Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Ohio

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Ohio, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 61 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio94.2%61%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 2Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio92.1%37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 3Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio91.6%31%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 4Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio91.0%34%1447$39k$58k81%2,88711 mi 5Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio90.1%75%1317$28k$55k80%16,656161 mi 6Cedarville UniversityCedarville, Ohio89.6%65%1241$24k$55k73%4,024125 mi 7University of DaytonDayton, Ohio89.1%65%1335$30k$76k80%7,682133 mi 8Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio88.5%17%1410$40k$68k79%2,38091 mi 9Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland, Ohio87.8%61%1193$29k$43k58%5393 mi 10Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenville, Ohio87.5%58%1220$24k$50k75%2,90196 mi 11Lourdes UniversitySylvania, Ohio87.1%74%—$23k$48k32%54313 mi 12Mercy College of OhioToledo, Ohio86.7%93%947$18k$65k56%9397 mi 13University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio85.4%85%1282$26k$55k75%29,882178 mi 14Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, Ohio84.7%56%—$21k$56k59%1,51679 mi 15Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio84.3%74%1252$24k$81k75%2,48962 mi 16Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio83.9%85%1212$22k$53k65%19,633144 mi 17Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio83.8%76%1194$28k$54k67%2,8428 mi 18John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, Ohio82.9%81%1298$29k$63k79%2,2746 mi 19The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio82.1%60%1353$23k$60k74%1,73047 mi 20Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio81.6%81%1117$24k$48k64%12,81226 mi 21Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio80.9%86%1099$21k$45k64%19,32031 mi 22Mount Carmel College of NursingColumbus, Ohio80.8%84%—$10k$75k54%532102 mi 23Columbus College of Art & DesignColumbus, Ohio80.3%68%—$29k$41k56%882101 mi 24Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio79.9%85%1220$19k$53k68%2,15790 mi 25Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon, Ohio79.4%84%1131$22k$50k68%1,35871 mi 26Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio77.5%86%1217$33k$65k69%4,207176 mi 27University of ToledoToledo, Ohio77.3%92%1235$17k$51k57%9,7709 mi 28University of Mount UnionAlliance, Ohio76.7%78%1088$23k$53k59%1,99552 mi 29Ashland UniversityAshland, Ohio76.5%76%1120$22k$53k61%2,19937 mi 30Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio75.7%84%1120$13k$42k50%7,96154 mi 31Malone UniversityCanton, Ohio75.6%76%1081$21k$49k45%79850 mi 32Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio75.5%70%1068$23k$54k60%1,585102 mi 33Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, Ohio74.2%41%—$6k$38k12%822129 mi 34Heidelberg UniversityTiffin, Ohio74.1%86%—$21k$48k52%91525 mi 35The University of FindlayFindlay, Ohio73.7%83%—$27k$57k58%2,22342 mi 36Kettering CollegeKettering, Ohio73.5%77%1050$22k$67k65%549136 mi 37Muskingum UniversityNew Concord, Ohio73.5%82%1017$20k$48k56%1,376103 mi 38University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio73.0%60%1081$14k$47k52%9,05232 mi 39Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, Ohio72.4%71%1193$20k$60k59%1,39047 mi 40Wilmington CollegeWilmington, Ohio72.0%92%1029$24k$48k47%1,006145 mi 41Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio72.0%——$14k$40k48%2,247186 mi 42Hiram CollegeHiram, Ohio71.9%94%—$21k$54k55%77729 mi 43Tiffin UniversityTiffin, Ohio71.6%80%986$27k$36k40%2,05125 mi 44Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio70.3%91%—$15k$52k51%8,9691 mi 45Ursuline CollegePepper Pike, Ohio70.2%75%1097$16k$57k67%6708 mi 46Marietta CollegeMarietta, Ohio69.4%79%1088$21k$57k61%952145 mi 47The Christ College of Nursing and Health SciencesCincinnati, Ohio69.1%59%1090$18k$68k56%713179 mi 48Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, Ohio68.7%59%1183$17k$52k56%1,129183 mi 49Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, Ohio67.9%96%—$15k$50k42%6,762128 mi 50Miami University-MiddletownMiddletown, Ohio66.7%——$11k$55k32%837150 mi 51Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbus, Ohio64.0%94%—$20k$52k41%76099 mi 52Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, Ohio63.4%72%1179$19k$55k53%1,215113 mi 53Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville, Ohio62.4%38%—$21k$40k34%862125 mi 54Wright State University-Lake CampusCelina, Ohio60.6%——$11k$50k41%89298 mi 55Bluffton UniversityBluffton, Ohio59.6%67%976$20k$50k53%58259 mi 56Lake Erie CollegePainesville, Ohio59.4%70%—$21k$50k38%8523 mi 57Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio55.9%99%—$13k$33k23%2,620128 mi 58Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio53.4%——$11k$55k25%2,043164 mi 59Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio50.3%——$6k$53k14%691115 mi 60Ohio State University-Lima CampusLima, Ohio42.3%——$13k$60k23%62171 mi 61Franklin UniversityColumbus, Ohio35.9%——$25k$52k11%5,562102 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.