61 Best Medical schools 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 Medicine. A graph of 15.9M citations received by 466K academic papers made by 61 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 Medicine

#29 in the United States

#31 in North America

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

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Medicine

#34 in the United States

#37 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#67 in the United States

#76 in North America

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

4. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Medicine

#163 in the United States

#184 in North America

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

5. Wright State University

Dayton

For Medicine

#165 in the United States

#186 in North America

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

6. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Medicine

#176 in the United States

#198 in North America

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

7. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Medicine

#206 in the United States

#230 in North America

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

8. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Medicine

#213 in the United States

#237 in North America

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

9. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Medicine

#215 in the United States

#240 in North America

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

10. University of Akron

Akron

For Medicine

#228 in the United States

#254 in North America

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

11. Urbana University

Urbana

For Medicine

#255 in the United States

#284 in North America

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

12. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Medicine

#265 in the United States

#294 in North America

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

13. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Medicine

#281 in the United States

#313 in North America

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

14. Franklin University

Columbus

For Medicine

#283 in the United States

#315 in North America

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

15. Capital University

Columbus

For Medicine

#305 in the United States

#341 in North America

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

16. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Medicine

#334 in the United States

#371 in North America

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

17. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Medicine

#438 in the United States

#480 in North America

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

18. Walsh University

North Canton

For Medicine

#462 in the United States

#509 in North America

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

19. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#488 in the United States

#536 in North America

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

20. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Medicine

#503 in the United States

#551 in North America

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

21. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Medicine

#525 in the United States

#573 in North America

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

22. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Medicine

#547 in the United States

#596 in North America

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

23. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Medicine

#594 in the United States

#647 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Medicine

#614 in the United States

#668 in North America

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

25. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Medicine

#620 in the United States

#674 in North America

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

26. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Medicine

#660 in the United States

#716 in North America

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

27. Denison University

Granville

For Medicine

#681 in the United States

#739 in North America

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

28. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Medicine

#682 in the United States

#740 in North America

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

29. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Medicine

#811 in the United States

#876 in North America

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

30. Marietta College

Marietta

For Medicine

#872 in the United States

#940 in North America

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

31. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Medicine

#904 in the United States

#972 in North America

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

32. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Medicine

#923 in the United States

#991 in North America

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

33. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Medicine

#958 in the United States

#1026 in North America

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

34. Ashland University

Ashland

For Medicine

#980 in the United States

#1048 in North America

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

35. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Medicine

#988 in the United States

#1056 in North America

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

36. Hiram College

Hiram

For Medicine

#994 in the United States

#1062 in North America

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

37. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Medicine

#1006 in the United States

#1074 in North America

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

38. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#1036 in the United States

#1106 in North America

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

39. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#1044 in the United States

#1114 in North America

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

40. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Medicine

#1052 in the United States

#1122 in North America

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

41. Ohio University

Athens

For Medicine

#1071 in the United States

#1141 in North America

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

42. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Medicine

#1083 in the United States

#1153 in North America

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

43. Malone University

Canton

For Medicine

#1128 in the United States

#1199 in North America

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

44. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Medicine

#1151 in the United States

#1222 in North America

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

45. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Medicine

#1181 in the United States

#1253 in North America

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

46. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Medicine

#1185 in the United States

#1257 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $16,350

47. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Medicine

#1214 in the United States

#1287 in North America

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

48. Lourdes University

Sylvania

For Medicine

#1271 in the United States

#1344 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $21,473
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $24,149

49. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Medicine

#1272 in the United States

#1345 in North America

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

50. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Medicine

#1292 in the United States

#1365 in North America

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

51. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Medicine

#1311 in the United States

#1385 in North America

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

52. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Medicine

#1316 in the United States

#1390 in North America

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

53. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Medicine

#1406 in the United States

#1482 in North America

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

54. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Medicine

#1420 in the United States

#1497 in North America

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

55. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Medicine

#1473 in the United States

#1554 in North America

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

56. Defiance College

Defiance

For Medicine

#1480 in the United States

#1562 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Net Price: $26,298
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,024

57. Kettering College

Kettering

For Medicine

#1489 in the United States

#1572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,036
Receiving Aid: 100%

58. Lake Erie College

Painesville

For Medicine

#1501 in the United States

#1584 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $22,892
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,879

59. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Medicine

#1514 in the United States

#1597 in North America

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

60. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Medicine

#1550 in the United States

#1633 in North America

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

61. Tiffin University

Tiffin

For Medicine

#1556 in the United States

#1640 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1010
Average ACT: 18
Net Price: $26,068

Closest to Ohio states to learn Medicine

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	21	105
Indiana	35	39
Kentucky	26	57
Pennsylvania	102	7
Virginia	43	49
Michigan	36	4
District of Columbia	9	63
Maryland	27	2
Illinois	73	21
Tennessee	36	43
North Carolina	45	16
Delaware	3	131
New Jersey	27	42
New York	136	11
Wisconsin	33	20
South Carolina	29	59
Connecticut	20	8
Georgia	47	19
Missouri	37	17
Iowa	31	36
Vermont	12	93
Massachusetts	70	1
Rhode Island	9	54
Alabama	28	31
New Hampshire	12	101
Arkansas	17	88
Mississippi	14	116
Minnesota	30	9
Maine	13	247
Kansas	16	100
Louisiana	25	78
Florida	63	25
Oklahoma	19	110
Nebraska	14	87
South Dakota	8	230
North Dakota	9	201
Texas	79	15
Colorado	20	37
New Mexico	9	82
Montana	9	183
Utah	11	35
Idaho	7	209
Arizona	11	47
Puerto Rico	16	314
Nevada	8	158
Washington	32	6
Oregon	18	46
California	132	3
Alaska	4	282
Hawaii	7	127