College ROI Rankings: Ohio

Sorted by break-even years · Data: U.S. Dept. of Education

#	College	ROI Score	Break-Even	10-yr Salary	Grad Rate
1	Chamberlain University-Ohio Columbus	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.4 yrs	$92,405	28.6%
2	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.5 yrs	$87,989	87.2%
3	University of Dayton Dayton	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.6 yrs	$75,537	80.2%
4	Kenyon College Gambier	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.6 yrs	$71,830	82.3%
5	Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.6 yrs	$75,103	53.9%
6	Ohio Northern University Ada	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.6 yrs	$80,928	75.5%
7	Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Canton	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.8 yrs	$63,582	53.3%
8	The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.8 yrs	$68,303	55.7%
9	Kettering College Kettering	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.8 yrs	$67,492	65.1%
10	Mercy College of Ohio Toledo	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.8 yrs	$65,409	55.8%
11	Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science Cincinnati	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.9 yrs	$55,695	—
12	Denison University Granville	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.9 yrs	$67,753	78.9%
13	Ohio State University-Lima Campus Lima	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.9 yrs	$60,409	22.7%
14	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.9 yrs	$60,409	87.7%
15	Xavier University Cincinnati	🟢 Excellent ROI	0.9 yrs	$64,873	68.7%
16	John Carroll University University Heights	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.1 yrs	$62,860	78.6%
17	Cedarville University Cedarville	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.3 yrs	$55,443	72.5%
18	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.3 yrs	$54,810	75%
19	Oberlin College Oberlin	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.3 yrs	$58,343	80.9%
20	Walsh University North Canton	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,764	58.5%
21	The College of Wooster Wooster	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,629	73.9%
22	The University of Findlay Findlay	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.4 yrs	$56,996	57.9%
23	Miami University-Hamilton Hamilton	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,076	24.9%
24	Miami University-Middletown Middletown	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,076	31.8%
25	Miami University-Oxford Oxford	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,076	79.8%
26	Marietta College Marietta	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.5 yrs	$57,180	61.4%
27	Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	20.7%
28	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	14.4%
29	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	65.5%
30	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	21.6%
31	Ursuline College Pepper Pike	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.5 yrs	$56,878	66.7%
32	Cleveland State University Cleveland	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.6 yrs	$52,131	50.6%
33	Franklin University Columbus	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.6 yrs	$51,892	11.1%
34	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.6 yrs	$55,624	58.6%
35	Hiram College Hiram	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.7 yrs	$54,311	54.5%
36	Wittenberg University Springfield	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.7 yrs	$54,947	52.7%
37	Ashland University Ashland	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.8 yrs	$52,928	60.6%
38	Baldwin Wallace University Berea	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.8 yrs	$54,122	66.8%
39	Capital University Columbus	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.8 yrs	$54,143	60.3%
40	Otterbein University Westerville	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.8 yrs	$53,313	67.9%
41	Antioch University Yellow Springs	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.8 yrs	$51,541	—
42	University of Mount Union Alliance	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.9 yrs	$53,217	58.7%
43	University of Toledo Toledo	🟢 Excellent ROI	1.9 yrs	$50,632	57%
44	Ohio Dominican University Columbus	🟢 Excellent ROI	2 yrs	$51,748	41%
45	Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.1 yrs	$51,509	56.3%
46	Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.1 yrs	$50,030	75.5%
47	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.1 yrs	$49,500	41.7%
48	Wright State University-Lake Campus Celina	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.1 yrs	$49,500	40.9%
49	Lake Erie College Painesville	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.2 yrs	$50,417	38%
50	Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.3 yrs	$49,555	68.1%
51	Bluffton University Bluffton	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.5 yrs	$49,547	52.9%
52	Defiance College Defiance	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.5 yrs	$49,351	30.6%
53	Wilmington College Wilmington	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.5 yrs	$48,491	47.3%
54	Malone University Canton	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.6 yrs	$48,909	45%
55	Muskingum University New Concord	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.6 yrs	$48,440	56.4%
56	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.7 yrs	$47,896	63.7%
57	Heidelberg University Tiffin	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.8 yrs	$48,466	52%
58	Lourdes University Sylvania	🟢 Excellent ROI	2.9 yrs	$48,150	32.5%
59	University of Akron Main Campus Akron	🟢 Excellent ROI	3 yrs	$46,600	51.9%
60	University of Akron Wayne College Orrville	🟢 Excellent ROI	3 yrs	$46,600	18.5%
61	DeVry University-Ohio Columbus	🔵 Good ROI	3.4 yrs	$45,987	38.9%
62	Kent State University at Kent Kent	🔵 Good ROI	3.7 yrs	$45,388	63.7%
63	Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland	🟡 Fair ROI	7.3 yrs	$42,509	57.7%
64	Youngstown State University Youngstown	🟡 Fair ROI	8.7 yrs	$41,544	50.5%
65	Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus	🔴 Slow ROI	14.4 yrs	$40,664	55.6%
66	Shawnee State University Portsmouth	🔴 Slow ROI	28.6 yrs	$39,596	48.1%
67	Ohio Christian University Circleville	🔴 Slow ROI	29 yrs	$39,813	33.9%
68	Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Wright-Patterson AFB	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	—
69	Allegheny Wesleyan College Salem	⚪ Limited Data	—	$37,453	46.2%
70	Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati	⚪ Limited Data	—	$34,368	41.3%
71	Central State University Wilberforce	⚪ Limited Data	—	$33,267	22.8%
72	Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland	⚪ Limited Data	—	$32,641	72.1%
73	Methodist Theological School in Ohio Delaware	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	—
74	Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	—
75	Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	—
76	Pontifical College Josephinum Columbus	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	31.6%
77	Rabbinical College Telshe Wickliffe	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	52.6%
78	Tiffin University Tiffin	⚪ Limited Data	—	$35,942	39.9%
79	United Theological Seminary Dayton	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	—
80	Wilberforce University Wilberforce	⚪ Limited Data	—	$38,298	12%
81	Winebrenner Theological Seminary Findlay	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	—
82	Antioch College Yellow Springs	⚪ Limited Data	—	—	41.2%
83	Arizona College of Nursing-Cincinnati Cincinnati	⚪ Limited Data	—	$34,657	—
84	Arizona College of Nursing-Cleveland Beachwood	⚪ Limited Data	—	$34,657	—

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