62 Best Law schools in Ohio

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Law. A graph of 4.95M citations received by 193K academic papers made by 62 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 Law

#19 in the United States

#21 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Law

#65 in the United States

#76 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,351

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Law

#84 in the United States

#98 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 87%

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Law

#135 in the United States

#157 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 96%

5. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Law

#145 in the United States

#168 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 98%

6. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Law

#149 in the United States

#172 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

7. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Law

#184 in the United States

#209 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 92%

8. University of Akron

Akron

For Law

#186 in the United States

#211 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 97%

9. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Law

#195 in the United States

#222 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $10,148

10. Wright State University

Dayton

For Law

#199 in the United States

#226 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1072
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 94%

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Law

#255 in the United States

#286 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1283
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $31,551

12. Capital University

Columbus

For Law

#323 in the United States

#360 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,480

13. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Law

#352 in the United States

#391 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,484

14. Urbana University

Urbana

For Law

#401 in the United States

#443 in North America

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

15. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Law

#455 in the United States

#500 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,021
Male:Female: 48:52
Founded: 1973

16. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Law

#457 in the United States

#502 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 98%

17. Walsh University

North Canton

For Law

#466 in the United States

#511 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1136
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $21,009

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Law

#469 in the United States

#514 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,005
Male:Female: 82:18
Founded: 1919

19. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Law

#517 in the United States

#565 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1179
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,542

20. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Law

#520 in the United States

#569 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Net Price: $19,620
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,128

21. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Law

#526 in the United States

#577 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,790

22. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Law

#535 in the United States

#587 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,470

23. Denison University

Granville

For Law

#540 in the United States

#592 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $42,177

24. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Law

#587 in the United States

#641 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,529

25. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Law

#690 in the United States

#751 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,396

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Law

#710 in the United States

#771 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $21,457

27. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Law

#738 in the United States

#802 in North America

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

28. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Law

#750 in the United States

#814 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $26,581
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $7,003

29. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Law

#800 in the United States

#869 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1228
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $23,826

30. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Law

#817 in the United States

#887 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,047

31. Ashland University

Ashland

For Law

#823 in the United States

#893 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1138
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $21,971

32. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Law

#872 in the United States

#942 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,242
Receiving Aid: 100%

33. Franklin University

Columbus

For Law

#932 in the United States

#1002 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $22,252
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $6,477

34. Marietta College

Marietta

For Law

#952 in the United States

#1023 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1143
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $21,333

35. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Law

#955 in the United States

#1026 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1168
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $28,190

36. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Law

#1031 in the United States

#1105 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 982
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $15,887

37. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Law

#1047 in the United States

#1121 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $24,490

38. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Law

#1067 in the United States

#1141 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $26,215
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,728

39. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Law

#1071 in the United States

#1145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1010
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $20,269

40. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Law

#1076 in the United States

#1150 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $4,739
Enrollment: 886

41. Hiram College

Hiram

For Law

#1081 in the United States

#1155 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $21,362
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $17,546

42. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Law

#1094 in the United States

#1169 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $5,744
Enrollment: 740

43. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Law

#1118 in the United States

#1193 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $6,070
Enrollment: 849

44. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Law

#1146 in the United States

#1221 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $10,979
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $39,404

45. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Law

#1196 in the United States

#1273 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,835

46. Ohio University

Athens

For Law

#1197 in the United States

#1274 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

47. Malone University

Canton

For Law

#1214 in the United States

#1291 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1061
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $23,362

48. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Law

#1228 in the United States

#1305 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $21,006
Receiving Aid: 100%

49. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Law

#1276 in the United States

#1354 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $6,318
Enrollment: 3,454

50. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Law

#1287 in the United States

#1365 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1080
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $17,678

51. United Theological Seminary

Dayton

For Law

#1326 in the United States

#1404 in North America

Enrollment: 471
Male:Female: 59:41

52. Lake Erie College

Painesville

For Law

#1338 in the United States

#1417 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1030
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,322

53. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Law

#1381 in the United States

#1462 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1025
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $21,299

54. Lourdes University

Sylvania

For Law

#1396 in the United States

#1477 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $22,614
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $20,402

55. Tiffin University

Tiffin

For Law

#1402 in the United States

#1483 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 995
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $24,516

56. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Law

#1416 in the United States

#1498 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average ACT: 18
Net Price: $8,222
Receiving Aid: 100%

57. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Law

#1451 in the United States

#1535 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 955
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $24,915

58. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Law

#1474 in the United States

#1559 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Net Price: $20,606
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,926

59. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Law

#1476 in the United States

#1561 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $7,173
Enrollment: 3,206

60. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Law

#1500 in the United States

#1586 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1096
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,293

61. Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Delaware

For Law

#1528 in the United States

#1615 in North America

Enrollment: 172
Male:Female: 40:60

62. Defiance College

Defiance

For Law

#1560 in the United States

#1648 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Net Price: $24,098
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $25,302

Closest to Ohio states to learn Law

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	17	123
Indiana	35	39
Kentucky	27	63
Pennsylvania	99	8
Virginia	42	33
Michigan	41	2
District of Columbia	11	41
Maryland	28	13
Illinois	77	9
Tennessee	37	47
North Carolina	47	20
Delaware	4	86
New Jersey	28	22
New York	136	6
Wisconsin	33	16
South Carolina	28	62
Connecticut	21	7
Georgia	49	46
Missouri	40	43
Iowa	31	48
Vermont	11	127
Massachusetts	71	1
Rhode Island	9	70
Alabama	25	96
New Hampshire	12	75
Arkansas	16	128
Mississippi	14	178
Minnesota	28	18
Maine	14	227
Kansas	16	67
Louisiana	26	83
Florida	63	34
Oklahoma	20	92
Nebraska	13	87
South Dakota	8	334
North Dakota	7	223
Texas	82	21
Colorado	21	57
New Mexico	8	104
Montana	8	211
Utah	11	50
Idaho	7	239
Arizona	10	25
Puerto Rico	12	631
Nevada	6	131
Washington	32	5
Oregon	18	101
California	132	3
Alaska	4	325
Hawaii	7	112