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Best MBA Programs in Ohio

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 22 schools · Agent Insights
22
Schools Analyzed
$57,297
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
66%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$23,887
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 22 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 22
Avg. earnings at 10yr $57,297
Avg. graduation rate 66%
Avg. net price $23,887
Avg. median debt $24,241

How We Ranked

MBA programs in Ohio ranked by graduate outcomes and value

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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 CarrollCase WesternWalsh UniversityCleveland State

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

University of Dayton81%John Carroll University78%Case Western Reserve Uni…87%Walsh University60%Cleveland State Universi…50%Franciscan University of…76%Cedarville University73%Otterbein University68%Ohio State University-Ma…88%Ohio Dominican University44%University of Toledo56%University of Mount Union62%Xavier University70%Ashland University61%Lake Erie College40%Capital University63%The University of Findlay60%Baldwin Wallace Universi…68%Miami University-Oxford81%Mount St. Joseph Univers…56%

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

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Graduation87%
Earnings$87,989
Net Price$41,190

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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

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · 6,437 students · Private nonprofit

37% accepted 87% graduate $87,989 earnings
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#4

Walsh University

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

71% accepted 60% graduate $59,764 earnings
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#5

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH · 8,969 students · Public

91% accepted 50% graduate $52,131 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

Cedarville University

Cedarville, OH · 4,024 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 73% graduate $55,443 earnings
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#8

Otterbein University

Westerville, OH · 2,157 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 68% graduate $53,313 earnings
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#9

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · 45,638 students · Public

61% accepted 88% graduate $60,409 earnings
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#10

Ohio Dominican University

Columbus, OH · 760 students · Private nonprofit

94% accepted 44% graduate $51,748 earnings
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#11

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH · 9,770 students · Public

92% accepted 56% graduate $50,632 earnings
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#12

University of Mount Union

Alliance, OH · 1,995 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 62% graduate $53,217 earnings
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#13

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH · 4,207 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 70% graduate $64,873 earnings
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#14

Ashland University

Ashland, OH · 2,199 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 61% graduate $52,928 earnings
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#15

Lake Erie College

Painesville, OH · 852 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 40% graduate $50,417 earnings
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#16

Capital University

Columbus, OH · 1,585 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 63% graduate $54,143 earnings
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#17

The University of Findlay

Findlay, OH · 2,223 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 60% graduate $56,996 earnings
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#18

Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, OH · 2,842 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 68% graduate $54,122 earnings
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#19

Miami University-Oxford

Oxford, OH · 16,656 students · Public

75% accepted 81% graduate $55,076 earnings
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#20

Mount St. Joseph University

Cincinnati, OH · 1,129 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 56% graduate $51,509 earnings
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#21

Ohio University-Main Campus

Athens, OH · 19,633 students · Public

85% accepted 66% graduate $52,581 earnings
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#22

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH · 29,882 students · Public

85% accepted 73% graduate $54,810 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Saez, E., Turner, N., & Yagan, D. (2017). Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility. NBER Working Paper No. 23618. →

[2]

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

[3]

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

[4]

U.S. News & World Report. Best Business Schools MBA Rankings. Used for MBA program validation. →

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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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