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College costs in Ohio

All 151 colleges in Ohio, 115 four-year and 36 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $17,291, rising about 2.7% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 42 of the four-year schools are public. 44 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (115)

Four-year colleges in Ohio, with published tuition and fees in dollars.
School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Allegheny Wesleyan College	private	$6,800	1.4%
American Institute of Alternative Medicine	private	$17,291	2.5%
Antioch College	private	$37,043	2.0%
Antioch University	private	$16,264	-1.7%
Art Academy of Cincinnati	private	$37,953	4.1%
Ashland University	private	$26,390	3.2%
Athenaeum of Ohio	private	$20,400	n/a
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	private	$19,854	0.3%
Baldwin Wallace University	private	$38,086	3.1%
Bluffton University	private	$36,298	2.4%
Bowling Green State University-Firelands	public	$5,910	2.0%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	public	$14,773	2.9%
Bryant & Stratton College-Parma	private	$19,640	2.3%
Capital University	private	$41,788	2.9%
Case Western Reserve University	private	$71,988	4.5%
Cedarville University	private	$36,078	3.5%
Central Ohio Technical College	public	$5,136	2.0%
Central State University	public	$7,824	2.5%
Chamberlain University-Ohio	private	$19,740	1.2%
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science	private	$24,310	2.2%
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College	public	$5,400	3.9%
Clark State College	public	$4,273	2.7%
Cleveland Institute of Art	private	$47,880	2.7%
Cleveland Institute of Music	private	$42,500	-0.9%
Cleveland State University	public	$12,613	3.0%
Columbus College of Art and Design	private	$39,650	3.0%
Defiance College	private	$38,778	2.9%
Denison University	private	$74,000	4.2%
DeVry University-Ohio	private	$15,032	-1.4%
Felbry College	private	$25,730	n/a
Franciscan University of Steubenville	private	$32,630	3.5%
Franklin University	private	$9,577	-1.7%
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati	private	$16,400	n/a
Gods Bible School and College	private	$7,696	1.0%
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science	private	$15,470	-1.8%
Heidelberg University	private	$33,600	2.3%
Herzing University-Akron	private	$13,420	1.0%
Hiram College	private	$26,265	-1.5%
John Carroll University	private	$49,100	3.6%
Kent State University at Ashtabula	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kent State University at East Liverpool	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kent State University at Geauga	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kent State University at Kent	public	$13,848	3.0%
Kent State University at Salem	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kent State University at Stark	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kent State University at Trumbull	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kent State University at Tuscarawas	public	$7,428	3.1%
Kenyon College	private	$73,230	3.7%
Kettering College	private	$15,672	4.6%
Lake Erie College	private	$36,032	2.7%
Lakewood University	private	$10,479	n/a
Lorain County Community College	public	$4,790	3.0%
Lourdes University	private	$27,540	4.6%
Malone University	private	$36,120	3.5%
Marietta College	private	$38,874	1.8%
Mercy College of Ohio	private	$18,850	5.1%
Miami University-Hamilton	public	$6,848	3.2%
Miami University-Middletown	public	$6,848	3.2%
Miami University-Oxford	public	$18,890	2.6%
Mount Carmel College of Nursing	private	$27,335	4.5%
Mount Saint Joseph University	private	$36,650	3.5%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University	private	$25,559	5.3%
Muskingum University	private	$31,440	2.7%
North Central State College	public	$5,786	5.4%
Notre Dame College	private	$32,596	2.2%
Oberlin College	private	$71,462	3.2%
Ohio Christian University	private	$17,990	0.2%
Ohio Dominican University	private	$34,370	1.7%
Ohio Northern University	private	$37,600	3.3%
Ohio State University-Lima Campus	public	$9,212	2.9%
Ohio State University-Main Campus	public	$14,050	3.1%
Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus	public	$9,212	2.9%
Ohio State University-Marion Campus	public	$9,212	2.9%
Ohio State University-Newark Campus	public	$9,212	2.9%
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	public	$6,178	2.2%
Ohio University-Eastern Campus	public	$6,178	2.7%
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	public	$6,178	2.2%
Ohio University-Main Campus	public	$14,802	2.7%
Ohio University-Southern Campus	public	$6,178	2.7%
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	public	$6,178	2.2%
Ohio Wesleyan University	private	$52,296	2.5%
Otterbein University	private	$34,899	1.1%
Pontifical College Josephinum	private	$30,482	4.2%
Professional Skills Institute	private	$14,920	-1.3%
Rabbinical College Telshe	private	$17,900	6.8%
Shawnee State University	public	$9,622	3.0%
Sinclair Community College	public	$4,569	3.0%
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences	private	$17,982	-1.2%
The College of Wooster	private	$59,550	3.6%
The Modern College of Design	private	$30,344	2.4%
The North Coast College	private	$22,500	2.9%
The University of Findlay	private	$39,646	2.9%
Tiffin University	private	$32,400	4.6%
Tri-State Bible College	private	$9,100	1.7%
Union Institute & University	private	$14,330	2.1%
University of Akron Main Campus	public	$12,799	2.5%
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College	public	$6,897	1.5%
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College	public	$6,448	2.2%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	public	$14,824	2.7%
University of Dayton	private	$51,910	2.6%
University of Mount Union	private	$35,400	2.6%
University of Northwestern Ohio	private	$12,641	2.8%
University of Rio Grande	private	$20,560	-0.7%
University of Toledo	public	$11,742	2.4%
Ursuline College	private	$37,860	3.5%
Valor Christian College	private	$9,892	n/a
Walsh University	private	$32,753	2.3%
Wilberforce University	private	$14,776	-0.3%
Wilmington College	private	$30,962	0.7%
Wittenberg University	private	$44,602	1.8%
Wright State University-Lake Campus	public	$7,119	2.2%
Wright State University-Main Campus	public	$10,614	2.2%
Xavier University	private	$48,126	4.0%
Youngstown State University	public	$9,757	1.8%
Zane State College	public	$5,856	2.6%

Two-year colleges (36)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

Two-year colleges in Ohio, with published tuition and fees in dollars.
School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
ATA College-Cincinnati	private	$14,250	1.1%
Belmont College	public	$4,815	3.3%
Chatfield College	private	$14,080	5.0%
Columbus State Community College	public	$5,338	3.8%
Cuyahoga Community College District	public	$4,622	1.8%
Davis College	private	$14,130	0.0%
East Ohio College	private	$14,370	2.3%
Eastern Gateway Community College	public	$4,385	2.5%
Edison State Community College	public	$4,379	0.4%
ETI Technical College	private	$11,060	1.5%
Fortis College-Centerville	private	$14,023	0.1%
Fortis College-Cincinnati	private	$14,283	0.3%
Fortis College-Columbus	private	$14,148	-0.4%
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls	private	$14,050	-6.1%
Global Tech College	private	$11,675	n/a
Hocking College	public	$5,396	2.3%
Hondros College of Nursing	private	$21,591	1.5%
Hussian College-Daymar College Columbus	private	$21,023	1.7%
International College of Broadcasting	private	$12,430	-0.3%
James A. Rhodes State College	public	$4,657	2.2%
Lakeland Community College	public	$4,607	1.1%
Marion Technical College	public	$6,475	4.3%
Northwest State Community College	public	$4,578	2.5%
Ohio Business College-Sandusky	private	$9,385	1.1%
Ohio Business College-Sheffield	private	$9,385	1.1%
Ohio Institute of Allied Health	private	$24,493	1.7%
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute	public	$9,310	2.9%
Owens Community College	public	$5,750	4.4%
Remington College-Cleveland Campus	private	$16,254	0.3%
Rosedale Bible College	private	$9,418	1.3%
Southern State Community College	public	$5,687	3.3%
Stark State College	public	$4,670	2.7%
Stautzenberger College-Brecksville	private	$16,699	4.7%
Stautzenberger College-Maumee	private	$16,699	4.8%
Terra State Community College	public	$5,660	2.7%
Washington State Community College	public	$4,128	-0.8%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology.