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Colleges with the smallest classes in Ohio

50 colleges ranked by student–faculty ratio

These 50 smallest-class colleges in Ohio, ranked by student–faculty ratio, run from 5:1 at Pontifical College Josephinum to 15:1 at Miami University-Oxford. 1 is public and 49 are private.

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1Pontifical College Josephinum
Columbus, OH
Private5:14583%
2Allegheny Wesleyan College
Salem, OH
Private6:154
3Antioch College
Yellow Springs, OH
Private6:112782%
4Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
Private6:119338%
5Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Canton, OH
Private7:123241%
6Mercy College of Ohio
Toledo, OH
Private7:198243%
7Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, OH
Private7:163084%
8Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH
Private9:12,77577%
9Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Private9:16,10829%
10Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH
Private9:156056%
11Columbus College of Art & Design
Columbus, OH
Private9:189172%
12Denison University
Granville, OH
Private9:12,39817%
13Gods Bible School and College
Cincinnati, OH
Private9:128564%
14Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
Private9:11,75331%
15Kettering College
Kettering, OH
Private9:154383%
16Marietta College
Marietta, OH
Private9:11,03579%
17Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, OH
Private9:157357%
18Mount St. Joseph University
Cincinnati, OH
Private9:11,10057%
19Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
Private9:12,95033%
20Antioch University
Yellow Springs, OH
Private10:1107
21Bluffton University
Bluffton, OH
Private10:159561%
22Capital University
Columbus, OH
Private10:11,70973%
23Defiance College
Defiance, OH
Private10:145442%
24Hiram College
Hiram, OH
Private10:173193%
25The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH
Private10:11,87654%
26Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Private11:125433%
27Ohio Christian University
Circleville, OH
Private11:181640%
28Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
Private11:11,45051%
29Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Private11:14,72388%
30Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH
Private12:167864%
31Malone University
Canton, OH
Private12:177776%
32Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon, OH
Private12:11,34684%
33Ohio Dominican University
Columbus, OH
Private12:178585%
34Otterbein University
Westerville, OH
Private12:12,05583%
35The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Cincinnati, OH
Private12:176250%
36University of Mount Union
Alliance, OH
Private12:11,78580%
37Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, OH
Private12:160253%
38Wilmington College
Wilmington, OH
Private12:192485%
39Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH
Private12:11,26991%
40John Carroll University
University Heights, OH
Private13:12,22881%
41Lourdes University
Sylvania, OH
Private13:166874%
42Muskingum University
New Concord, OH
Private13:11,40782%
43Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH
Private13:12,38673%
44The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH
Private13:12,24086%
45Walsh University
North Canton, OH
Private13:11,29478%
46Notre Dame College
Cleveland, OH
Private14:11,04980%
47Ashland University
Ashland, OH
Private15:12,25081%
48Cedarville University
Cedarville, OH
Private15:13,81563%
49Heidelberg University
Tiffin, OH
Private15:188468%
50Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH
Public15:116,36182%

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