61 Best Medical 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 Medicine. A graph of 15.1M citations received by 452K 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: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Medicine

#34 in the United States

#37 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#67 in the United States

#76 in North America

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

4. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Medicine

#163 in the United States

#184 in North America

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

5. Wright State University

Dayton

For Medicine

#164 in the United States

#185 in North America

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

6. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Medicine

#176 in the United States

#198 in North America

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

7. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Medicine

#206 in the United States

#230 in North America

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

8. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Medicine

#213 in the United States

#237 in North America

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

9. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Medicine

#214 in the United States

#238 in North America

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

10. University of Akron

Akron

For Medicine

#230 in the United States

#256 in North America

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

11. Urbana University

Urbana

For Medicine

#255 in the United States

#283 in North America

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

12. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Medicine

#262 in the United States

#291 in North America

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

13. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Medicine

#279 in the United States

#311 in North America

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

14. Franklin University

Columbus

For Medicine

#280 in the United States

#312 in North America

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

15. Capital University

Columbus

For Medicine

#306 in the United States

#341 in North America

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

16. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Medicine

#333 in the United States

#370 in North America

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

17. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Medicine

#435 in the United States

#477 in North America

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

18. Walsh University

North Canton

For Medicine

#464 in the United States

#510 in North America

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

19. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#485 in the United States

#532 in North America

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

20. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Medicine

#505 in the United States

#553 in North America

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

21. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Medicine

#522 in the United States

#570 in North America

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

22. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Medicine

#532 in the United States

#580 in North America

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

23. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Medicine

#591 in the United States

#643 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Medicine

#603 in the United States

#656 in North America

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

25. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Medicine

#631 in the United States

#686 in North America

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

26. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Medicine

#656 in the United States

#711 in North America

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

27. Denison University

Granville

For Medicine

#678 in the United States

#735 in North America

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

28. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Medicine

#681 in the United States

#738 in North America

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

29. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Medicine

#821 in the United States

#886 in North America

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

30. Marietta College

Marietta

For Medicine

#860 in the United States

#926 in North America

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

31. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Medicine

#900 in the United States

#967 in North America

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

32. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Medicine

#927 in the United States

#995 in North America

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

33. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Medicine

#961 in the United States

#1029 in North America

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

34. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Medicine

#990 in the United States

#1058 in North America

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

35. Ashland University

Ashland

For Medicine

#997 in the United States

#1065 in North America

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

36. Hiram College

Hiram

For Medicine

#999 in the United States

#1067 in North America

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

37. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Medicine

#1007 in the United States

#1075 in North America

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

38. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#1027 in the United States

#1097 in North America

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

39. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Medicine

#1033 in the United States

#1103 in North America

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

40. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Medicine

#1056 in the United States

#1126 in North America

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

41. Ohio University

Athens

For Medicine

#1064 in the United States

#1134 in North America

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

42. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Medicine

#1081 in the United States

#1151 in North America

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

43. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Medicine

#1122 in the United States

#1193 in North America

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

44. Malone University

Canton

For Medicine

#1125 in the United States

#1196 in North America

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

45. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Medicine

#1194 in the United States

#1266 in North America

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

46. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Medicine

#1195 in the United States

#1267 in North America

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

47. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Medicine

#1221 in the United States

#1293 in North America

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

48. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Medicine

#1267 in the United States

#1340 in North America

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

49. Lourdes University

Sylvania

For Medicine

#1269 in the United States

#1342 in North America

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

50. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Medicine

#1285 in the United States

#1358 in North America

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

51. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Medicine

#1303 in the United States

#1377 in North America

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

52. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Medicine

#1315 in the United States

#1389 in North America

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

53. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Medicine

#1402 in the United States

#1477 in North America

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

54. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Medicine

#1416 in the United States

#1491 in North America

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

55. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Medicine

#1466 in the United States

#1546 in North America

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

56. Defiance College

Defiance

For Medicine

#1471 in the United States

#1551 in North America

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

57. Kettering College

Kettering

For Medicine

#1484 in the United States

#1566 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $4,048
Receiving Aid: 94%

58. Lake Erie College

Painesville

For Medicine

#1502 in the United States

#1584 in North America

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

59. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Medicine

#1521 in the United States

#1603 in North America

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

60. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Medicine

#1541 in the United States

#1624 in North America

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

61. Tiffin University

Tiffin

For Medicine

#1564 in the United States

#1647 in North America

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

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	22
Tennessee	36	42
North Carolina	45	16
Delaware	3	132
New Jersey	27	43
New York	136	11
Wisconsin	32	20
South Carolina	29	59
Connecticut	20	8
Georgia	47	19
Missouri	37	17
Iowa	31	35
Vermont	12	92
Massachusetts	70	1
Rhode Island	9	55
Alabama	28	31
New Hampshire	12	101
Arkansas	17	88
Mississippi	14	116
Minnesota	30	9
Maine	13	247
Kansas	16	98
Louisiana	25	78
Florida	63	25
Oklahoma	19	110
Nebraska	14	87
South Dakota	8	233
North Dakota	9	202
Texas	77	15
Colorado	20	37
New Mexico	9	82
Montana	9	182
Utah	11	36
Idaho	7	209
Arizona	11	47
Puerto Rico	16	314
Nevada	8	158
Washington	31	5
Oregon	18	46
California	132	3
Alaska	4	283
Hawaii	7	130