Education

Cincinnati USA offers diverse educational opportunities with area colleges and universities conferring degrees ranging from associate to doctorate in a broad range of subjects. Within 200 miles of Cincinnati, there are more than 299 colleges and universities with a total enrollment of more than 972,000.

In addition, Cincinnati's vocational schools offer excellent adult education programs. These schools help create a diversified labor force, offering new and existing businesses a good source of skilled and qualified individuals.

In 2004, Cincinnati ranked within the top 5 of America's Most Literate Cities.

Enrollment at Major Colleges & Universities

University of Cincinnati - 33,000
Miami University - 21,200
Northern Kentucky University - 13,700
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College - 7,200
Xavier University - 6,600
The Union Institute and Unversity - 2,700
Gateway Community and Techical College - 2,500
College of Mount St. Joseph - 2,100
Thomas More College - 1,400
Southern Ohio College - 1,300
Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary - 1,000

The University of Cincinnati is one of the nation's 20 largest public universities.

  • Originated the concept of co-op education.
  • Ranked among the top 60 schools by National Science Foundation for dollars spent on research and grant dollars received.
  • Graduates nearly 300 engineers each year with the largest mandatory co-op program of any public engineering school in the U.S.
  • U.C. Medical Center to play a vital role in making Greater Cincinnati a major center for biomedical research by doubling their medical research activity within five years.
  • Vontz Center for Molecular Studies targeting to be the most advanced facility for the study of cancer and neuroscience.
  • U.C. Medical Center involved in many firsts, including oral polio vaccine and first antihistamine.
  • U.C. is one of the top 20 public research universities in the United States

Northern Kentucky University has opened their new 172,000 sq. ft. Natural Science Center, a 38 million-dollar facility. The state of the art equipment in the center will make it possible for NKU's faculty and students to collaborate with local industries in research and problem solving derived from real-world situations.

Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, the largest career technical district in the world, trains over 70,000 adults annually, 20,000 of which are skilled technicians.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

  • Graduates more than 800 students each year; 98% job placement.
  • One of the 10 largest co-op programs in the nation.

Ivy Tech State Community College in Lawrenceburg and Gateway Community and Technical College with three campuses in the region offers a wide variety of associate degrees and certification programs. These include computer programming, nursing, machine tooling, business, computer graphics, biomedical and industrial technology. Both schools offer employer/employee training opportunities.

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