Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States with a population of 166,179 (2000). It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The Greater Dayton area or Dayton metropolitan area encompasses a number of contiguous communities outside Dayton city proper, including Vandalia, Trotwood, Kettering, Centerville and Beavercreek, with a population of 848,153 (2000). Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

Education

Dayton is home to two major universities: the University of Dayton, a private, Catholic institution founded in 1850 by the Marianist order, and the public Wright State University, which became a state university in 1967. The University of Dayton has the only American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the Dayton area, UDSL

Related Topics:
University of Dayton - Catholic - 1850 - Marianist order - Wright State University - 1967 - American Bar Association - Law school

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Dayton is also home to one of the country's leading community colleges, Sinclair Community College (founded as a YMCA college in 1887), located in central downtown Dayton. Miami Jacobs College is a another junior college in Dayton.

Related Topics:
Community college - Sinclair Community College - Junior college

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