54 Best Business 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 Business. A graph of 2.89M citations received by 122K 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.

1. Ohio State University

Columbus

For Business

#18 in the United States

#19 in North America

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

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Business

#68 in the United States

#78 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Business

#78 in the United States

#91 in North America

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

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Business

#141 in the United States

#165 in North America

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

5. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Business

#158 in the United States

#184 in North America

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

6. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Business

#161 in the United States

#188 in North America

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

7. University of Akron

Akron

For Business

#162 in the United States

#189 in North America

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

8. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Business

#165 in the United States

#192 in North America

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

9. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Business

#171 in the United States

#200 in North America

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

10. Wright State University

Dayton

For Business

#189 in the United States

#218 in North America

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

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Business

#214 in the United States

#244 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Business

#248 in the United States

#281 in North America

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

13. Capital University

Columbus

For Business

#267 in the United States

#301 in North America

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

14. Urbana University

Urbana

For Business

#302 in the United States

#340 in North America

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

15. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Business

#371 in the United States

#414 in North America

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

16. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Business

#391 in the United States

#435 in North America

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

17. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Business

#428 in the United States

#474 in North America

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

18. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Business

#454 in the United States

#500 in North America

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

19. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Business

#491 in the United States

#539 in North America

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

20. Walsh University

North Canton

For Business

#517 in the United States

#566 in North America

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

21. Denison University

Granville

For Business

#616 in the United States

#674 in North America

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

22. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Business

#620 in the United States

#678 in North America

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

23. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Business

#645 in the United States

#705 in North America

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

24. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Business

#675 in the United States

#738 in North America

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

25. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Business

#745 in the United States

#809 in North America

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

26. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Business

#759 in the United States

#824 in North America

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

27. Ashland University

Ashland

For Business

#771 in the United States

#837 in North America

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

28. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Business

#775 in the United States

#841 in North America

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

29. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Business

#808 in the United States

#875 in North America

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

30. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Business

#828 in the United States

#896 in North America

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

31. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Business

#862 in the United States

#931 in North America

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

32. Franklin University

Columbus

For Business

#881 in the United States

#950 in North America

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

33. Marietta College

Marietta

For Business

#889 in the United States

#958 in North America

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

34. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Business

#916 in the United States

#986 in North America

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

35. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Business

#929 in the United States

#1001 in North America

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

36. Ohio University

Athens

For Business

#936 in the United States

#1008 in North America

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

37. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Business

#995 in the United States

#1068 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1088
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $14,502

38. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Business

#1019 in the United States

#1092 in North America

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

39. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Business

#1024 in the United States

#1097 in North America

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

40. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Business

#1069 in the United States

#1143 in North America

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

41. Hiram College

Hiram

For Business

#1106 in the United States

#1182 in North America

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

42. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Business

#1168 in the United States

#1245 in North America

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

43. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Business

#1169 in the United States

#1246 in North America

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

44. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Business

#1187 in the United States

#1264 in North America

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

45. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Business

#1192 in the United States

#1269 in North America

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

46. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Business

#1200 in the United States

#1277 in North America

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

47. Malone University

Canton

For Business

#1202 in the United States

#1279 in North America

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

48. Tiffin University

Tiffin

For Business

#1207 in the United States

#1284 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $25,636
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $18,830

49. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Business

#1226 in the United States

#1303 in North America

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

50. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Business

#1243 in the United States

#1320 in North America

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

51. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Business

#1258 in the United States

#1336 in North America

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

52. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Business

#1279 in the United States

#1357 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Net Price: $20,151
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $24,299

53. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Business

#1288 in the United States

#1366 in North America

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

54. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Business

#1312 in the United States

#1390 in North America

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

Closest to Ohio states to learn Business

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	13	112
Indiana	29	39
Kentucky	21	63
Pennsylvania	94	6
Virginia	37	34
Michigan	33	1
District of Columbia	8	54
Maryland	25	14
Illinois	55	7
Tennessee	29	51
North Carolina	36	31
New Jersey	24	29
New York	121	8
Wisconsin	30	17
South Carolina	23	56
Connecticut	20	24
Georgia	38	27
Missouri	29	45
Iowa	22	42
Vermont	8	146
Massachusetts	64	4
Rhode Island	9	97
Alabama	22	83
New Hampshire	11	69
Arkansas	16	121
Mississippi	12	135
Minnesota	26	20
Maine	10	234
Kansas	11	88
Louisiana	22	79
Florida	49	28
Oklahoma	15	92
Nebraska	9	81
South Dakota	8	327
North Dakota	5	201
Texas	67	16
Colorado	18	52
New Mexico	7	111
Montana	5	210
Utah	10	53
Idaho	6	200
Arizona	7	23
Puerto Rico	10	498
Nevada	5	118
Washington	23	10
Oregon	17	101
California	106	2
Alaska	4	331
Hawaii	6	120

Closest to Ohio states to learn Business

Business subfields in Ohio