Nearly three dozen schools of higher education are located within 60 miles of Toledo equaling one of the highest such concentrations in the U.S.
The region’s approximately 100,000 undergraduate and graduate students pursue studies in a comprehensive selection of programs. Notably, the region ranks second in the number of students pursuing engineering degrees on a student-to-population basis.
- Bowling Green State University and The University of Toledo are recognized Centers of Excellence by the Ohio Board of Regents for their research institutions and programs dedicated to the fields of Advanced Energy and Biomedicine and Healthcare.
- Heidelberg is home to the renowned National Center for Water Quality Research.
- University of Findlay and Bluffton University rank in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” in the Midwest and UF was named a Best Midwestern College by the Princeton Review for the past five years.
- Ohio Northern University’s on-campus housing derives 30 percent of its heating and cooling from geothermal technology and three new 400 kilowatt wind turbines.
- The UT Colleges of Business & Innovation and Engineering were included in the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges 2012 rankings in recognition of their online graduate programs.
4-Year Institutions of Higher Education
| Institution |
Total |
Website |
| Bluffton University |
1,229 |
http://www.bluffton.edu/ |
| Bowling Green State University |
17,582 |
http://www.bgsu.edu/ |
| Bowling Green State University- Firelands |
2,412 |
http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/ |
| Defiance College |
1,035 |
http://www.defiance.edu/ |
| Heidelberg College |
1,483 |
http://www.heidelberg.edu/ |
| Herzing University |
307 |
http://www.herzing.edu/toledo/academics |
| Lourdes University |
2,700 |
http://www.lourdes.edu/ |
| Mercy College of NW Ohio |
1,197 |
http://mercycollege.edu |
| Tiffin University |
1,562 |
http://www.tiffin.edu/ |
| University of Findlay |
4,654 |
http://www.findlay.edu/default.htm |
| University of Toledo |
22,336 |
http://www.utoledo.edu/ |
| University of Toledo Medical Center |
|
http://utmc.utoledo.edu/ |
2-Year Institutions of Higher Education
