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Ohio Colleges Summary

Ohio has the fifth highest total number of colleges and post-secondary schools in the United States with 336 (as of 2005). Overall enrollment is the eighth highest in the country with more than 630,000. Ohio also has the second highest number of public schools with more than 115 of them. Nonetheless, a modest 73% of Ohio's students go to these public schools, with only 17 states having a lower percentage of adult students enrolled in public schools.

The largest college in Ohio is Ohio State University with more than 50,000 students. There are also seven other colleges with more than 20,000 students, the largest of these being Kent State University and Ohio University. Three of these are community colleges: Cuyahoga Community College District, Columbus State Community College, and Owens Community College

There are also nine other colleges with more than 10,000 students. The most notable of these is Bowling Green State University. Two of these large colleges are also community colleges: Sinclair Community College, and Lorain County Community College. Ohio also has a number of smaller schools - approximately 75 of the state's post-secondary schools have less than 100 students.

The mailing address and web site address for the Ohio Department of Education is as follows:

25 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
Website: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

Ohio Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
ACRCleveland  Yes 
Adult and Community Education HudsonColumbus190 No 
Adult Center for EducationZanesville245 Yes 
Akron Adult Vocational ServicesAkron486 Yes 
Akron InstituteCuyahoga Falls  Yes 
Akron School of Practical NursingAkron129 No 
Allegheny Wesleyan CollegeSalem5470Yes 
American Institute of Alternative MedicineColumbus171 No 
American School of TechnologyColumbus126 Yes 
Antioch CollegeYellow Springs229319No 
Antioch University McGregorYellow Springs681 No 
Antioch University PhD Program in Leadership and ChangeYellow Springs125 No 
Antonelli CollegeCincinnati  Yes 
Art Academy of CincinnatiCincinnati14427NoV: 480-580
M: 420-510
Ashland County West Holmes Career CenterAshland70 Yes 
Ashland UniversityAshland6,4931,750NoV: 450-560
M: 480-580
W: 450-560
Ashtabula County Joint Vocational SchoolJefferson137 Yes 
Athenaeum of OhioCincinnati23885Yes 
ATS Institute of TechnologyHighland Heights438 No 
Auburn Career CenterConcord Twp399 Yes 
Aultman College of Nursing and Health SciencesCanton2191NoV: 480-610
M: 520-580
W: 440-530
Baldwin Wallace CollegeBerea4,3831,808NoV: 500-610
M: 490-600
W: 470-590
Beatrice Academy of BeautyCleveland36 Yes 
Belmont Technical CollegeSaint Clairsville1,742 Yes 
Bluffton UniversityBluffton1,117839NoV: 430-540
M: 460-560
Bohecker CollegeCincinnati, Ravenna, Westerville  Yes 
Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green18,6196,915NoV: 470-590
M: 450-575
Bowling Green State University FirelandsHuron2,065 Yes 
Bradford School ColumbusColumbus  Yes 
Brown Aveda InstituteMentor116 No 
Brown Mackie CollegeAkron, Canton, Cincinnati, Findlay  Yes 
Bryant and Stratton College ClevelandCleveland621 Yes 
Bryant and Stratton College ParmaParma696 Yes 
Bryant and Stratton College Willoughby HillsWilloughby Hills599 No 
Buckeye Joint Vocational SchoolNew Philadelphia118 No 
Butler Tech D Russel Lee Career CenterHamilton327 No 
Capital UniversityColumbus3,7131,253NoV: 470-590
M: 470-590
W: 460-570
Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking CountyNewark430 Yes 
Carnegie Institute of Integrative Medicine and MassotherapySuffield207 Yes 
Carousel Beauty CollegeMiddletown47 Yes 
Carousel Beauty CollegeDayton39 Yes 
Carousel Beauty CollegeSpringfield38 Yes 
Carousel Beauty CollegeKettering76 Yes 
Carousel of Miami Valley Beauty CollegeHuber Heights71 Yes 
Casal Aveda InstituteYoungstown137 Yes 
Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland9,8443,387NoV: 580-690
M: 620-720
W: 580-680
Cedarville UniversityCedarville3,0552,488NoV: 540-660
M: 530-650
W: 520-640
Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark3,100 Yes 
Central School of Practical NursingCleveland79 No 
Central State UniversityWilberforce2,0221,352Yes 
Chatfield CollegeSaint Martin218 Yes 
Choffin Career and Technical CenterYoungstown160 Yes 
Cincinnati Christian UniversityCincinnati1,051453NoV: 440-580
M: 430-573
W: 430-560
Cincinnati College of Mortuary ScienceCincinnati99 No 
Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati8,507 Yes 
Clark State Community CollegeSpringfield3,383 Yes 
Cleveland Clinic Health System School of Diagnostic ImagingEuclid45 No 
Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland485105NoV: 480-600
M: 500-590
Cleveland Institute of Dental Medical AssistantsCleveland126 Yes 
Cleveland Institute of Dental Medical AssistantsMentor163 Yes 
Cleveland Institute of Dental Medical AssistantsLyndhurst93 Yes 
Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland453100No 
Cleveland Municipal School District Adult and Continuing EducationCleveland97 Yes 
Cleveland State UniversityCleveland15,038842NoV: 410-540
M: 400-550
College of Mount St. JosephCincinnati2,282483NoV: 440-540
M: 440-550
Columbiana County Vocational SchoolLisbon533 Yes 
Columbus College of Art and DesignColumbus1,545312NoV: 440-570
M: 410-550
W: 410-540
Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus23,057 Yes 
Community Hospital School of NursingSpringfield15924No 
Community Services Division Alliance CityAlliance148 Yes 
Creative Images Institute of CosmetologyDayton157 Yes 
Creative Images Institute of CosmetologyDayton113 Yes 
Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland24,563 Yes 
David N Myers UniversityCleveland570 No 
Davis CollegeToledo484 No 
Dayton Barber CollegeDayton49 Yes 
Defiance CollegeDefiance973505NoV: 410-530
M: 410-510
W: 400-520
Delaware Area Career CenterDelaware90 Yes 
Denison UniversityGranville2,2422,130NoV: 580-690
M: 580-670
DeVry UniversityCincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Seven Hills  Yes 
Eastern Hills Academy of Hair DesignCincinnati101 Yes 
Eastland Fairfield Career and Technical SchoolsGroveport177 No 
Edison State Community CollegePiqua3,025 Yes 
Ehove Career CenterMilan291 Yes 
ETI Technical CollegeNiles174 No 
Euclid Beauty CollegeEuclid126 Yes 
Everest InstituteGahanna  Yes 
Fairview Beauty AcademyFairview Park61 Yes 
Firelands Regional Medical Center School of NursingSandusky12632No 
Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenville2,4341,157NoV: 540-660
M: 520-640
Franklin UniversityColumbus7,559 Yes 
Gallia Jackson Vinton Joint Vocational School DistrictRio Grande157 Yes 
Gallipolis Career CollegeGallipolis135 Yes 
Gerbers Akron Beauty SchoolFairlawn125 Yes 
Gods Bible School and CollegeCincinnati285200No 
Good Samaritan College of Nursing & Health ScienceCincinnati304 NoV: 410-480
M: 370-490
Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career DevelopmentCincinnati471 Yes 
Greene County Career CenterXenia1,089 No 
Hamrick SchoolMedina140 Yes 
Hannah E Mullins School of Practical NursingSalem36 No 
Healing Arts InstitutePerrysburg44 No 
Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of ReligionCincinnati2328No 
Heidelberg CollegeTiffin1,584913NoV: 410-560
M: 440-570
W: 390-540
Herzing UniversityToledo  Yes 
Hiram CollegeHiram1,271850NoV: 480-610
M: 470-600
Hobart Institute of Welding TechnologyTroy181 Yes 
Hocking CollegeNelsonville4,341501Yes 
Huron School of NursingCleveland289 No 
Inner State Beauty SchoolLyndhurst141 Yes 
Institute of Medical Dental TechnologyCincinnati150 No 
International Academy of Hair DesignCincinnati111 No 
International College of BroadcastingDayton84 Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteDayton, Hilliard, Maumee, Norwood, Strongsville, Warrensville Heights, Youngstown  Yes 
Jefferson Community CollegeSteubenville1,744 Yes 
John Carroll UniversityCleveland3,7661,964NoV: 480-600
M: 490-610
W: 480-590
Kaplan Career InstituteCleveland  Yes 
Kaplan CollegeCincinnati  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityCincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Seven Hills  Yes 
Kent State University Ashtabula CampusAshtabula1,575 Yes 
Kent State University East Liverpool CampusEast Liverpool902 Yes 
Kent State University Geauga CampusBurton1,265 Yes 
Kent State University Kent CampusKent22,8196,489NoV: 460-580
M: 460-590
Kent State University Salem CampusSalem1,268 Yes 
Kent State University Stark CampusCanton3,849 Yes 
Kent State University Trumbull CampusWarren2,120 Yes 
Kent State University Tuscarawas CampusNew Philadelphia2,039 Yes 
Kenyon CollegeGambier1,6621,626NoV: 630-730
M: 610-690
W: 630-710
Kettering College of Medical ArtsKettering808112NoV: 480-540
M: 490-560
W: 450-540
Knox County Career CenterMount Vernon110 Yes 
Lake Erie CollegePainesville941381NoV: 410-540
M: 390-550
W: 410-530
Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland8,934 Yes 
Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic StudiesBeachwood121 Yes 
Lorain County Community CollegeElyria10,769 Yes 
Lorain County Joint Vocational School DistrictOberlin87 Yes 
Lourdes CollegeSylvania2,021 No 
Madison Local Schools Madison Adult EducationMansfield87 Yes 
Mahoning County Career and Technical CenterCanfield80 Yes 
Malone CollegeCanton2,3711,003NoV: 480-580
M: 470-570
W: 490-590
Marietta CollegeMarietta1,6051,199NoV: 460-600
M: 480-600
Marion Technical CollegeMarion2,125 Yes 
MedCentral College of NursingMansfield41699No 
Medina County Career CenterMedina55 Yes 
Mercy College of Northwest OhioToledo80459Yes 
Methodist Theological School OhioDelaware234107No 
Miami University HamiltonHamilton2,607 Yes 
Miami University MiddletownMiddletown1,969 Yes 
Miami University OxfordOxford15,9687,125NoV: 540-640
M: 570-660
Miami Valley Career Technology CenterClayton326 Yes 
Miami-Jacobs Career CollegeAkron, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Springboro, Troy  Yes 
Moler Hollywood Beauty AcademyCincinnati93 Yes 
Moler Pickens Beauty AcademyFairfield143 Yes 
Moore University of Hair DesignCincinnati15 Yes 
Mount Carmel College of NursingColumbus680 No 
Mount Union CollegeAlliance2,1381,428NoV: 450-580
M: 460-570
Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon2,6751,142NoV: 460-560
M: 460-570
Muskingum CollegeNew Concord2,0991,311NoV: 420-570
M: 460-560
W: 420-560
National Beauty CollegeCanton77 Yes 
National CollegeCincinnati, Columbus, Kettering, Stow, Willoughby Hills, Youngstown  Yes 
National Institute of MassotherapyAkron132 Yes 
National Institute of Technology OhioCuyahoga Falls  Yes 
Nationwide Beauty AcademyColumbus115 Yes 
North Central State CollegeMansfield3,148 Yes 
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and PharmacyRootstown533 No 
Northern Institute of CosmetologyLorain26 Yes 
Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold2,944 Yes 
Notre Dame CollegeCleveland1,490417NoV: 380-480
M: 390-473
O C Collins Career CenterChesapeake492 Yes 
Oberlin CollegeOberlin2,7742,350NoV: 640-750
M: 610-710
W: 630-730
Ohio Business CollegeSandusky248 Yes 
Ohio Business College LorainLorain231 Yes 
Ohio Center for BroadcastingCincinnati59 Yes 
Ohio Center for BroadcastingValley View216 No 
Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville636176NoV: 510-570
M: 400-420
W: 460-540
Ohio College of Massotherapy IncAkron189 Yes 
Ohio College of Podiatric MedicineIndependence370 No 
Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbus3,082740No 
Ohio Hi Point Joint Vocational School DistrictBellefontaine805 No 
Ohio Institute of Health CareersColumbus323 Yes 
Ohio Institute of Health Careers Sheffield VillageSheffield Village182 Yes 
Ohio Institute of Photography and TechnologyDayton  Yes 
Ohio Northern UniversityAda3,6032,176NoV: 510-630
M: 550-660
Ohio State Beauty AcademyLima138 Yes 
Ohio State College of Barber StylingColumbus103 Yes 
Ohio State School of CosmetologyReynoldsburg66 Yes 
Ohio State School of CosmetologyColumbus61 Yes 
Ohio State School of CosmetologyWesterville105 Yes 
Ohio State School of Cosmetology & Experts Barber SchoolColumbus86 Yes 
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster748389Yes 
Ohio State University Lima CampusLima1,340 Yes 
Ohio State University Main CampusColumbus52,5688,805NoV: 550-650
M: 580-680
Ohio State University Mansfield CampusMansfield1,553191Yes 
Ohio State University Marion CampusMarion1,633 Yes 
Ohio State University Newark CampusNewark2,505180Yes 
Ohio Technical CollegeCleveland919 Yes 
Ohio University Chillicothe CampusChillicothe1,836 Yes 
Ohio University Eastern CampusSaint Clairsville751 Yes 
Ohio University Lancaster CampusLancaster1,728 Yes 
Ohio University Main CampusAthens21,0898,087NoV: 480-600
M: 490-600
W: 480-580
Ohio University Southern CampusIronton1,699 Yes 
Ohio University Zanesville CampusZanesville1,805 Yes 
Ohio Valley College of TechnologyEast Liverpool128 No 
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware1,9861,698NoV: 530-650
M: 540-650
Oregon Career CenterOregon305 Yes 
Otterbein CollegeWesterville3,1071,182NoV: 480-590
M: 480-590
W: 480-580
Owens Community CollegePerrysburg19,853 Yes 
Paramount Beauty AcademyPortsmouth54 Yes 
Payne Theological SeminaryWilberforce12030No 
Penta County Joint Vocational SchoolPerrysburg195 Yes 
Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School DistrictChillicothe288 Yes 
Pike County Joint Vocational School DistrictPiketon97 Yes 
Pioneer Career and Technology CenterShelby38 Yes 
Polaris Career CenterMiddleburg Heights122 Yes 
Pontifical College JosephinumColumbus194200NoV: 510-670
M: 340-700
W: 450-560
Portage Lakes Career CenterGreen53 Yes 
Practical Nurse Program Canton City SchoolsCanton106 No 
Professional Skills InstituteToledo292 No 
Rabbinical College TelsheWickliffe43200Yes 
Raphaels School of Beauty CultureNiles63 Yes 
Raphaels School of Beauty CultureAlliance52 Yes 
Raphaels School of Beauty Culture IncBrunswick46 Yes 
Raphaels School of Beauty Culture IncBoardman36 Yes 
Remington CollegeCleveland, North Olmsted  Yes 
RETS CollegeCenterville  Yes 
Rhodes State CollegeLima3,385 Yes 
Rosedale Bible CollegeIrwin81150No 
Samuel Stephen CollegeChillicothe62 Yes 
Sandusky Career CenterSandusky137 Yes 
Sanford-Brown CollegeMiddleburg Heights  Yes 
School of Advertising Art IncKettering150 Yes 
School of Nursing at Cuyahoga Valley Career CenterBrecksville129 Yes 
Scioto County Joint Vocational School DistrictLucasville421 Yes 
Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth3,699611Yes 
Sinclair Community CollegeDayton18,691 Yes 
Southeastern Business CollegeNew Boston32 Yes 
Southeastern Business CollegeJackson14 No 
Southeastern Business CollegeLancaster14 No 
Southern State Community CollegeHillsboro2,436 Yes 
Southwestern CollegeCincinnati, Denver, Franklin  Yes 
Stark State College of TechnologyNorth Canton8,238 Yes 
Stautzenberger CollegeMaumee745 Yes 
Stautzenberger College Strongsville CampusStrongsville282 Yes 
TCTC Adult Training CenterWarren157 Yes 
TDDS Technical InstituteLake Milton49143No 
Technology Education CollegeColumbus  Yes 
TechSkillsCincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus  Yes 
TechSkills - MedicalCincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus  Yes 
Temple Baptist CollegeCincinnati60 No 
Terra State Community CollegeFremont2,495 Yes 
The Art InstitutesCincinnati  Yes 
The Christ College of Nursing and Health SciencesCincinnati338 NoV: 380-507
M: 410-537
W: 410-530
The College of WoosterWooster1,7811,910NoV: 540-680
M: 550-650
The Spa SchoolColumbus120 Yes 
The University of FindlayFindlay5,3881,300NoV: 460-570
M: 480-590
W: 480-580
The University of Toledo Health Science CampusToledo1,358 No 
Tiffin Academy of Hair DesignTiffin64 Yes 
Tiffin UniversityTiffin2,357615NoM: 430-562
W: 410-535
Toledo Academy of Beauty Culture EastOREGON63 Yes 
Toledo Academy of Beauty Culture NorthToledo65 Yes 
Toledo Academy of Beauty Culture SouthToledo115 Yes 
Toledo School of Practical NursingToledo309 Yes 
Tri County Adult Career CenterNelsonville40 Yes 
Tri Rivers Career CenterMarion222 Yes 
Tri State Bible CollegeSouth Point41 Yes 
Tri State CollegeNorth Lima44 Yes 
Trinity Health System School of NursingSteubenville147 No 
Trinity Lutheran SeminaryColumbus17645No 
Trumbull Business CollegeWarren296 Yes 
Union Institute & UniversityCincinnati1,719 No 
United Theological SeminaryDayton248 No 
University of Akron Main CampusAkron23,0072,996Yes 
University of Akron Wayne CollegeOrrville1,615 Yes 
University of Cincinnati Clermont CollegeBatavia2,942 Yes 
University of Cincinnati Main CampusCincinnati29,3193,055NoV: 490-600
M: 510-630
W: 470-590
University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters CollegeBlue Ash4,257 Yes 
University of DaytonDayton10,3956,022NoV: 520-620
M: 530-640
University of Northwestern OhioLima3,3121,063Yes 
University of PhoenixColumbus, Independence, West Chester  Yes 
University of Rio GrandeRio Grande2,243620Yes 
University of Toledo Main CampusToledo19,7673,910Yes 
Upper Valley Joint Vocational SchoolPiqua633 Yes 
Urbana UniversityUrbana1,440450No 
Ursuline CollegePepper Pike1,550246NoV: 440-560
M: 450-550
US Grant Joint Vocational SchoolBethel19 Yes 
Valley Beauty SchoolZanesville35 No 
Valley Beauty SchoolCambridge5 No 
Vanguard Career CenterFremont20 No 
Vantage Career CenterVan Wert68 Yes 
Vatterott CollegeBroadview Heights  Yes 
Virginia Marti College of Art and DesignLakewood262 No 
W Howard Nicol School of Practical NursingGreen35 No 
Walsh UniversityNorth Canton2,522960NoV: 440-560
M: 450-580
Warren County Career CenterLebanon65 Yes 
Washington County Career Center Adult Technical TrainingMarietta273 Yes 
Washington State Community CollegeMarietta1,243 Yes 
Wayne County Schools Career CenterSmithville548 Yes 
Western Hills School of Beauty and Hair DesignCincinnati308 Yes 
Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce834764No 
Willoughby Eastlake School of Practical NursingWilloughby70 No 
Wilmington CollegeWilmington1,605842NoV: 410-510
M: 430-560
Winebrenner Theological SeminaryFindlay112 No 
Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield2,0781,761NoV: 490-610
M: 500-620
Wright State University Lake CampusCelina845 Yes 
Wright State University Main CampusDayton16,1512,987Yes 
Xavier UniversityCincinnati6,6461,847NoV: 530-630
M: 540-645
W: 520-630
Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown13,5951,300Yes 
Zane State CollegeZanesville2,049 Yes 
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