Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the northeastern corner of the United States. It was the first and eastern-most state in the Midwest admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is OH; its old-style abbreviation is O. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The name refers to the Ohio River that forms its southern border.

Education

Colleges and universities

• 13 state universities
• Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
• Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
• Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
• Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
• University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
• University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
• Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (Fairborn, Ohio)
• Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio

(note: the University of Dayton is not one of Ohio's state universities; it is a private, Roman Catholic university run by the Society of Mary)

Related Topics:
University of Dayton - Roman Catholic - Society of Mary

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• 24 state university branch and regional campuses
• 46 liberal arts colleges and universities
• 6 free-standing state-assisted medical schools
• Medical College of Ohio
• Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
• Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
• Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Wright State University School of Medicine
• 1 private medical school
• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• 15 community colleges
• 8 technical colleges
• over 24 independent non-profit colleges

See List of Ohio colleges

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