Ohio Average Net Price Ranking

The Most Expensive Colleges in Ohio by Average Net Price for 2023

Most Expensive Colleges in Ohio by Average Net Price

The highest net price colleges in Ohio are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. Oberlin College leads the list with a $42,745 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.

Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Ohio's Most Expensive Colleges by Average Net Price
College Net Price Discount
#1 Oberlin College

Oberlin, Private Not For Profit

$42,745 47%
#2 Kenyon College

Gambier, Private Not For Profit

$40,862 48%
#3 Denison University

Granville, Private Not For Profit

$39,808 45%
#4 Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland, Private Not For Profit

$36,903 35%
#5 Pontifical College Josephinum

Columbus, Private Not For Profit

$36,821 10%
#6 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Private Not For Profit

$36,002 50%
#7 Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, Private Not For Profit

$35,344 41%
#8 Xavier University

Cincinnati, Private Not For Profit

$34,945 39%
#9 University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande, Private Not For Profit

$34,201 -5%
#10 University of Dayton

Dayton, Private Not For Profit

$32,768 46%
#11 John Carroll University

University Heights, Private Not For Profit

$28,805 52%
#12 Chamberlain College of Nursing Ohio

Columbus, Private For Profit

$28,585 14%
#13 The College of Wooster

Wooster, Private Not For Profit

$27,923 60%
#14 Columbus College of Art and Design

Columbus, Private Not For Profit

$27,847 45%
#15 Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, Private Not For Profit

$26,628 58%
#16 The University of Findlay

Findlay, Private Not For Profit

$26,206 47%
#17 Ohio Northern University

Ada, Private Not For Profit

$26,011 48%
#18 Hondros College

Westerville, Private For Profit

$25,953 13%
#19 Baldwin Wallace College

Berea, Private Not For Profit

$25,274 49%
#20 Defiance College

Defiance, Private Not For Profit

$25,251 46%
#21 Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, Private Not For Profit

$25,175 38%
#22 Cedarville University

Cedarville, Private Not For Profit

$24,965 42%
#23 Art Academy of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Private Not For Profit

$24,933 47%
#24 Miami University

Oxford, Public Not For Profit

$24,345 26%
#25 University of Mount Union

Alliance, Private Not For Profit

$24,166 47%
#26 Tiffin University

Tiffin, Private Not For Profit

$23,683 46%
#27 Ohio Christian University

Circleville, Private Not For Profit

$23,319 29%
#28 Ohio University Main Campus

Athens, Public Not For Profit

$23,307 9%
#29 Otterbein University

Westerville, Private Not For Profit

$23,229 50%
#30 University of Cincinnati Main Campus

Cincinnati, Public Not For Profit

$22,767 13%
#31 Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon, Private Not For Profit

$22,280 49%
#32 Bluffton University

Bluffton, Private Not For Profit

$22,125 53%
#33 Heidelberg University

Tiffin, Private Not For Profit

$22,006 52%
#34 Wittenberg University

Springfield, Private Not For Profit

$21,901 60%
#35 Wilmington College

Wilmington, Private Not For Profit

$21,768 46%
#36 Lake Erie College

Painesville, Private Not For Profit

$21,425 53%
#37 Herzing University Akron Campus

Akron, Private Not For Profit

$21,388 9%
#38 Ashland University

Ashland, Private Not For Profit

$20,911 40%
#39 Lourdes University

Sylvania, Private Not For Profit

$20,361 50%
#40 Marietta College

Marietta, Private Not For Profit

$20,249 60%
#41 Hiram College

Hiram, Private Not For Profit

$20,072 45%
#42 Capital University

Columbus, Private Not For Profit

$19,897 63%
#43 Union Institute & University

Cincinnati, Private Not For Profit

$19,861 33%
#44 University of Phoenix Columbus Ohio Campus

Columbus, Private For Profit

$19,820 -7%
#45 Walsh University

North Canton, Private Not For Profit

$19,792 56%
#46 Ohio Dominican University

Columbus, Private Not For Profit

$19,365 58%
#47 Malone University

Canton, Private Not For Profit

$19,158 58%
#48 Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Public Not For Profit

$19,034 26%
#49 Ohio State University

Columbus, Public Not For Profit

$18,884 28%
#50 Notre Dame College

Cleveland, Private Not For Profit

$18,818 56%
#51 College of Mount St. Joseph

Cincinnati, Private Not For Profit

$18,646 58%
#52 Muskingum University

New Concord, Private Not For Profit

$18,561 57%
#53 Kettering College

Kettering, Private Not For Profit

$18,309 24%
#54 University of Phoenix Cincinnati Campus

West Chester, Private For Profit

$17,959 -10%
#55 University of Toledo

Toledo, Public Not For Profit

$17,793 31%
#56 Bowling Green State University Main Campus

Bowling Green, Public Not For Profit

$17,580 32%
#57 University of Northwestern Ohio

Lima, Private Not For Profit

$17,578 13%
#58 University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Public Not For Profit

$17,328 26%
#59 Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, Private Not For Profit

$17,220 64%
#60 Ohio State University Mansfield Campus

Mansfield, Public Not For Profit

$16,012 16%
#61 Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Public Not For Profit

$16,007 40%
#62 Bryant and Stratton College Parma

Parma, Private For Profit

$15,011 39%
#63 Ohio Mid Western College

Cincinnati, Private Not For Profit

$14,924 30%
#64 Ohio State University Newark Campus

Newark, Public Not For Profit

$14,891 22%
#65 Wright State University Main Campus

Dayton, Public Not For Profit

$14,880 37%
#66 Mount Carmel College of Nursing

Columbus, Private Not For Profit

$14,454 38%
#67 Mercy College of Ohio

Toledo, Private Not For Profit

$13,856 49%
#68 Wilberforce University

Wilberforce, Private Not For Profit

$13,614 37%
#69 Ohio State University Marion Campus

Marion, Public Not For Profit

$13,212 30%
#70 Ohio State University Lima Campus

Lima, Public Not For Profit

$13,080 31%
#71 University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College

Blue Ash, Public Not For Profit

$12,971 35%
#72 Miami University Hamilton

Hamilton, Public Not For Profit

$11,894 48%
#73 Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Public Not For Profit

$11,785 44%
#74 Miami University Middletown

Middletown, Public Not For Profit

$11,262 51%
#75 Kent State University at East Liverpool

East Liverpool, Public Not For Profit

$10,680 37%
#76 Rabbinical College Telshe

Wickliffe, Private Not For Profit

$10,676 38%
#77 Wright State University Lake Campus

Celina, Public Not For Profit

$10,636 46%
#78 Central State University

Wilberforce, Public Not For Profit

$10,260 46%
#79 Gods Bible School and College

Cincinnati, Private Not For Profit

$10,142 17%
#80 Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, Public Not For Profit

$9,778 54%
#81 Kent State University at Tuscarawas

New Philadelphia, Public Not For Profit

$9,718 42%
#82 Kent State University at Ashtabula

Ashtabula, Public Not For Profit

$8,912 47%
#83 Kent State University at Stark

Canton, Public Not For Profit

$8,822 48%
#84 Kent State University at Geauga

Burton, Public Not For Profit

$8,649 49%
#85 Kent State University at Salem

Salem, Public Not For Profit

$8,588 49%
#86 Kent State University at Trumbull

Warren, Public Not For Profit

$8,511 49%
#87 University of Cincinnati Clermont College

Batavia, Public Not For Profit

$8,152 58%
#88 Ohio University Southern Campus

Ironton, Public Not For Profit

$8,048 38%
#89 Ohio University Chillicothe Campus

Chillicothe, Public Not For Profit

$7,985 38%
#90 Allegheny Wesleyan College

Salem, Private Not For Profit

$7,738 33%
#91 Ohio University Zanesville Campus

Zanesville, Public Not For Profit

$7,700 40%
#92 Franklin University

Columbus, Private Not For Profit

$7,658 69%
#93 Ohio University Lancaster Campus

Lancaster, Public Not For Profit

$7,270 44%
#94 Ohio University Eastern Campus

Saint Clairsville, Public Not For Profit

$7,106 45%
#95 Tri State Bible College

South Point, Private Not For Profit

$768 96%