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Best Business Colleges in Ohio

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 50 schools · Agent Insights
50
Schools Analyzed
$51,821
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
54%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$20,140
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 50 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 50
Avg. earnings at 10yr $51,821
Avg. graduation rate 54%
Avg. net price $20,140
Avg. median debt $22,778

How We Ranked

Business programs in Ohio ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEUniversity ofJohn CarrollNorth CentralOhio DominicanWalsh University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

University of Dayton81%John Carroll University78%North Central State Coll…35%Ohio Dominican University44%Walsh University60%Lake Erie College40%Mount Vernon Nazarene Un…66%Ohio Northern University75%Cleveland State Universi…50%Tiffin University41%Xavier University70%Youngstown State Univers…52%Franciscan University of…76%Marietta College60%Case Western Reserve Uni…87%Hiram College57%University of Mount Union62%Wittenberg University53%University of Toledo56%Zane State College49%

Top 3

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Graduation81%
Earnings$75,537
Net Price$29,533

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#2

John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

Graduation78%
Earnings$62,860
Net Price$28,746

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#3

North Central State College

Mansfield, OH

Graduation35%
Earnings$38,158
Net Price$4,687

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Full Rankings

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH · 7,682 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 81% graduate $75,537 earnings
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#2

John Carroll University

University Heights, OH · 2,274 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 78% graduate $62,860 earnings
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#3

North Central State College

Mansfield, OH · 1,273 students · Public

35% graduate $38,158 earnings
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#4

Ohio Dominican University

Columbus, OH · 760 students · Private nonprofit

94% accepted 44% graduate $51,748 earnings
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#5

Walsh University

North Canton, OH · 1,390 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 60% graduate $59,764 earnings
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#6

Lake Erie College

Painesville, OH · 852 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 40% graduate $50,417 earnings
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#7

Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon, OH · 1,358 students · Private nonprofit

84% accepted 66% graduate $49,555 earnings
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#8

Ohio Northern University

Ada, OH · 2,489 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 75% graduate $80,928 earnings
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#9

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH · 8,969 students · Public

91% accepted 50% graduate $52,131 earnings
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#10

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH · 2,051 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 41% graduate $35,942 earnings
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#11

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH · 4,207 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 70% graduate $64,873 earnings
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#12

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH · 7,961 students · Public

84% accepted 52% graduate $41,544 earnings
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#13

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, OH · 2,901 students · Private nonprofit

58% accepted 76% graduate $50,030 earnings
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#14

Marietta College

Marietta, OH · 952 students · Private nonprofit

79% accepted 60% graduate $57,180 earnings
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#15

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · 6,437 students · Private nonprofit

37% accepted 87% graduate $87,989 earnings
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#16

Hiram College

Hiram, OH · 777 students · Private nonprofit

94% accepted 57% graduate $54,311 earnings
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#17

University of Mount Union

Alliance, OH · 1,995 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 62% graduate $53,217 earnings
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#18

Wittenberg University

Springfield, OH · 1,215 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 53% graduate $54,947 earnings
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#19

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH · 9,770 students · Public

92% accepted 56% graduate $50,632 earnings
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#20

Zane State College

Zanesville, OH · 715 students · Public

49% graduate $35,006 earnings
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#21

Central State University

Wilberforce, OH · 2,620 students · Public

99% accepted 24% graduate $33,267 earnings
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#22

Central Ohio Technical College

Newark, OH · 1,941 students · Public

27% graduate $39,168 earnings
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#23

Cedarville University

Cedarville, OH · 4,024 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 73% graduate $55,443 earnings
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#24

Franklin University

Columbus, OH · 5,562 students · Private nonprofit

21% graduate $51,892 earnings
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#25

Malone University

Canton, OH · 798 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 48% graduate $48,909 earnings
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#26

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, OH · 1,516 students · Private nonprofit

56% accepted 60% graduate $55,624 earnings
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#27

Ashland University

Ashland, OH · 2,199 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 61% graduate $52,928 earnings
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#28

Otterbein University

Westerville, OH · 2,157 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 68% graduate $53,313 earnings
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#29

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · 45,638 students · Public

61% accepted 88% graduate $60,409 earnings
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#30

Northwest State Community College

Archbold, OH · 1,115 students · Public

46% graduate $40,004 earnings
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#31

Bluffton University

Bluffton, OH · 582 students · Private nonprofit

67% accepted 51% graduate $49,547 earnings
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#32

Muskingum University

New Concord, OH · 1,376 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 55% graduate $48,440 earnings
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#33

Denison University

Granville, OH · 2,380 students · Private nonprofit

17% accepted 79% graduate $67,753 earnings
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#34

Southern State Community College

Hillsboro, OH · 761 students · Public

31% graduate $35,463 earnings
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#35

Wilmington College

Wilmington, OH · 1,006 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 51% graduate $48,491 earnings
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#36

The College of Wooster

Wooster, OH · 1,730 students · Private nonprofit

60% accepted 74% graduate $59,629 earnings
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#37

Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, OH · 2,842 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 68% graduate $54,122 earnings
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#38

Marion Technical College

Marion, OH · 1,475 students · Public

28% graduate $41,495 earnings
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#39

The University of Findlay

Findlay, OH · 2,223 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 60% graduate $56,996 earnings
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#40

Capital University

Columbus, OH · 1,585 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 63% graduate $54,143 earnings
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#41

Miami University-Oxford

Oxford, OH · 16,656 students · Public

75% accepted 81% graduate $55,076 earnings
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#42

Belmont College

St Clairsville, OH · 600 students · Public

41% graduate $35,329 earnings
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#43

Heidelberg University

Tiffin, OH · 915 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 51% graduate $48,466 earnings
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#44

Lakeland Community College

Kirtland, OH · 2,773 students · Public

23% graduate $39,612 earnings
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#45

Lourdes University

Sylvania, OH · 543 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 35% graduate $48,150 earnings
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#46

Mount St. Joseph University

Cincinnati, OH · 1,129 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 56% graduate $51,509 earnings
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#47

Miami University-Hamilton

Hamilton, OH · 2,043 students · Public

23% graduate $55,076 earnings
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#48

Defiance College

Defiance, OH · 499 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 34% graduate $49,351 earnings
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#49

Miami University-Middletown

Middletown, OH · 837 students · Public

28% graduate $55,076 earnings
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#50

Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, OH · 2,247 students · Public

45% graduate $39,596 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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