 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. 2020-05-06.
  34. Web site: Western College for Women - Ohio History Central. www.ohiohistorycentral.org. 5 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505141425/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Western_College_for_Women?rec=2192. 5 May 2018.

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