54 Best Art & Design schools in Ohio

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 1.04M citations received by 69.6K academic papers made by 54 universities in Ohio was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Ohio State University

Columbus

For Art & Design

#16 in the United States

#17 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 83%

2. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Art & Design

#79 in the United States

#92 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

3. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Art & Design

#90 in the United States

#105 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,279

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Art & Design

#106 in the United States

#127 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

5. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Art & Design

#119 in the United States

#140 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 96%

6. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Art & Design

#121 in the United States

#142 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1095
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

7. Wright State University

Dayton

For Art & Design

#158 in the United States

#183 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1041
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 94%

8. University of Akron

Akron

For Art & Design

#181 in the United States

#210 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

9. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Art & Design

#188 in the United States

#217 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

10. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Art & Design

#191 in the United States

#220 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1005
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Art & Design

#232 in the United States

#263 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1261
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,590

12. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Art & Design

#263 in the United States

#297 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $46,462

13. Urbana University

Urbana

For Art & Design

#301 in the United States

#338 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Net Price: $21,774
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,344

14. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Art & Design

#353 in the United States

#394 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Average SAT: 1433
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $43,044

15. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Art & Design

#412 in the United States

#458 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,048
Male:Female: 81:19
Founded: 1919

16. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Art & Design

#432 in the United States

#478 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,496

17. Denison University

Granville

For Art & Design

#441 in the United States

#490 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $38,267

18. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Art & Design

#455 in the United States

#504 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 995
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 100%

19. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Art & Design

#459 in the United States

#508 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,976

20. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Art & Design

#465 in the United States

#514 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,001
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1973

21. Capital University

Columbus

For Art & Design

#509 in the United States

#561 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1073
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $24,439

22. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Art & Design

#531 in the United States

#583 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Net Price: $20,053
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,562

23. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Art & Design

#540 in the United States

#594 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $31,619

24. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Art & Design

#625 in the United States

#686 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $22,912

25. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Art & Design

#671 in the United States

#734 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1241
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $27,311

26. Ashland University

Ashland

For Art & Design

#719 in the United States

#784 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1162
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $20,342

27. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Art & Design

#734 in the United States

#799 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $26,369
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $7,178

28. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Art & Design

#765 in the United States

#832 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $27,398

29. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Art & Design

#786 in the United States

#853 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $28,463
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $3,217

30. Walsh University

North Canton

For Art & Design

#800 in the United States

#867 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $20,032

31. Marietta College

Marietta

For Art & Design

#821 in the United States

#889 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,895

32. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Art & Design

#824 in the United States

#892 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $25,462

33. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Art & Design

#825 in the United States

#893 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1148
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $22,661

34. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Art & Design

#864 in the United States

#932 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $7,083
Enrollment: 828

35. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Art & Design

#891 in the United States

#959 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $5,147
Enrollment: 900

36. Franklin University

Columbus

For Art & Design

#932 in the United States

#1001 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $18,989
Receiving Aid: 31%
Average Aid: $7,398

37. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Art & Design

#944 in the United States

#1013 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $25,310

38. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Art & Design

#950 in the United States

#1019 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1171
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $28,705

39. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Art & Design

#971 in the United States

#1041 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $21,881
Receiving Aid: 100%

40. Ohio University

Athens

For Art & Design

#1023 in the United States

#1096 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

41. Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland

For Art & Design

#1034 in the United States

#1109 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $33,395

42. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Art & Design

#1044 in the United States

#1119 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 890
Average ACT: 16
Net Price: $14,070

43. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Art & Design

#1052 in the United States

#1127 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $24,069
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,989

44. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Art & Design

#1055 in the United States

#1130 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $5,766
Enrollment: 818

45. Hiram College

Hiram

For Art & Design

#1092 in the United States

#1169 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $19,384
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $18,941

46. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Art & Design

#1095 in the United States

#1172 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $17,083
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,536

47. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Art & Design

#1119 in the United States

#1196 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $19,682

48. Malone University

Canton

For Art & Design

#1121 in the United States

#1198 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1067
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $21,571

49. United Theological Seminary

Dayton

For Art & Design

#1131 in the United States

#1208 in North America

Enrollment: 467
Male:Female: 60:40

50. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Art & Design

#1167 in the United States

#1245 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $23,259

51. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Art & Design

#1168 in the United States

#1246 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $7,718
Enrollment: 3,297

52. Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Delaware

For Art & Design

#1223 in the United States

#1303 in North America

Enrollment: 136
Male:Female: 30:70

53. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Art & Design

#1228 in the United States

#1308 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1151
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $17,506

54. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Art & Design

#1230 in the United States

#1310 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $6,943
Enrollment: 5,434

Closest to Ohio states to learn Art & Design

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	11	124
Indiana	29	45
Kentucky	20	80
Pennsylvania	93	10
Virginia	37	34
Michigan	33	4
District of Columbia	9	56
Maryland	25	19
Illinois	67	3
Tennessee	29	54
North Carolina	38	11
New Jersey	25	22
New York	123	6
Wisconsin	27	9
South Carolina	22	71
Connecticut	20	20
Georgia	38	27
Missouri	33	50
Iowa	23	42
Vermont	9	149
Massachusetts	63	5
Rhode Island	9	68
Alabama	21	104
New Hampshire	11	87
Arkansas	15	115
Mississippi	10	159
Minnesota	25	25
Maine	8	165
Kansas	10	62
Louisiana	19	67
Florida	41	31
Oklahoma	15	99
Nebraska	9	86
South Dakota	8	369
North Dakota	5	222
Texas	65	13
Colorado	19	44
New Mexico	7	96
Montana	5	180
Utah	9	33
Idaho	6	220
Arizona	7	23
Puerto Rico	5	404
Nevada	4	137
Washington	20	8
Oregon	16	78
California	111	1
Alaska	3	229
Hawaii	5	93

Closest to Ohio states to learn Art & Design

Art & Design subfields in Ohio