51 Best colleges for Quantum and Particle physics 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 Quantum and Particle physics. A graph of 7.97M citations received by 242K 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 Quantum and Particle physics

#23 in the United States

#24 in North America

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

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Quantum and Particle physics

#58 in the United States

#65 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Quantum and Particle physics

#84 in the United States

#95 in North America

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

4. University of Akron

Akron

For Quantum and Particle physics

#113 in the United States

#136 in North America

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

5. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Quantum and Particle physics

#130 in the United States

#154 in North America

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

6. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Quantum and Particle physics

#139 in the United States

#163 in North America

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

7. Wright State University

Dayton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#170 in the United States

#198 in North America

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

8. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#180 in the United States

#208 in North America

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

9. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Quantum and Particle physics

#188 in the United States

#217 in North America

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

10. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Quantum and Particle physics

#197 in the United States

#228 in North America

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

11. Urbana University

Urbana

For Quantum and Particle physics

#201 in the United States

#232 in North America

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

12. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Quantum and Particle physics

#209 in the United States

#240 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Quantum and Particle physics

#222 in the United States

#254 in North America

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

14. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Quantum and Particle physics

#334 in the United States

#379 in North America

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

15. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Quantum and Particle physics

#340 in the United States

#385 in North America

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

16. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Quantum and Particle physics

#368 in the United States

#413 in North America

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

17. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Quantum and Particle physics

#383 in the United States

#429 in North America

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

18. Denison University

Granville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#453 in the United States

#504 in North America

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

19. Capital University

Columbus

For Quantum and Particle physics

#488 in the United States

#542 in North America

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

20. Marietta College

Marietta

For Quantum and Particle physics

#507 in the United States

#561 in North America

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

21. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Quantum and Particle physics

#526 in the United States

#580 in North America

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

22. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Quantum and Particle physics

#528 in the United States

#583 in North America

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

23. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Quantum and Particle physics

#543 in the United States

#598 in North America

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

24. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Quantum and Particle physics

#569 in the United States

#624 in North America

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

25. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Quantum and Particle physics

#571 in the United States

#626 in North America

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

26. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Quantum and Particle physics

#580 in the United States

#635 in North America

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

27. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Quantum and Particle physics

#593 in the United States

#648 in North America

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

28. Walsh University

North Canton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#658 in the United States

#717 in North America

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

29. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Quantum and Particle physics

#732 in the United States

#797 in North America

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

30. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#789 in the United States

#855 in North America

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

31. Franklin University

Columbus

For Quantum and Particle physics

#824 in the United States

#891 in North America

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

32. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Quantum and Particle physics

#860 in the United States

#927 in North America

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

33. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Quantum and Particle physics

#862 in the United States

#929 in North America

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

34. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#886 in the United States

#953 in North America

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

35. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#891 in the United States

#958 in North America

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

36. Ohio University

Athens

For Quantum and Particle physics

#913 in the United States

#981 in North America

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

37. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Quantum and Particle physics

#926 in the United States

#994 in North America

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

38. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1010 in the United States

#1081 in North America

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

39. Ashland University

Ashland

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1029 in the United States

#1100 in North America

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

40. Hiram College

Hiram

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1049 in the United States

#1123 in North America

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

41. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1068 in the United States

#1142 in North America

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

42. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1117 in the United States

#1191 in North America

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

43. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1139 in the United States

#1214 in North America

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

44. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1152 in the United States

#1227 in North America

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

45. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1160 in the United States

#1235 in North America

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

46. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1163 in the United States

#1238 in North America

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

47. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1183 in the United States

#1258 in North America

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

48. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1185 in the United States

#1260 in North America

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

49. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1215 in the United States

#1291 in North America

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

50. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1221 in the United States

#1297 in North America

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

51. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1257 in the United States

#1334 in North America

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

Closest to Ohio states to learn Quantum and Particle physics

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	14	114
Indiana	30	20
Kentucky	22	74
Pennsylvania	87	12
Virginia	38	38
Michigan	32	5
District of Columbia	8	110
Maryland	25	16
Illinois	58	7
Tennessee	31	53
North Carolina	34	40
New Jersey	24	8
New York	123	11
Wisconsin	27	15
South Carolina	23	75
Connecticut	20	27
Georgia	37	14
Missouri	31	55
Iowa	21	37
Vermont	10	162
Massachusetts	60	1
Rhode Island	9	52
Alabama	22	97
New Hampshire	11	95
Arkansas	17	106
Mississippi	13	133
Minnesota	25	17
Maine	11	192
Kansas	13	89
Louisiana	22	71
Florida	44	29
Oklahoma	18	88
Nebraska	10	77
South Dakota	8	265
North Dakota	7	181
Texas	72	10
Colorado	18	34
New Mexico	9	78
Montana	6	142
Utah	10	45
Idaho	7	160
Arizona	7	31
Puerto Rico	13	271
Nevada	4	131
Washington	25	13
Oregon	16	80
California	111	2
Alaska	4	195
Hawaii	7	119