60 Best colleges for Psychology 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 Psychology. A graph of 6.5M citations received by 238K academic papers made by 60 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 Psychology

#22 in the United States

#25 in North America

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

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Psychology

#38 in the United States

#42 in North America

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

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Psychology

#66 in the United States

#75 in North America

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

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Psychology

#140 in the United States

#157 in North America

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

5. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Psychology

#153 in the United States

#174 in North America

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

6. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Psychology

#171 in the United States

#194 in North America

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

7. Wright State University

Dayton

For Psychology

#172 in the United States

#195 in North America

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

8. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Psychology

#177 in the United States

#201 in North America

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

9. University of Akron

Akron

For Psychology

#202 in the United States

#229 in North America

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

10. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Psychology

#227 in the United States

#256 in North America

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

11. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Psychology

#257 in the United States

#288 in North America

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

12. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Psychology

#278 in the United States

#309 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1261
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,590

13. Urbana University

Urbana

For Psychology

#350 in the United States

#387 in North America

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

14. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Psychology

#417 in the United States

#461 in North America

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

15. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Psychology

#423 in the United States

#467 in North America

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

16. Capital University

Columbus

For Psychology

#439 in the United States

#484 in North America

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

17. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Psychology

#447 in the United States

#493 in North America

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

18. Franklin University

Columbus

For Psychology

#483 in the United States

#530 in North America

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

19. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Psychology

#487 in the United States

#534 in North America

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

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

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Psychology

#493 in the United States

#540 in North America

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

21. Walsh University

North Canton

For Psychology

#505 in the United States

#556 in North America

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

22. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Psychology

#528 in the United States

#579 in North America

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

23. Denison University

Granville

For Psychology

#553 in the United States

#604 in North America

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

24. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Psychology

#559 in the United States

#610 in North America

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

25. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Psychology

#618 in the United States

#674 in North America

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

26. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Psychology

#703 in the United States

#762 in North America

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

27. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Psychology

#724 in the United States

#784 in North America

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

28. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Psychology

#725 in the United States

#785 in North America

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

29. Ashland University

Ashland

For Psychology

#804 in the United States

#869 in North America

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

30. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Psychology

#809 in the United States

#874 in North America

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

31. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Psychology

#858 in the United States

#924 in North America

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

32. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Psychology

#864 in the United States

#930 in North America

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

33. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Psychology

#868 in the United States

#934 in North America

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

34. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Psychology

#873 in the United States

#939 in North America

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

35. Marietta College

Marietta

For Psychology

#886 in the United States

#952 in North America

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

36. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Psychology

#918 in the United States

#985 in North America

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

37. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Psychology

#952 in the United States

#1020 in North America

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

38. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Psychology

#991 in the United States

#1060 in North America

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

39. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Psychology

#1017 in the United States

#1086 in North America

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

40. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Psychology

#1041 in the United States

#1112 in North America

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

41. Hiram College

Hiram

For Psychology

#1055 in the United States

#1126 in North America

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

42. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Psychology

#1068 in the United States

#1139 in North America

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

43. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Psychology

#1077 in the United States

#1148 in North America

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

44. Ohio University

Athens

For Psychology

#1109 in the United States

#1181 in North America

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

45. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Psychology

#1113 in the United States

#1185 in North America

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

46. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Psychology

#1117 in the United States

#1189 in North America

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

47. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Psychology

#1136 in the United States

#1208 in North America

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

48. Malone University

Canton

For Psychology

#1147 in the United States

#1219 in North America

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

49. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Psychology

#1242 in the United States

#1316 in North America

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

50. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Psychology

#1249 in the United States

#1323 in North America

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

51. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Psychology

#1336 in the United States

#1415 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1096
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,391

52. Lourdes University

Sylvania

For Psychology

#1340 in the United States

#1419 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Net Price: $22,634
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $18,038

53. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Psychology

#1360 in the United States

#1439 in North America

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

54. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Psychology

#1366 in the United States

#1445 in North America

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

55. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Psychology

#1396 in the United States

#1475 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average ACT: 17
Net Price: $21,247
Receiving Aid: 100%

56. Tiffin University

Tiffin

For Psychology

#1433 in the United States

#1513 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $25,636
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $18,830

57. Defiance College

Defiance

For Psychology

#1442 in the United States

#1522 in North America

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

58. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Psychology

#1445 in the United States

#1525 in North America

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

59. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Psychology

#1480 in the United States

#1564 in North America

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

60. United Theological Seminary

Dayton

For Psychology

#1486 in the United States

#1570 in North America

Enrollment: 467
Male:Female: 60:40

Closest to Ohio states to learn Psychology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	17	108
Indiana	34	58
Kentucky	26	55
Pennsylvania	99	7
Virginia	41	42
Michigan	37	3
District of Columbia	10	69
Maryland	27	2
Illinois	70	23
Tennessee	35	40
North Carolina	42	16
New Jersey	27	33
New York	130	9
Wisconsin	31	17
South Carolina	24	72
Connecticut	21	6
Georgia	44	20
Missouri	35	18
Iowa	32	31
Vermont	11	96
Massachusetts	67	1
Rhode Island	9	52
Alabama	24	50
New Hampshire	13	102
Arkansas	17	125
Mississippi	14	155
Minnesota	28	14
Maine	13	247
Kansas	14	79
Louisiana	25	91
Florida	55	27
Oklahoma	18	132
Nebraska	13	114
South Dakota	8	258
North Dakota	6	204
Texas	76	34
Colorado	20	56
New Mexico	7	89
Montana	7	230
Utah	11	41
Idaho	7	277
Arizona	10	39
Puerto Rico	15	427
Nevada	7	151
Washington	29	5
Oregon	18	53
California	128	4
Alaska	4	395
Hawaii	6	136