55 Best colleges for Chemistry in Ohio

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Chemistry. A graph of 15.4M citations received by 427K academic papers made by 55 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 Chemistry

#23 in the United States

#24 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 80%

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Chemistry

#44 in the United States

#48 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,000

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Chemistry

#87 in the United States

#99 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 88%

4. University of Akron

Akron

For Chemistry

#140 in the United States

#159 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 97%

5. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Chemistry

#152 in the United States

#173 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 92%

6. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Chemistry

#169 in the United States

#193 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 97%

7. Wright State University

Dayton

For Chemistry

#185 in the United States

#212 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $8,942
Enrollment: 10,603

8. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Chemistry

#194 in the United States

#221 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 98%

9. Urbana University

Urbana

For Chemistry

#209 in the United States

#237 in North America

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

10. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Chemistry

#220 in the United States

#248 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,794

11. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Chemistry

#235 in the United States

#264 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 99%

12. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Chemistry

#240 in the United States

#270 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,795
Enrollment: 14,074

13. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Chemistry

#266 in the United States

#300 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,029
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1973

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Chemistry

#307 in the United States

#347 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,070
Male:Female: 81:19
Founded: 1919

15. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Chemistry

#326 in the United States

#367 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $19,447
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,363

16. Capital University

Columbus

For Chemistry

#366 in the United States

#413 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,395

17. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Chemistry

#373 in the United States

#421 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

18. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Chemistry

#413 in the United States

#462 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $51,624

19. Franklin University

Columbus

For Chemistry

#432 in the United States

#482 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $25,576
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $5,166

20. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Chemistry

#468 in the United States

#519 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,004

21. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Chemistry

#492 in the United States

#543 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $24,061
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $8,910

22. Marietta College

Marietta

For Chemistry

#494 in the United States

#545 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,007

23. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Chemistry

#495 in the United States

#546 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1431
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $46,859

24. Walsh University

North Canton

For Chemistry

#540 in the United States

#593 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $23,933

25. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Chemistry

#565 in the United States

#618 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1288
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $25,941

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Chemistry

#571 in the United States

#624 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1128
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $23,537

27. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Chemistry

#621 in the United States

#676 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $30,030

28. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Chemistry

#629 in the United States

#684 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $33,623

29. Denison University

Granville

For Chemistry

#637 in the United States

#693 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $43,721

30. Ohio University

Athens

For Chemistry

#802 in the United States

#865 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

31. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Chemistry

#823 in the United States

#886 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Net Price: $23,006
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $45,481

32. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Chemistry

#837 in the United States

#901 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $7,627
Enrollment: 849

33. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Chemistry

#838 in the United States

#902 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $23,086

34. Ashland University

Ashland

For Chemistry

#855 in the United States

#919 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1122
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $22,610

35. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Chemistry

#869 in the United States

#934 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,150

36. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Chemistry

#870 in the United States

#935 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $20,457
Receiving Aid: 100%

37. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Chemistry

#901 in the United States

#966 in North America

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

38. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Chemistry

#978 in the United States

#1045 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,616

39. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Chemistry

#984 in the United States

#1051 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $6,491
Enrollment: 723

40. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Chemistry

#995 in the United States

#1063 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $27,297
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,292

41. Hiram College

Hiram

For Chemistry

#1011 in the United States

#1079 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,868
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,726

42. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Chemistry

#1049 in the United States

#1117 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,991

43. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Chemistry

#1137 in the United States

#1206 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 995
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $20,429

44. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Chemistry

#1144 in the United States

#1214 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 99%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,654
Enrollment: 2,708

45. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Chemistry

#1145 in the United States

#1215 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $15,964
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $33,414

46. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Chemistry

#1203 in the United States

#1276 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $6,187
Enrollment: 849

47. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Chemistry

#1213 in the United States

#1287 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $17,094

48. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Chemistry

#1220 in the United States

#1294 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1181
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,961

49. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Chemistry

#1274 in the United States

#1350 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $20,606
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,926

50. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Chemistry

#1306 in the United States

#1384 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $7,820
Enrollment: 3,231

51. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Chemistry

#1330 in the United States

#1408 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1008
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $19,695

52. Malone University

Canton

For Chemistry

#1350 in the United States

#1429 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1055
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,390

53. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Chemistry

#1358 in the United States

#1437 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $26,548

54. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Chemistry

#1367 in the United States

#1446 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,032
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,790

55. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Chemistry

#1404 in the United States

#1485 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Net Price: $5,533
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $20,143

Closest to Ohio states to learn Chemistry

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	20	120
Indiana	31	28
Kentucky	23	62
Pennsylvania	95	10
Virginia	41	48
Michigan	33	5
District of Columbia	8	97
Maryland	27	4
Illinois	61	17
Tennessee	31	45
North Carolina	38	19
Delaware	3	89
New Jersey	25	30
New York	129	7
Wisconsin	28	14
South Carolina	26	98
Connecticut	20	12
Georgia	40	37
Missouri	33	21
Iowa	27	51
Vermont	9	124
Massachusetts	62	1
Rhode Island	9	79
Alabama	26	58
New Hampshire	12	99
Arkansas	17	127
Mississippi	14	151
Minnesota	27	15
Maine	13	186
Kansas	13	102
Louisiana	23	85
Florida	51	24
Oklahoma	20	121
Nebraska	13	90
South Dakota	8	219
North Dakota	9	158
Texas	71	26
Colorado	18	54
New Mexico	9	94
Montana	7	143
Utah	10	39
Idaho	7	154
Arizona	11	41
Puerto Rico	14	288
Nevada	8	136
Washington	29	8
Oregon	18	80
California	118	2
Alaska	4	207
Hawaii	7	133