# 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.

## Institutions

Active institutions :
| School | Location(s) | Control | Type | Enrollment | 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 |
| Antioch College | Yellow Springs | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 127 | 1850 |
| 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 |
| Athena Career Academy | Toledo | Private for-profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields | 245 | |
| Athenaeum of Ohio | Cincinnati | Private 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-Parma | Parma | Private not-for profit | Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant | 534 | |
| 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 | Various | Private for-profit | Associate's college | 169 | 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 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 not-for profit | Master's university | 3,709 | 1886 |
| Kent State University | 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 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 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 | 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 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 | 1972 |
| 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 | 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 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 | 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 not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 138 | 1888 |
| Remington College | Cleveland | Private not-for profit | Special-focus institution | 510 | 1987 |
| 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 | 13,465 | 1870 |
| 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 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 not-for profit | Master's university | 1,180 | 1871 |
| Walsh University | North Canton | Private 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 | Fairborn | Public | Doctoral/higher research university | 16,842 | 1967 |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati | Private 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 |
| Chancellor University | Cleveland | Private for-profit | 1848 | 2013 |
| Chatfield College | St. Martin | Private not-for profit | 1971 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Christian University | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | 1924 | 2019 |
| Cleveland Institute of Electronics | Cleveland | Private for-profit | 1934 | 2022 |
| Edgecliff College | Cincinnati | Private | 1935 | 1980 Merged into Xavier University |
| Mary Manse College | Toledo | Private | 1922 | 1975 |
| Miami Valley College | Springboro | Private | 1870 | 1883 |
| National Normal University | Lebanon | Private | 1855 | 1917 Merged into Wilmington College |
| Notre Dame College | South Euclid | Private not-for profit | 1922 | 2024 |
| Ohio Central College | Iberia | Private | 1854 | Unspecified |
| Trinity Lutheran Seminary | Columbus | Private not-for profit | 1830 | 2018 Merged into Capital University |
| Union Institute & University | Cincinnati | Private not-for profit | 1964 | 2024 |
| Urbana University | Urbana | Private not-for profit | 1850 | 2020 Merged into Franklin University |
| Western College for Women | Oxford | Private | 1855 | 1974 Merged into Miami University |