Highest Graduation Rate Colleges in Ohio
25 schools ranked by six-year graduation rate from federal IPEDS data. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenyon College Gambier · private | $38,512 | 86.8% | $71,830 | 31.0% |
| 2 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland · private | $41,190 | 85.7% | $87,989 | 36.5% |
| 3 | ATA College-Cincinnati Cincinnati · private | $27,055 | 84.3% | $34,577 | — |
| 4 | Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus · private | $10,420 | 84.1% | $75,103 | 84.3% |
| 5 | Oberlin College Oberlin · private | $38,645 | 83.5% | $58,343 | 34.2% |
| 6 | Denison University Granville · private | $40,007 | 83.3% | $67,753 | 17.4% |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · public | $17,339 | 82.2% | $60,409 | 60.6% |
| 8 | Miami University-Oxford Oxford · public | $28,384 | 81.6% | $55,076 | 75.4% |
| 9 | University of Dayton Dayton · private | $29,533 | 80.3% | $75,537 | 65.5% |
| 10 | Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science Cincinnati · private | $19,622 | 80.0% | $66,111 | 45.7% |
| 11 | MyComputerCareer at Columbus Columbus · private | $25,970 | 77.4% | $43,409 | — |
| 12 | John Carroll University University Heights · private | $28,746 | 76.5% | $62,860 | 80.9% |
| 13 | Ohio Technical College Cleveland · private | $34,972 | 76.2% | $48,450 | — |
| 14 | Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland · private | $28,226 | 76.0% | $32,641 | 47.3% |
| 15 | The College of Wooster Wooster · private | $23,458 | 75.8% | $59,629 | 59.5% |
| 16 | Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville · private | $23,589 | 74.8% | $50,030 | 58.4% |
| 17 | Cedarville University Cedarville · private | $24,468 | 74.4% | $55,443 | 65.3% |
| 18 | The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati · private | $18,378 | 73.8% | $68,303 | 58.9% |
| 19 | Ohio Northern University Ada · private | $24,478 | 73.6% | $80,928 | 74.4% |
| 20 | Xavier University Cincinnati · private | $32,997 | 73.2% | $64,873 | 86.4% |
| 21 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · public | $25,648 | 72.9% | $54,810 | 85.3% |
| 22 | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens · public | $21,637 | 69.2% | $52,581 | 85.0% |
| 23 | Professional Skills Institute Maumee · private | $20,721 | 68.9% | $47,765 | 83.1% |
| 24 | Mercy College of Ohio Toledo · private | $17,989 | 68.8% | $65,409 | 93.2% |
| 25 | Otterbein University Westerville · private | $19,237 | 67.3% | $53,313 | 84.5% |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.