Northern Ohio Colleges

Bowling Green State University

• Bowling Green State University (not to be confused with the Kentucky school with the same name) is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, about a 30 minute drive south of Toledo. The public university, founded in 1910 as a teacher's college, has an enrollment of more than 20,000 and now offers more than 200 degrees. Bowling Green is particularly known for its teaching program and business college.

  Bowling Green State University
  Bowling Green, OH 43403
  419-372-2531
  bgsu.edu

Oberlin College

• Oberlin College, located in the small, north-central town of Oberlin, has an illustrious history. The four-year, private, liberal arts college was founded in 1833 and was, among other things, the first college in the US to offer bachelor's degrees to women. Oberlin also played an important role in the mid-19th century abolitionist movement. Today, the college has an enrollment of around 2,800 and is known for its music program (the oldest in the US).

  Oberlin College
  247 West Lorain Street, Suite C
  Oberlin, OH 44074
  440-775-8474
  oberlin.edu

Case Western Reserve University

• Located in Cleveland's University Circle cultural neighborhood (near the Cleveland Museum of Art and Severance Hall), private Case Western Reserve University was created in 1967 by merging Western Reserve University with the Case School of Applied Science. Today, the liberal arts college has an enrollment of around 9,800 undergraduate and graduate students and is consistently ranked by "US News and World Report" as one of the top universities in the United States.

  Case Western Reserve University
  10900 Euclid Avenue
  Cleveland, OH 44106
  216-368-2000
  case.edu

Kent State University

• Like Bowling Green, Kent State was also begun as a teacher's college. Founded in 1910, the public university is located southeast of Cleveland in the small town of Kent. Today, Kent State has an enrollment of around 38,000. Although the school is perhaps best known for the tragedy where four students were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970, Kent offers 281 degree programs, including a noted school of fashion design.

  Kent State University
  Kent, OH 44242
  330-672-3000