Ohio colleges: career services and alumni support

167 colleges in Ohio, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

The Ohio job market

3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed
167
colleges listed
Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Ohio workforce boards · Ohio by county and city

Colleges in Ohio

Colleges in Ohio
College	City	Type	Students	Claim
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management	Wright-Patterson AFB	Public 4-year		Claim page
Allegheny Wesleyan College	Salem	Private nonprofit 4-year	46	Claim page
American Institute of Alternative Medicine	Columbus	Private for-profit 4-year	231	Claim page
Antioch College	Yellow Springs	Private nonprofit 4-year	121	Claim page
Antioch University	Yellow Springs	Private nonprofit 4-year	77	Claim page
Antioch University-System Administration	Yellow Springs	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
Arizona College of Nursing-Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private for-profit 4-year	77	Claim page
Arizona College of Nursing-Cleveland	Beachwood	Private for-profit 4-year	164	Claim page
Art Academy of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	205	Claim page
Ashland University	Ashland	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,199	Claim page
ATA College-Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private for-profit 4-year	266	Claim page
Athena Career Academy	Toledo	Private for-profit 2-year	516	Claim page
Athenaeum of Ohio	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	36	Claim page
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	280	Claim page
Baldwin Wallace University	Berea	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,842	Claim page
Belmont College	St Clairsville	Public 2-year	600	Claim page
Bluffton University	Bluffton	Private nonprofit 4-year	582	Claim page
Bowling Green State University-Firelands	Huron	Public 4-year	1,251	Claim page
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	Bowling Green	Public 4-year	12,812	Claim page
Bryant & Stratton College-Parma	Parma	Private nonprofit 4-year	624	Claim page
Capital University	Columbus	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,585	Claim page
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	Private nonprofit 4-year	6,437	Claim page
Cedarville University	Cedarville	Private nonprofit 4-year	4,024	Claim page
Central Ohio Technical College	Newark	Public 4-year	1,941	Claim page
Central State University	Wilberforce	Public 4-year	2,620	Claim page
Chamberlain University-Ohio	Columbus	Private for-profit 4-year	257	Claim page
Chatfield College	Saint Martin	Private nonprofit 2-year		Claim page
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	107	Claim page
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College	Cincinnati	Public 4-year	5,667	Claim page
Clark State College	Springfield	Public 4-year	3,456	Claim page
Cleveland Institute of Art	Cleveland	Private nonprofit 4-year	539	Claim page
Cleveland Institute of Music	Cleveland	Private nonprofit 4-year	159	Claim page
Cleveland State University	Cleveland	Public 4-year	8,969	Claim page
Columbus College of Art & Design	Columbus	Private nonprofit 4-year	882	Claim page
Columbus State Community College	Columbus	Public 2-year	17,549	Claim page
Cuyahoga Community College District	Cleveland	Public 2-year	13,382	Claim page
Davis College	Toledo	Private for-profit 4-year	273	Claim page
Defiance College	Defiance	Private nonprofit 4-year	499	Claim page
Denison University	Granville	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,380	Claim page
DeVry University-Ohio	Columbus	Private for-profit 4-year	210	Claim page
East Ohio College	East Liverpool	Private for-profit 2-year	118	Claim page
Eastern Gateway Community College	Steubenville	Public 2-year		Claim page
Edison State Community College	Piqua	Public 2-year	1,302	Claim page
ETI Technical College	Niles	Private for-profit 2-year	179	Claim page
Felbry College	Columbus	Private for-profit 4-year	192	Claim page
Fortis College-Centerville	Centerville	Private for-profit 2-year	547	Claim page
Fortis College-Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private for-profit 2-year	500	Claim page
Fortis College-Columbus	Westerville	Private for-profit 2-year	766	Claim page
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls	Cuyahoga Falls	Private for-profit 2-year	583	Claim page
Franciscan University of Steubenville	Steubenville	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,901	Claim page
Franklin University	Columbus	Private nonprofit 4-year	5,562	Claim page
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Private for-profit 4-year	645	Claim page
Global Tech College	Toledo	Private for-profit 2-year	102	Claim page
Gods Bible School and College	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	281	Claim page
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	690	Claim page
Heidelberg University	Tiffin	Private nonprofit 4-year	915	Claim page
Herzing University-Akron	Akron	Private nonprofit 4-year	391	Claim page
Hiram College	Hiram	Private nonprofit 4-year	777	Claim page
Hocking College	Nelsonville	Public 2-year	1,311	Claim page
Hondros College of Nursing	Westerville	Private for-profit 2-year	3,857	Claim page
International College of Broadcasting	Dayton	Private for-profit 2-year		Claim page
James A. Rhodes State College	Lima	Public 4-year	1,590	Claim page
John Carroll University	University Heights	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,274	Claim page
Kent State University at Ashtabula	Ashtabula	Public 4-year	1,290	Claim page
Kent State University at East Liverpool	East Liverpool	Public 4-year	797	Claim page
Kent State University at Geauga	Burton	Public 4-year	1,601	Claim page
Kent State University at Kent	Kent	Public 4-year	19,320	Claim page
Kent State University at Salem	Salem	Public 4-year	1,164	Claim page
Kent State University at Stark	North Canton	Public 4-year	2,692	Claim page
Kent State University at Trumbull	Warren	Public 4-year	1,629	Claim page
Kent State University at Tuscarawas	New Philadelphia	Public 4-year	1,654	Claim page
Kenyon College	Gambier	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,732	Claim page
Kettering College	Kettering	Private nonprofit 4-year	549	Claim page
Lake Erie College	Painesville	Private nonprofit 4-year	852	Claim page
Lakeland Community College	Kirtland	Public 2-year	2,773	Claim page
Lakewood University	Cleveland Heights	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
Lorain County Community College	Elyria	Public 4-year	5,373	Claim page
Lourdes University	Sylvania	Private nonprofit 4-year	543	Claim page
Malone University	Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	798	Claim page
Marietta College	Marietta	Private nonprofit 4-year	952	Claim page
Marion Technical College	Marion	Public 4-year	1,475	Claim page
Mercy College of Ohio	Toledo	Private nonprofit 4-year	939	Claim page
Methodist Theological School in Ohio	Delaware	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
Miami University-Hamilton	Hamilton	Public 4-year	2,043	Claim page
Miami University-Middletown	Middletown	Public 4-year	837	Claim page
Miami University-Oxford	Oxford	Public 4-year	16,656	Claim page
Mount Carmel College of Nursing	Columbus	Private nonprofit 4-year	532	Claim page
Mount St. Joseph University	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,129	Claim page
Mount Vernon Nazarene University	Mount Vernon	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,358	Claim page
Muskingum University	New Concord	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,376	Claim page
MyComputerCareer at Columbus	Columbus	Private for-profit 2-year	821	Claim page
North Central State College	Mansfield	Public 4-year	1,273	Claim page
Northeast Ohio Medical University	Rootstown	Public 4-year		Claim page
Northwest State Community College	Archbold	Public 2-year	1,115	Claim page
Notre Dame College	Cleveland	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
Oberlin College	Oberlin	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,887	Claim page
Ohio Business College-Sandusky	Sandusky	Private for-profit 2-year		Claim page
Ohio Business College-Sheffield	Sheffield Village	Private for-profit 2-year	224	Claim page
Ohio Christian University	Circleville	Private nonprofit 4-year	862	Claim page
Ohio Dominican University	Columbus	Private nonprofit 4-year	760	Claim page
Ohio Institute of Allied Health	Huber Heights	Private nonprofit 2-year	121	Claim page
Ohio Medical Career College	Dayton	Private for-profit 2-year	129	Claim page
Ohio Northern University	Ada	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,489	Claim page
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute	Wooster	Public 2-year	464	Claim page
Ohio State University-Lima Campus	Lima	Public 4-year	621	Claim page
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus	Public 4-year	45,638	Claim page
Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus	Mansfield	Public 4-year	736	Claim page
Ohio State University-Marion Campus	Marion	Public 4-year	794	Claim page
Ohio State University-Newark Campus	Newark	Public 4-year	2,396	Claim page
Ohio Technical College	Cleveland	Private for-profit 2-year	683	Claim page
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	Chillicothe	Public 4-year	833	Claim page
Ohio University-Eastern Campus	Saint Clairsville	Public 4-year	298	Claim page
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	Lancaster	Public 4-year	691	Claim page
Ohio University-Main Campus	Athens	Public 4-year	19,633	Claim page
Ohio University-Southern Campus	Ironton	Public 4-year	415	Claim page
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	Zanesville	Public 4-year	560	Claim page
Ohio Wesleyan University	Delaware	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,516	Claim page
Otterbein University	Westerville	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,157	Claim page
Owens Community College	Perrysburg	Public 2-year	4,361	Claim page
Payne Theological Seminary	Wilberforce	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
Pontifical College Josephinum	Columbus	Private nonprofit 4-year	60	Claim page
Professional Skills Institute	Maumee	Private for-profit 4-year	395	Claim page
Rabbinical College Telshe	Wickliffe	Private nonprofit 4-year	50	Claim page
Remington College-Cleveland Campus	Cleveland	Private nonprofit 2-year	197	Claim page
Rosedale Bible College	Irwin	Private nonprofit 2-year	96	Claim page
Ross College-Canton	Canton	Private for-profit 2-year	785	Claim page
Ross College-Sylvania	Sylvania	Private for-profit 2-year	1,714	Claim page
Shawnee State University	Portsmouth	Public 4-year	2,247	Claim page
Sinclair Community College	Dayton	Public 4-year	13,308	Claim page
Southern State Community College	Hillsboro	Public 2-year	761	Claim page
Stark State College	North Canton	Public 2-year	5,749	Claim page
Stautzenberger College-Brecksville	Brecksville	Private for-profit 2-year	62	Claim page
Stautzenberger College-Maumee	Maumee	Private for-profit 2-year	586	Claim page
Terra State Community College	Fremont	Public 2-year	1,028	Claim page
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	713	Claim page
The College of Wooster	Wooster	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,730	Claim page
The Modern College of Design	Kettering	Private for-profit 4-year	211	Claim page
The North Coast College	Lakewood	Private for-profit 4-year		Claim page
The University of Findlay	Findlay	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,223	Claim page
Tiffin University	Tiffin	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,051	Claim page
Tri-State Bible College	South Point	Private nonprofit 4-year	17	Claim page
Union Institute & University	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
United Theological Seminary	Dayton	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
University of Akron Main Campus	Akron	Public 4-year	9,052	Claim page
University of Akron Wayne College	Orrville	Public 2-year	457	Claim page
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College	Blue Ash	Public 4-year	4,354	Claim page
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College	Batavia	Public 4-year	3,019	Claim page
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Cincinnati	Public 4-year	29,882	Claim page
University of Dayton	Dayton	Private nonprofit 4-year	7,682	Claim page
University of Mount Union	Alliance	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,995	Claim page
University of Northwestern Ohio	Lima	Private nonprofit 4-year	2,494	Claim page
University of Rio Grande	Rio Grande	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,400	Claim page
University of Toledo	Toledo	Public 4-year	9,770	Claim page
Ursuline College	Pepper Pike	Private nonprofit 4-year	670	Claim page
Valley College-Cleveland	Cleveland	Private for-profit 2-year	887	Claim page
Valor Christian College	Canal Winchester	Private nonprofit 4-year	414	Claim page
Walsh University	North Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,390	Claim page
Washington State Community College	Marietta	Public 4-year	1,484	Claim page
Wilberforce University	Wilberforce	Private nonprofit 4-year	822	Claim page
Wilmington College	Wilmington	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,006	Claim page
Winebrenner Theological Seminary	Findlay	Private nonprofit 4-year		Claim page
Wittenberg University	Springfield	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,215	Claim page
Wright State University-Lake Campus	Celina	Public 4-year	892	Claim page
Wright State University-Main Campus	Dayton	Public 4-year	6,762	Claim page
Xavier University	Cincinnati	Private nonprofit 4-year	4,207	Claim page
Youngstown State University	Youngstown	Public 4-year	7,961	Claim page
Zane State College	Zanesville	Public 4-year	715	Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Ohio

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Job fairOct 27, 2026 · Canton, OH
City of Canton Career Fair
With OhioMeansJobs Columbus - Franklin County · Workforce board: Aspyr - Area 11
Starting a businessOct 27, 2026 · Dayton, OH
American Ideals and American Thought: Liberalism and Republicanism in the American Revolution
College: Wright State University-Main Campus
Starting a businessOct 28, 2026 · Free
Is Your Business Ready for Government Contracting?
SBDC / SBA partner: SBA Ohio District Office
Starting a businessNov 3, 2026 · Online · Free
What is the HUBZone Program?
SBDC / SBA partner: Ohio District Office
Starting a businessNov 5, 2026
Clermont Chamber Classroom: Business Education Series
With OhioMeansJobs Warren County · With OhioMeansJobs Clermont County · With OhioMeansJobs Butler County · Workforce board: BCW/Workforce Development Board
Starting a businessNov 6, 2026 · Elyria, OH · Free
The 5 Numbers You Need To Know
SBDC / SBA partner: SBDC at Lorain County Community College
Small-business counselingNov 9, 2026 · Online · Free
Ohio Veteran Small Business Webinar: Resources for Veteran Entrepreneurs
SBDC / SBA partner: SBA Ohio District Office
Hiring eventNov 10, 2026 · NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH
Cooper Standard Hiring Event
Hiring: Cooper Standard · With OhioMeansJobs Columbus - Franklin County · Workforce board: Aspyr - Area 11
Starting a businessNov 12, 2026 · Online · Free
What is the WOSB Federal Contract Program & How do you get Certified?
SBDC / SBA partner: SBA Ohio District Office
Starting a businessNov 19, 2026 · Online · Free
Mastering Your Business Finances: Core Concepts and Financial Literacy
SBDC / SBA partner: SBA Ohio District Office
Small-business counselingNov 25, 2026 · Online · Free
What is the Veteran Owned Small Business Program (VOSB) Program?
SBDC / SBA partner: SBA Ohio District Office
Starting a businessDec 8, 2026
Clermont Chamber Classroom: Business Education Series
With OhioMeansJobs Warren County · With OhioMeansJobs Clermont County · With OhioMeansJobs Butler County · Workforce board: BCW/Workforce Development Board

Higher education conferences in Ohio

Conferences for college and university staff held in Ohio: admissions, student affairs, advancement, institutional leadership. 6 with dates announced.

Entomology Annual Meeting
Nov 8 to Nov 11, 2026 · Columbus, OH
Paid ticket. Registration fees not stated on the page; member discounts may apply.
DREAM (Achieving the Dream)
Feb 2 to Feb 5, 2027 · Columbus, OH
Paid ticket. Pricing not found.
Open call for speakers · deadline Sep 21, 2026
KYACAC & OACAC Super Conference
Mar 14 to Mar 16, 2027 · Cincinnati, OH
Paid ticket. Pricing coming in the months ahead.
National Charter Schools Conference
Jun 28 to Jun 30, 2027 · Columbus, OH
Paid ticket. Registration opens January 2027.
ASCA Annual Conference
Jul 17 to Jul 20, 2027 · Columbus, OH
Paid ticket, price not listed
Open call for speakers
InstructureCon
Jul 20 to Jul 22, 2027 · Cleveland, OH
Paid ticket. Early bird rates available; amounts not read.
Blackbaud bbcon
Usually September (next dates not announced) · Columbus, OH
Paid ticket. 2026 edition Sep 29-Oct 1 in Columbus; 2027 timeframe similar, dates to come.
Open call for speakers
Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching
Usually November (next dates not announced) · Oxford, OH
Paid ticket, price not listed

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Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private nonprofit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ohio unemployment benefits.

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