Ohio Public Two-Year Colleges

Junior Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Schools

The State of Ohio administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Ohio, sometimes called Ohio junior colleges, or Ohio technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Ohio colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Ohio. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Ohio local community

Ohio's oldest two-year institution, Sinclair Community College, was founded in 1887 as a YMCA college. Most of the state's 32 public community colleges, however, were organized in the 1960s. In 1961, the Ohio General Assembly enacted legislation that provided for the expansion of postsecondary education by county governments and local school boards. This move resulted in the creation of community colleges, technical institutions and university branch campuses. In 1969, all institutions providing postsecondary technical education that had been operating under the State Department of Education were transferred to the Ohio Board of Regents. The state's present two-year college system includes technical colleges, locally supported community colleges, community-technical colleges located at state university campuses and two-year regional branch campuses of universities.

Ohio College Degrees, Certificates, & Diplomas

Ohio Community Colleges and Two Year Colleges

Belmont Technical College (Clairsville, OH)
Bowling Green State University-Firelands (2-year campus) (Huron, OH)
Central Ohio Technical College
- Newark, OH
- Columbus, OH
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College (Cincinnati, OH)
Clark State Community College (Springfield, OH)
Columbus State Community College (Columbus, OH)
Cuyahoga Community College (Cleveland, OH)
Davis College (Toledo, OH)
Edison State Community College (Piqua, OH)
Hocking College (Nelsonville, OH)
Jefferson Community College (Wheeling, WV)
Kent State University (2-year campuses)
- Ashtabula
- East Liverpool
- Geauga
- Salem
- Stark
- Trumbull
- Tuscarawas
Kettering College of Medical Arts (Kettering, OH)
Lakeland Community College (Kirtland, OH)
Lorain County Community College (Elyria, OH)
Marion Technical College (Marion, OH)
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio (Toledo, OH)
Miami University (2-year campuses)
- Hamilton
- Middletown
Mount Carmel College of Nursing (Columbus, OH)
Muskingum Area Technical College
North Central Technical College (Mansfield, OH)
Northwest State Community College (Archbold, OH)
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (2-year campus) (Wooster, OH)
Ohio University (2-year campuses)
- Chillicothe
- Eastern
- Lancaster
- Southern Campus
- Zanesville
Owens Community College (Toledo, OH)
Sinclair Community College (Dayton, OH)
Southern State Community College
- Hillsboro, OH
- Washington, OH
- Wilmington, OH
- Sardinia, OH
Stark State College of Technology (Canton, OH)
Terra Community College (Fremont, OH)
University of Akron-Wayne College (2-year campus) (Orrville, OH)
University of Cincinnati (2-year campuses)
- Clermont College
- Raymond Walters College
Rio Grande Community College (allied with University of Rio Grande) (Rio Grande, OH)
Washington State Community College (Marietta, OH)

Ohio Colleges

Colleges and universities in Ohio expose students to two extremes of American living. On the one hand, there is big-city excitement thanks to Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus. On the other hand, there is rolling farmland, pristine nature, and suburbia. Campuses spread throughout Ohio are never far from either world.

OH Online Degrees

A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by Ohio institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.

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