55 Best colleges for Mathematics 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 Mathematics. A graph of 4.08M citations received by 159K 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 Mathematics

#22 in the United States

#23 in North America

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

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Mathematics

#63 in the United States

#74 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Mathematics

#75 in the United States

#86 in North America

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

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Mathematics

#148 in the United States

#173 in North America

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

5. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Mathematics

#154 in the United States

#179 in North America

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

6. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Mathematics

#167 in the United States

#194 in North America

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

7. Wright State University

Dayton

For Mathematics

#169 in the United States

#196 in North America

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

8. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Mathematics

#172 in the United States

#200 in North America

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

9. University of Akron

Akron

For Mathematics

#182 in the United States

#210 in North America

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

10. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Mathematics

#211 in the United States

#241 in North America

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

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Mathematics

#235 in the United States

#268 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 Mathematics

#254 in the United States

#287 in North America

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

13. Urbana University

Urbana

For Mathematics

#287 in the United States

#322 in North America

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

14. Capital University

Columbus

For Mathematics

#331 in the United States

#369 in North America

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

15. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Mathematics

#420 in the United States

#466 in North America

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

16. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Mathematics

#438 in the United States

#484 in North America

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

17. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Mathematics

#476 in the United States

#525 in North America

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

18. Walsh University

North Canton

For Mathematics

#496 in the United States

#545 in North America

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

19. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Mathematics

#500 in the United States

#549 in North America

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

20. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Mathematics

#512 in the United States

#561 in North America

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

21. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Mathematics

#538 in the United States

#587 in North America

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

22. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Mathematics

#573 in the United States

#627 in North America

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

23. Denison University

Granville

For Mathematics

#591 in the United States

#648 in North America

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

24. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Mathematics

#613 in the United States

#670 in North America

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

25. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Mathematics

#698 in the United States

#759 in North America

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

26. Franklin University

Columbus

For Mathematics

#699 in the United States

#760 in North America

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

27. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Mathematics

#722 in the United States

#784 in North America

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

28. Marietta College

Marietta

For Mathematics

#798 in the United States

#863 in North America

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

29. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Mathematics

#803 in the United States

#868 in North America

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

30. Ashland University

Ashland

For Mathematics

#811 in the United States

#876 in North America

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

31. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Mathematics

#817 in the United States

#882 in North America

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

32. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Mathematics

#842 in the United States

#909 in North America

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

33. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Mathematics

#866 in the United States

#933 in North America

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

34. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Mathematics

#871 in the United States

#938 in North America

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

35. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Mathematics

#876 in the United States

#943 in North America

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

36. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Mathematics

#881 in the United States

#948 in North America

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

37. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Mathematics

#882 in the United States

#949 in North America

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

38. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Mathematics

#884 in the United States

#951 in North America

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

39. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Mathematics

#909 in the United States

#978 in North America

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

40. Ohio University

Athens

For Mathematics

#911 in the United States

#980 in North America

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

41. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Mathematics

#955 in the United States

#1025 in North America

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

42. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Mathematics

#1053 in the United States

#1124 in North America

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

43. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Mathematics

#1059 in the United States

#1131 in North America

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

44. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Mathematics

#1092 in the United States

#1164 in North America

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

45. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Mathematics

#1128 in the United States

#1200 in North America

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

46. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Mathematics

#1162 in the United States

#1234 in North America

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

47. Hiram College

Hiram

For Mathematics

#1179 in the United States

#1252 in North America

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

48. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Mathematics

#1208 in the United States

#1282 in North America

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

49. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Mathematics

#1219 in the United States

#1293 in North America

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

50. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Mathematics

#1254 in the United States

#1330 in North America

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

51. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Mathematics

#1255 in the United States

#1331 in North America

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

52. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Mathematics

#1276 in the United States

#1352 in North America

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

53. Defiance College

Defiance

For Mathematics

#1281 in the United States

#1357 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $23,196
Receiving Aid: 100%

54. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Mathematics

#1330 in the United States

#1409 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 930
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $24,528

55. Malone University

Canton

For Mathematics

#1347 in the United States

#1427 in North America

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

Closest to Ohio states to learn Mathematics

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	15	119
Indiana	29	39
Kentucky	21	67
Pennsylvania	92	12
Virginia	38	45
Michigan	32	3
District of Columbia	9	73
Maryland	25	6
Illinois	58	11
Tennessee	31	49
North Carolina	37	21
New Jersey	25	24
New York	122	9
Wisconsin	30	14
South Carolina	22	68
Connecticut	20	19
Georgia	40	27
Missouri	32	42
Iowa	25	43
Vermont	7	129
Massachusetts	59	1
Rhode Island	9	56
Alabama	23	65
New Hampshire	11	103
Arkansas	16	161
Mississippi	13	149
Minnesota	26	13
Maine	11	217
Kansas	11	85
Louisiana	23	86
Florida	48	33
Oklahoma	16	111
Nebraska	12	82
South Dakota	8	309
North Dakota	6	197
Texas	70	15
Colorado	18	58
New Mexico	7	94
Montana	6	204
Utah	10	51
Idaho	7	193
Arizona	8	36
Puerto Rico	12	380
Nevada	5	160
Washington	26	5
Oregon	17	96
California	113	2
Alaska	4	275
Hawaii	6	116

Mathematics subfields in Ohio

Actuarial Science12

Applied Mathematics13

Blockchain and Cryptography14

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics21

Math Teachers43

Operations Research14

Statistics47