48 Best colleges for Genetics 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 Genetics. A graph of 7.86M citations received by 230K academic papers made by 48 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.

1. Ohio State University

Columbus

For Genetics

#28 in the United States

#31 in North America

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

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Genetics

#35 in the United States

#38 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Genetics

#75 in the United States

#83 in North America

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

4. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Genetics

#172 in the United States

#193 in North America

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

5. Wright State University

Dayton

For Genetics

#178 in the United States

#199 in North America

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

6. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Genetics

#200 in the United States

#224 in North America

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

7. Urbana University

Urbana

For Genetics

#202 in the United States

#226 in North America

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

8. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Genetics

#204 in the United States

#228 in North America

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

9. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Genetics

#219 in the United States

#243 in North America

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

10. University of Akron

Akron

For Genetics

#227 in the United States

#252 in North America

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

11. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Genetics

#246 in the United States

#275 in North America

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

12. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Genetics

#249 in the United States

#278 in North America

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

13. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Genetics

#298 in the United States

#333 in North America

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

14. Franklin University

Columbus

For Genetics

#343 in the United States

#380 in North America

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

15. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Genetics

#356 in the United States

#393 in North America

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

16. Capital University

Columbus

For Genetics

#400 in the United States

#441 in North America

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

17. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Genetics

#415 in the United States

#457 in North America

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

18. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Genetics

#439 in the United States

#484 in North America

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

19. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Genetics

#450 in the United States

#497 in North America

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

20. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Genetics

#474 in the United States

#522 in North America

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

21. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Genetics

#495 in the United States

#544 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Genetics

#501 in the United States

#550 in North America

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

23. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Genetics

#543 in the United States

#593 in North America

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

24. Walsh University

North Canton

For Genetics

#573 in the United States

#624 in North America

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

25. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Genetics

#582 in the United States

#633 in North America

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

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Genetics

#585 in the United States

#636 in North America

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

27. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Genetics

#644 in the United States

#696 in North America

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

28. Denison University

Granville

For Genetics

#664 in the United States

#716 in North America

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

29. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Genetics

#668 in the United States

#721 in North America

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

30. Ohio University

Athens

For Genetics

#695 in the United States

#750 in North America

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

31. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Genetics

#696 in the United States

#751 in North America

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

32. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Genetics

#774 in the United States

#832 in North America

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

33. Marietta College

Marietta

For Genetics

#782 in the United States

#840 in North America

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

34. Ashland University

Ashland

For Genetics

#817 in the United States

#876 in North America

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

35. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Genetics

#869 in the United States

#931 in North America

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

36. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Genetics

#912 in the United States

#975 in North America

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

37. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Genetics

#929 in the United States

#993 in North America

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

38. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Genetics

#955 in the United States

#1019 in North America

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

39. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Genetics

#1019 in the United States

#1085 in North America

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

40. Hiram College

Hiram

For Genetics

#1021 in the United States

#1087 in North America

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

41. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Genetics

#1027 in the United States

#1093 in North America

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

42. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Genetics

#1059 in the United States

#1127 in North America

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

43. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Genetics

#1118 in the United States

#1187 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1096
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,391

44. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Genetics

#1121 in the United States

#1190 in North America

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

45. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Genetics

#1125 in the United States

#1194 in North America

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

46. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Genetics

#1165 in the United States

#1234 in North America

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

47. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Genetics

#1195 in the United States

#1264 in North America

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

48. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Genetics

#1198 in the United States

#1268 in North America

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

Closest to Ohio states to learn Genetics

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	17	128
Indiana	27	48
Kentucky	19	63
Pennsylvania	84	6
Virginia	36	44
Michigan	29	7
District of Columbia	8	73
Maryland	24	2
Illinois	51	23
Tennessee	29	40
North Carolina	31	17
Delaware	3	127
New Jersey	21	41
New York	111	9
Wisconsin	25	15
South Carolina	22	81
Connecticut	19	5
Georgia	31	25
Missouri	26	13
Iowa	18	42
Vermont	5	110
Massachusetts	58	1
Rhode Island	7	70
Alabama	23	38
New Hampshire	9	86
Arkansas	17	105
Mississippi	12	129
Minnesota	25	22
Maine	11	216
Kansas	11	117
Louisiana	22	88
Florida	43	31
Oklahoma	13	114
Nebraska	12	90
South Dakota	8	213
North Dakota	5	179
Texas	64	12
Colorado	17	50
New Mexico	6	97
Montana	5	141
Utah	9	33
Idaho	6	175
Arizona	8	46
Puerto Rico	13	289
Nevada	4	149
Washington	20	8
Oregon	17	51
California	101	3
Alaska	4	247
Hawaii	6	136

Closest to Ohio states to learn Genetics

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