51 Best colleges for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 4.25M citations received by 120K academic papers made by 51 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 Ecology

#15 in the United States

#17 in North America

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

2. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Ecology

#90 in the United States

#109 in North America

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

3. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Ecology

#100 in the United States

#120 in North America

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

4. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Ecology

#141 in the United States

#166 in North America

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

5. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Ecology

#154 in the United States

#181 in North America

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

6. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Ecology

#157 in the United States

#185 in North America

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

7. University of Akron

Akron

For Ecology

#177 in the United States

#207 in North America

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

8. Wright State University

Dayton

For Ecology

#188 in the United States

#220 in North America

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

9. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Ecology

#199 in the United States

#231 in North America

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

10. Urbana University

Urbana

For Ecology

#209 in the United States

#245 in North America

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

11. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Ecology

#226 in the United States

#263 in North America

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

12. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Ecology

#260 in the United States

#300 in North America

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

13. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Ecology

#331 in the United States

#382 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Ecology

#379 in the United States

#431 in North America

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

15. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Ecology

#395 in the United States

#447 in North America

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

16. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Ecology

#403 in the United States

#455 in North America

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

17. Capital University

Columbus

For Ecology

#444 in the United States

#496 in North America

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

18. Denison University

Granville

For Ecology

#454 in the United States

#506 in North America

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

19. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Ecology

#469 in the United States

#523 in North America

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

20. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Ecology

#478 in the United States

#533 in North America

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

21. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Ecology

#488 in the United States

#543 in North America

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

22. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Ecology

#489 in the United States

#544 in North America

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

23. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Ecology

#494 in the United States

#549 in North America

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

24. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Ecology

#536 in the United States

#592 in North America

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

25. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Ecology

#626 in the United States

#689 in North America

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

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Ecology

#629 in the United States

#692 in North America

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

27. Walsh University

North Canton

For Ecology

#652 in the United States

#716 in North America

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

28. Ashland University

Ashland

For Ecology

#758 in the United States

#825 in North America

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

29. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Ecology

#787 in the United States

#855 in North America

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

30. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Ecology

#809 in the United States

#878 in North America

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

31. Marietta College

Marietta

For Ecology

#828 in the United States

#897 in North America

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

32. Hiram College

Hiram

For Ecology

#839 in the United States

#908 in North America

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

33. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Ecology

#846 in the United States

#915 in North America

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

34. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Ecology

#894 in the United States

#965 in North America

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

35. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Ecology

#930 in the United States

#1001 in North America

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

36. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Ecology

#968 in the United States

#1039 in North America

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

37. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Ecology

#976 in the United States

#1048 in North America

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

38. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Ecology

#978 in the United States

#1050 in North America

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

39. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Ecology

#987 in the United States

#1059 in North America

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

40. Franklin University

Columbus

For Ecology

#1015 in the United States

#1088 in North America

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

41. Ohio University

Athens

For Ecology

#1018 in the United States

#1091 in North America

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

42. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Ecology

#1061 in the United States

#1136 in North America

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

43. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Ecology

#1080 in the United States

#1155 in North America

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

44. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Ecology

#1119 in the United States

#1196 in North America

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

45. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Ecology

#1124 in the United States

#1201 in North America

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

46. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Ecology

#1130 in the United States

#1207 in North America

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

47. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Ecology

#1135 in the United States

#1212 in North America

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

48. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Ecology

#1169 in the United States

#1246 in North America

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

49. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Ecology

#1196 in the United States

#1274 in North America

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

50. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Ecology

#1202 in the United States

#1280 in North America

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

51. Malone University

Canton

For Ecology

#1234 in the United States

#1313 in North America

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

Closest to Ohio states to learn Ecology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	16	111
Indiana	28	30
Kentucky	16	59
Pennsylvania	84	13
Virginia	39	39
Michigan	30	8
District of Columbia	8	106
Maryland	25	23
Illinois	56	11
Tennessee	27	48
North Carolina	38	21
Delaware	3	69
New Jersey	21	31
New York	114	3
Wisconsin	27	9
South Carolina	22	84
Connecticut	20	16
Georgia	36	20
Missouri	29	57
Iowa	20	29
Vermont	8	107
Massachusetts	60	2
Rhode Island	9	80
Alabama	22	68
New Hampshire	11	95
Arkansas	16	102
Mississippi	12	87
Minnesota	26	10
Maine	15	98
Kansas	11	56
Louisiana	22	58
Florida	44	6
Oklahoma	16	78
Nebraska	12	43
South Dakota	8	145
North Dakota	6	131
Texas	68	17
Colorado	18	26
New Mexico	8	77
Montana	8	83
Utah	10	50
Idaho	7	92
Arizona	8	19
Puerto Rico	11	252
Nevada	7	109
Washington	26	5
Oregon	16	24
California	108	1
Alaska	4	76
Hawaii	7	70