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Best Communications Colleges in Ohio

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 29 schools · Agent Insights
29
Schools Analyzed
$53,911
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
59%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$21,417
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 29 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 29
Avg. earnings at 10yr $53,911
Avg. graduation rate 59%
Avg. net price $21,417
Avg. median debt $24,221

How We Ranked

Communications 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 PRICEDenison UniversityUniversity ofJohn CarrollAshland UniversityCedarville University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Denison University79%University of Dayton81%John Carroll University78%Ashland University61%Cedarville University73%Franciscan University of…76%Otterbein University68%Marietta College60%Cleveland State Universi…50%Mount Vernon Nazarene Un…66%Ohio Wesleyan University60%University of Toledo56%Muskingum University55%Capital University63%Ohio Dominican University44%Bluffton University51%Ohio State University-Ma…88%Wilmington College51%Baldwin Wallace Universi…68%Heidelberg University51%

Top 3

#1

Denison University

Granville, OH

Graduation79%
Earnings$67,753
Net Price$40,007

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#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

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

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#3

John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

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

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Full Rankings

#1

Denison University

Granville, OH · 2,380 students · Private nonprofit

17% accepted 79% graduate $67,753 earnings
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#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH · 7,682 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 81% graduate $75,537 earnings
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#3

John Carroll University

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

81% accepted 78% graduate $62,860 earnings
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#4

Ashland University

Ashland, OH · 2,199 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 61% graduate $52,928 earnings
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#5

Cedarville University

Cedarville, OH · 4,024 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 73% graduate $55,443 earnings
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#6

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, OH · 2,901 students · Private nonprofit

58% accepted 76% graduate $50,030 earnings
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#7

Otterbein University

Westerville, OH · 2,157 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 68% graduate $53,313 earnings
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#8

Marietta College

Marietta, OH · 952 students · Private nonprofit

79% accepted 60% graduate $57,180 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

Mount Vernon Nazarene University

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

84% accepted 66% graduate $49,555 earnings
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#11

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, OH · 1,516 students · Private nonprofit

56% accepted 60% graduate $55,624 earnings
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#12

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH · 9,770 students · Public

92% accepted 56% graduate $50,632 earnings
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#13

Muskingum University

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

82% accepted 55% graduate $48,440 earnings
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#14

Capital University

Columbus, OH · 1,585 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 63% graduate $54,143 earnings
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#15

Ohio Dominican University

Columbus, OH · 760 students · Private nonprofit

94% accepted 44% graduate $51,748 earnings
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#16

Bluffton University

Bluffton, OH · 582 students · Private nonprofit

67% accepted 51% graduate $49,547 earnings
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#17

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · 45,638 students · Public

61% accepted 88% graduate $60,409 earnings
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#18

Wilmington College

Wilmington, OH · 1,006 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 51% graduate $48,491 earnings
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#19

Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, OH · 2,842 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 68% graduate $54,122 earnings
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#20

Heidelberg University

Tiffin, OH · 915 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 51% graduate $48,466 earnings
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#21

Lourdes University

Sylvania, OH · 543 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 35% graduate $48,150 earnings
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#22

Ohio University-Main Campus

Athens, OH · 19,633 students · Public

85% accepted 66% graduate $52,581 earnings
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#23

Miami University-Oxford

Oxford, OH · 16,656 students · Public

75% accepted 81% graduate $55,076 earnings
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#24

Miami University-Hamilton

Hamilton, OH · 2,043 students · Public

23% graduate $55,076 earnings
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#25

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH · 29,882 students · Public

85% accepted 73% graduate $54,810 earnings
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#26

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH · 19,320 students · Public

86% accepted 65% graduate $45,388 earnings
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#27

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, OH · 9,052 students · Public

60% accepted 50% graduate $46,600 earnings
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#28

University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College

Blue Ash, OH · 4,354 students · Public

16% graduate $54,810 earnings
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#29

Ohio University-Eastern Campus

Saint Clairsville, OH · 298 students · Public

20% graduate $52,581 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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