List of colleges and universities in Ohio
Four Year
Columns: University | Common short form and abbreviation | Location | Enrollment | Athletics nickname | School Colors | Founded | Student newspaper
University of Akron | Akron UA | Akron | 29251 | Akron Zips (formerly Zippers) | blue, gold | 1870 (Buchtelite College) | The Buchtelite | Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green State Bowling Green BGSU | Bowling Green | 18989 | Bowling Green Falcons | orange, brown | 1910 | The BG News | Central State University ( Historically black ) | Central State CSU | Wilberforce | 2430 | Central State Marauders | Maroon and Gold | 1887 | The Gold Torch | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati UC | Cincinnati | 41357 | Cincinnati Bearcats | red, black | 1819 | The News Record | Cleveland State University | Cleveland State CSU | Cleveland | 15664 | Cleveland State Vikings (formerly Foxes) | forest green, white | 1964 (Fenn College) | The Cleveland Stater | Kent State University | Kent State Kent KSU | Kent | 42185 | Kent State Golden Flashes | navy blue, gold | 1910 | The Daily Kent Stater | Miami University | Miami MU | Oxford | 17161 | Miami RedHawks (formerly Redskins) | red, white | 1809 | The Miami Student | Ohio State University (flagship institution) | Ohio State OSU | Columbus | 59091 | Ohio State Buckeyes | scarlet, gray | 1870 | The Lantern | Ohio University | Ohio OU | Athens | 35324 | Ohio Bobcats | hunter green, white | 1804 | The Post | Shawnee State University | Shawnee State SSU | Portsmouth | 4300 | Shawnee State Bears | Blue and White | 1986 | University Chronicle | University of Toledo | Toledo UT | Toledo | 20775 | Toledo Rockets | midnight blue, gold | 1872 | The Independent Collegian | Wright State University | Wright State WSU | Dayton ( Fairborn ) | 18786 | Wright State Raiders | hunter green, gold | 1965 | The Guardian | Youngstown State University | Youngstown State YSU | Youngstown | 14682 | Youngstown State Penguins | red, white | 1908 | The Jambar