2025 Best Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio

a bachelor's degree in education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 34 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,502 bachelor's degrees in education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Education School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The education bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for education to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Education in Ohio

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for education students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

10 Top Ohio Schools for a Bachelor's in Education

1

Miami University - Oxford
Oxford, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

334 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in education has to look into Miami University - Oxford. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Miami University - Oxford

2

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

153 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Dayton if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in education. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Dayton.More information about a bachelor’s in education from University of Dayton

3

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

356 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in education. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Ohio State University - Main Campus

4

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

213 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in education. UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati.More information about a bachelor’s in education from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

5

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

416 Annual Graduates

Kent State is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kent.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Kent State University at Kent

6

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

289 Annual Graduates

OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Ohio University - Athens Campus

7

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

490 Annual Graduates

BGSU is a large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

8

John Carroll University
University Heights, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of University Heights, John Carroll is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in education from John Carroll University

9

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

110 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in education from University of Toledo

10

Ashland University
Ashland, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

84 Annual Graduates

Ashland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Ashland.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Ashland University

Best Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	35	2,724
Illinois	34	3,800
Indiana	33	2,718
Wisconsin	31	2,719

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	2,108
Teacher Education Subject Specific	861
Special Education	783
General Education	383
Educational Administration	198
Other Education	131
Teaching English or French	23
Curriculum & Instruction	15

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.