Ohio College ROI Rankings — Best Value Universities in Ohio

Colleges Ranked

High or Good ROI

$55,585

Avg Graduate Salary

$24,138

Avg Student Debt

Chamberlain University-Ohio

#1 ROI in Ohio

#	College / University	ROI Rating	Break-Even	Grad Salary	Med. Debt	Grad Rate	Type
🥇	Chamberlain University-Ohio Columbus, OH	High ROI	0.4 yrs	$92,405	$20,919	29%	Private For-profit
🥈	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	High ROI	0.5 yrs	$87,989	$24,000	87%	Private Non-profit
🥉	Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	High ROI	0.6 yrs	$80,928	$27,000	75%	Private Non-profit
4	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	High ROI	0.6 yrs	$75,537	$23,250	80%	Private Non-profit
5	Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus, OH	High ROI	0.6 yrs	$75,103	$22,082	54%	Private Non-profit
6	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	High ROI	0.6 yrs	$71,830	$18,527	82%	Private Non-profit
7	The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati, OH	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$68,303	$24,250	56%	Private Non-profit
8	Denison University Granville, OH	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$67,753	$26,000	79%	Private Non-profit
9	Kettering College Kettering, OH	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$67,492	$23,500	65%	Private Non-profit
10	Mercy College of Ohio Toledo, OH	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$65,409	$20,834	56%	Private Non-profit
11	Xavier University Cincinnati, OH	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$64,873	$23,250	69%	Private Non-profit
12	Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Canton, OH	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$63,582	$20,000	53%	Private Non-profit
13	Ohio State University-Lima Campus Lima, OH	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$60,409	$19,976	23%	Public
14	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$60,409	$19,976	88%	Public
15	Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science Cincinnati, OH	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$55,695	$15,000	N/A	Private Non-profit
16	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$62,860	$26,000	79%	Private Non-profit
17	Walsh University North Canton, OH	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,764	$27,000	59%	Private Non-profit
18	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,629	$26,500	74%	Private Non-profit
19	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$58,343	$26,000	81%	Private Non-profit
20	The University of Findlay Findlay, OH	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$56,996	$25,439	58%	Private Non-profit
21	Cedarville University Cedarville, OH	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$55,443	$20,937	73%	Private Non-profit
22	Miami University-Hamilton Hamilton, OH	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,076	$23,000	25%	Public
23	Miami University-Middletown Middletown, OH	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,076	$23,000	32%	Public
24	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,076	$23,000	80%	Public
25	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$54,810	$21,250	75%	Public
26	Marietta College Marietta, OH	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$57,180	$27,000	61%	Private Non-profit
27	Ursuline College Pepper Pike, OH	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$56,878	$26,250	67%	Private Non-profit
28	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe, OH	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	$21,056	14%	Public
29	Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville, OH	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	$21,056	21%	Public
30	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	$21,056	65%	Public
31	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville, OH	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$52,581	$21,056	22%	Public
32	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	High ROI	1.6 yrs	$55,624	$27,000	59%	Private Non-profit
33	Wittenberg University Springfield, OH	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$54,947	$27,000	53%	Private Non-profit
34	Hiram College Hiram, OH	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$54,311	$27,000	55%	Private Non-profit
35	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	High ROI	1.6 yrs	$52,131	$21,797	51%	Public
36	Franklin University Columbus, OH	High ROI	1.6 yrs	$51,892	$20,836	11%	Private Non-profit
37	Capital University Columbus, OH	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$54,143	$26,889	60%	Private Non-profit
38	Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$54,122	$27,000	67%	Private Non-profit
39	Otterbein University Westerville, OH	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$53,313	$26,000	68%	Private Non-profit
40	University of Mount Union Alliance, OH	High ROI	1.9 yrs	$53,217	$27,000	59%	Private Non-profit
41	Ashland University Ashland, OH	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$52,928	$25,000	61%	Private Non-profit
42	Antioch University Yellow Springs, OH	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$51,541	$23,501	N/A	Private Non-profit
43	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	High ROI	1.9 yrs	$50,632	$22,250	57%	Public
44	Ohio Dominican University Columbus, OH	High ROI	2 yrs	$51,748	$26,000	41%	Private Non-profit
45	Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati, OH	High ROI	2.1 yrs	$51,509	$26,827	56%	Private Non-profit
46	Lake Erie College Painesville, OH	High ROI	2.2 yrs	$50,417	$26,000	38%	Private Non-profit
47	Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH	High ROI	2.1 yrs	$50,030	$23,384	75%	Private Non-profit
48	Wright State University-Lake Campus Celina, OH	High ROI	2.1 yrs	$49,500	$22,750	41%	Public
49	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH	High ROI	2.1 yrs	$49,500	$22,750	42%	Public
50	Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon, OH	High ROI	2.3 yrs	$49,555	$25,000	68%	Private Non-profit
51	Bluffton University Bluffton, OH	High ROI	2.5 yrs	$49,547	$27,000	53%	Private Non-profit
52	Defiance College Defiance, OH	High ROI	2.5 yrs	$49,351	$26,813	31%	Private Non-profit
53	Wilmington College Wilmington, OH	High ROI	2.5 yrs	$48,491	$24,208	47%	Private Non-profit
54	Malone University Canton, OH	High ROI	2.6 yrs	$48,909	$26,289	45%	Private Non-profit
55	Muskingum University New Concord, OH	High ROI	2.6 yrs	$48,440	$25,369	56%	Private Non-profit
56	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	High ROI	2.7 yrs	$47,896	$25,000	64%	Public
57	Heidelberg University Tiffin, OH	High ROI	2.8 yrs	$48,466	$27,000	52%	Private Non-profit
58	Lourdes University Sylvania, OH	High ROI	2.9 yrs	$48,150	$27,000	32%	Private Non-profit
59	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	High ROI	3 yrs	$46,600	$23,250	52%	Public
60	University of Akron Wayne College Orrville, OH	High ROI	3 yrs	$46,600	$23,250	19%	Public
61	DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH	Good ROI	3.4 yrs	$45,987	$24,807	39%	Private For-profit
62	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	Good ROI	3.7 yrs	$45,388	$24,500	64%	Public
63	Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH	Moderate ROI	7.3 yrs	$42,509	$27,000	58%	Private Non-profit
64	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	Moderate ROI	8.7 yrs	$41,544	$24,000	50%	Public
65	Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, OH	Low ROI	14.4 yrs	$40,664	$27,000	56%	Private Non-profit
66	Ohio Christian University Circleville, OH	Low ROI	29 yrs	$39,813	$29,579	34%	Private Non-profit
67	Shawnee State University Portsmouth, OH	Low ROI	28.6 yrs	$39,596	$23,000	48%	Public
68	Wilberforce University Wilberforce, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$38,298	$26,468	12%	Private Non-profit
69	Allegheny Wesleyan College Salem, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$37,453	N/A	46%	Private Non-profit
70	Tiffin University Tiffin, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$35,942	$27,000	40%	Private Non-profit
71	Arizona College of Nursing-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$34,657	$9,500	N/A	Private For-profit
72	Arizona College of Nursing-Cleveland Beachwood, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$34,657	$9,500	N/A	Private For-profit
73	Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$34,368	$27,000	41%	Private Non-profit
74	Central State University Wilberforce, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$33,267	$30,739	23%	Public
75	Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$32,641	$24,968	72%	Private Non-profit
76	Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Public
77	Antioch College Yellow Springs, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	$32,114	N/A	41%	Private Non-profit
78	Methodist Theological School in Ohio Delaware, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
79	Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Public
80	Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
81	Pontifical College Josephinum Columbus, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	32%	Private Non-profit
82	Rabbinical College Telshe Wickliffe, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	53%	Private Non-profit
83	United Theological Seminary Dayton, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
84	Winebrenner Theological Seminary Findlay, OH	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit

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Data Source: Rankings derived from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median salary = 10-year post-enrollment earnings. Debt = median debt among completers. ROI score and break-even years are calculated by Search 6000+ US Colleges.