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Colleges in Ohio

All 112 Ohio colleges in the Trajecta rankings, ordered by Trajecta Score — a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data, never opinion surveys. Every school links to its full data page.

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Colleges in Ohio ranked by Trajecta Score
# College City Selectivity Admit rate Score
1 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Selective 37% 69
2 Kenyon College Gambier Selective 31% 66
3 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus Moderate 61% 66
4 Denison University Granville Highly Selective 17% 63
5 Oberlin College Oberlin Selective 34% 60
6 University of Dayton Dayton Open 65% 59
7 Ohio State University-Marion Campus Marion Open — 58
8 Ohio State University-Lima Campus Lima Open — 58
9 Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus Mansfield Open — 58
10 Ohio State University-Newark Campus Newark Open — 57
11 Ohio Northern University Ada Open 74% 56
12 The College of Wooster Wooster Moderate 60% 55
13 Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus Open 84% 53
14 John Carroll University University Heights Open 81% 53
15 Miami University-Oxford Oxford Open 75% 53
16 Cedarville University Cedarville Open 65% 52
17 Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science Cincinnati Moderate 46% 51
18 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati Open 85% 51
19 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Moderate 56% 51
20 Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville Open — 51
21 Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster Open — 51
22 Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville Open — 51
23 Miami University-Hamilton Hamilton Open — 50
24 Central Ohio Technical College Newark Open — 50
25 Ohio University-Southern Campus Ironton Open — 50
26 Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Canton Moderate 46% 49
27 Miami University-Middletown Middletown Open — 49
28 Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe Open — 49
29 Kettering College Kettering Open 77% 49
30 The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati Moderate 59% 48
31 Xavier University Cincinnati Open 86% 48
32 University of Toledo Toledo Open 92% 48
33 Kent State University at Trumbull Warren Open — 48
34 Baldwin Wallace University Berea Open 76% 48
35 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens Open 85% 47
36 Otterbein University Westerville Open 85% 47
37 Clark State College Springfield Open — 47
38 Mercy College of Ohio Toledo Open 93% 47
39 Sinclair Community College Dayton Open — 47
40 Capital University Columbus Open 70% 47
41 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati Open — 47
42 University of Akron Main Campus Akron Moderate 60% 47
43 Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati Moderate 59% 46
44 Wright State University-Lake Campus Celina Open — 46
45 Ashland University Ashland Open 76% 46
46 Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville Moderate 58% 46
47 Wittenberg University Springfield Open 72% 46
48 Allegheny Wesleyan College Salem Open — 46
49 Franklin University Columbus Open — 46
50 Kent State University at Ashtabula Ashtabula Open — 46
51 Kent State University at Stark North Canton Open — 46
52 Cleveland State University Cleveland Open 91% 46
53 Kent State University at Tuscarawas New Philadelphia Open — 45
54 Marietta College Marietta Open 79% 45
55 Kent State University at East Liverpool East Liverpool Open — 45
56 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green Open 81% 45
57 Kent State University at Salem Salem Open — 45
58 Walsh University North Canton Open 71% 44
59 Ursuline College Pepper Pike Open 75% 44
60 Bowling Green State University-Firelands Huron Open — 44
61 Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton Open 96% 44
62 The University of Findlay Findlay Open 83% 43
63 Kent State University at Geauga Burton Open — 43
64 Defiance College Defiance Moderate 48% 43
65 Kent State University at Kent Kent Open 86% 43
66 University of Mount Union Alliance Open 78% 43
67 Gods Bible School and College Cincinnati Open 75% 43
68 North Central State College Mansfield Open — 42
69 University of Northwestern Ohio Lima Open — 42
70 Wilberforce University Wilberforce Moderate 41% 42
71 Bluffton University Bluffton Open 67% 41
72 University of Akron Wayne College Orrville Open 90% 41
73 Muskingum University New Concord Open 82% 41
74 Shawnee State University Portsmouth Open — 40
75 Youngstown State University Youngstown Open 84% 40
76 Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon Open 84% 40
77 Lake Erie College Painesville Open 70% 40
78 Heidelberg University Tiffin Open 86% 39
79 Malone University Canton Open 76% 39
80 Lourdes University Sylvania Open 74% 39
81 Ohio Christian University Circleville Selective 38% 38
82 Hiram College Hiram Open 94% 38
83 Ohio Dominican University Columbus Open 94% 37
84 University of Rio Grande Rio Grande Open — 37
85 Wilmington College Wilmington Open 92% 36
86 Rabbinical College Telshe Wickliffe Open 83% 32
87 Central State University Wilberforce Open 99% 31
88 Herzing University-Akron Akron Open 95% 30
89 Tiffin University Tiffin Open 80% 29
90 Antioch College Yellow Springs Open 89% 28
91 Valor Christian College Canal Winchester Open — 21
92 Pontifical College Josephinum Columbus Open 96% 15
— Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Wright-Patterson AFB Open — —
— Antioch University Yellow Springs Open — —
— Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati Selective 34% —
— Athenaeum of Ohio Cincinnati Open — —
— Bryant & Stratton College-Parma Parma Open — —
— Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science Cincinnati Open — —
— Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland Moderate 61% —
— Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland Moderate 47% —
— Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus Open 68% —
— Lakewood University Cleveland Heights Open — —
— Lorain County Community College Elyria Open — —
— Marion Technical College Marion Open — —
— Methodist Theological School in Ohio Delaware Open — —
— Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown Open — —
— Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce Open — —
— United Theological Seminary Dayton Open — —
— University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash Open — —
— University of Cincinnati-Clermont College Batavia Open — —
— Winebrenner Theological Seminary Findlay Open — —
— Zane State College Zanesville Open — —

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