Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Ohio

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Antioch College (Yellow Springs, OH): Private liberal arts college
Art Academy of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH): Private specialized visual arts institution
Ashland University (Ashland, OH): Private Christian liberal arts university

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Baldwin Wallace University (Berea, OH): Private liberal arts university

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Bluffton University (Bluffton, OH): Private Mennonite liberal arts university
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH): Public comprehensive research university
Capital University (Columbus, OH): Private Lutheran comprehensive university
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH): Private research university

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Cedarville University (Cedarville, OH): Private Baptist liberal arts university

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Central State University (Wilberforce, OH): Public historically Black comprehensive university
Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, OH): Private specialized visual arts college
Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, OH): Private specialized performing arts college
Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH): Public research university

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Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus, OH): Private specialized visual arts institution
Defiance College (Defiance, OH): Private Christian liberal arts college
Denison University (Granville, OH): Private undergraduate liberal arts university
Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, OH): Private Catholic liberal arts university
Franklin University (Columbus, OH): Private liberal arts university
God's Bible School and College (Cincinnati, OH): Private Christian biblical and professional studies institution
Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH): Private Christian liberal arts university
Hiram College (Hiram, OH): Private undergraduate liberal arts college

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John Carroll University (University Heights, OH): Private Jesuit Catholic liberal arts university
Kent State University (Kent, OH): Public comprehensive university
Kenyon College (Gambier, OH): Private undergraduate liberal arts college
Kettering College (Kettering, OH): Private specialized health sciences college
Lake Erie College (Painesville, OH): Private comprehensive liberal arts college
Lourdes University (Sylvania, OH): Private Catholic undergraduate liberal arts and sciences university
Malone University (Canton, OH): Private Christian liberal arts and sciences university

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Marietta College (Marietta, OH): Private liberal arts college
Miami University—Oxford (Oxford, OH): Public comprehensive liberal arts university

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Mount Carmel College of Nursing (Columbus, OH): Private Catholic specialized nursing college
Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, OH): Private Catholic liberal arts university
Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Mount Vernon, OH): Private Nazarene liberal arts university
Muskingum University (New Concord, OH): Private Presbyterian liberal arts university
Notre Dame College of Ohio (South Euclid, OH): Private Catholic liberal arts college for women
Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH): Private liberal arts college
Ohio Christian University (Circleville, OH): Private Christian liberal arts university
Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, OH): Private Catholic liberal arts university
Ohio Northern University (Ada, OH): Private Methodist undergraduate comprehensive university

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Ohio University (Athens, OH): Public comprehensive university

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Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH): Private Methodist undergraduate liberal arts university
Otterbein University (Westerville, OH): Private Methodist comprehensive liberal arts university
Pontifical College Josephinum (Columbus, OH): Private Catholic liberal arts college for men
Shawnee State University (Portsmouth, OH): Public comprehensive university
The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH): Private undergraduate liberal arts college
The Ohio State University at Lima (Lima, OH): Public land-grant research university
The Ohio State University at Mansfield (Mansfield, OH): Public undergraduate research university
The Ohio State University at Marion (Marion, OH): Public research university
The Ohio State University at Newark (Newark, OH): Public undergraduate research university
The Ohio State University—Columbus (Columbus, OH): Public land-grant research university

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The University of Findlay (Findlay, OH): Private Christian liberal arts university
Tiffin University (Tiffin, OH): Private comprehensive university
Union Institute & University (Cincinnati, OH): Private comprehensive adult education university system
University of Akron (Akron, OH): Public comprehensive research university

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University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH): Public research university

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University of Dayton (Dayton, OH): Private Catholic comprehensive university
University of Mount Union (Alliance, OH): Private liberal arts university

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University of Northwestern Ohio (Lima, OH): Private multipurpose undergraduate university
University of Rio Grande (Rio Grande, OH): Private liberal arts and career preparation university
University of Toledo (Toledo, OH): Public research university
Ursuline College (Pepper Pike, OH): Private Catholic comprehensive college for women
Walsh University (North Canton, OH): Private Catholic liberal arts university
Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH): Private historically Black, African Methodist-Episcopal undergraduate liberal arts university
Wilmington College (Wilmington, OH): Private liberal arts college
Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH): Private liberal arts university
Wright State University (Dayton, OH): Public comprehensive research university
Wright State University—Lake Campus (Celina, OH): Public comprehensive research university
Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH): Private Catholic university
Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH): Public comprehensive research university

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Thinking about attending college on in the Buckeye State? You can check out all the four-year colleges and universities in Ohio right here. All schools are currently active and regionally accredited as of 2022