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Key takeaway: 91 of the 118 Ohio-based institutions in our directory that offer at least one fully online program report both credit for military training and a dedicated point of contact for veterans, servicemembers, and their families (IPEDS IC 2024). 46 report all four services the federal survey tracks. The highest-ranked by BOC Score is Mount Carmel College of Nursing. The Census Bureau records 17 military installations in Ohio (3 Army, 1 Navy, 4 Air Force, 2 Coast Guard, 3 National Guard, 4 Other), and 93 Ohio cities have their own page below.
Military-friendly online colleges based in Ohio
Ranked by BOC Score, which weights graduation rate, median earnings, net price, retention, and online availability from federal data. The tags on each card are the school’s own answers on the IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey: credit for military training, a dedicated military contact, DoD MOU membership, and a recognized student veteran organization.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
- Graduation rate 30%
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
- Average net price (lower is better) 20%
- Retention rate 15%
- Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Acceptance rate
84%
Graduation rate
64%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$75,103
Avg net price
$10,420/yr
TuitionIn‑state$22,080
Out‑of‑state$22,080
Key stats
- Retention rate: 82%
- Programs offered: 6
Source:Accreditor: Higher Learning Commission · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
82%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$60,409
Avg net price
$17,339/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 94%
- Programs offered: 233
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Acceptance rate
93%
Graduation rate
49%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$65,409
Avg net price
$17,989/yr
TuitionIn‑state$19,470
Out‑of‑state$19,470
Key stats
- Retention rate: 86%
- Programs offered: 16
Source:Accreditor: Higher Learning Commission · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
41%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$52,581
Avg net price
$5,746/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 64%
- Programs offered: 13
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
80%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$75,537
Avg net price
$29,533/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 89%
- Programs offered: 114
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
35%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$52,581
Avg net price
$5,755/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 66%
- Programs offered: 20
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
39%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$52,581
Avg net price
$5,993/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 58%
- Programs offered: 14
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
74%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$68,303
Avg net price
$18,378/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 64%
- Programs offered: 5
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
76%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$62,860
Avg net price
$28,746/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 84%
- Programs offered: 48
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
56%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$63,582
Avg net price
$24,204/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 65%
- Programs offered: 3
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Acceptance rate
75%
Graduation rate
81%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$55,076
Avg net price
$28,384/yr
TuitionIn‑state$18,161
Out‑of‑state$41,221
Key stats
- Retention rate: 90%
- Programs offered: 136
Source:Accreditor: Higher Learning Commission · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
73%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$64,873
Avg net price
$32,997/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 80%
- Programs offered: 81
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
62%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$67,492
Avg net price
$21,650/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 78%
- Programs offered: 11
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
73%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$54,810
Avg net price
$25,648/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 86%
- Programs offered: 248
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
67%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$53,313
Avg net price
$19,237/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 81%
- Programs offered: 60
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Military installations in Ohio
The Census Bureau’s 2024 TIGER/Line military layer records 17 installations in Ohio (3 Army, 1 Navy, 4 Air Force, 2 Coast Guard, 3 National Guard, 4 Other, branch inferred from the recorded name). The largest by land area are listed; city pages show the ones within 100 miles of each city, with distances.
- Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center
- Wright-Patterson AFB
- Camp Perry Training Site
- Defense Supply Center Columbus
- National Guard Camp Sherman Training Site
- United States Army Joint Systems Manufacturing Center Lima
- Youngstown Joint Air Reserve Station
- Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport
- Ohio Air National Guard 121st Air Refueling Wing-Rickenbacker
- Toledo Express Airport
- National Guard Rickenbacker (Maneuver Training Area)
- Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base
Common post-service careers in Ohio
Statewide median wages for occupations that veterans commonly move into after an online degree, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 OEWS).
| Occupation |
Median annual wage |
Scope |
| Information Security Analysts |
$110,480 |
OH statewide |
| Logisticians |
$83,460 |
OH statewide |
| Emergency Management Directors |
$94,690 |
OH statewide |
| Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers |
$77,020 |
OH statewide |
| Medical and Health Services Managers |
$106,140 |
OH statewide |
| Project Management Specialists |
$95,770 |
OH statewide |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators |
$97,570 |
OH statewide |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers |
$101,550 |
OH statewide |
BLS publishes wages for metro areas and states, not individual cities; these are statewide medians.
What the four services mean
- Credit for military training (IPEDS VET2): the institution reports that it awards academic credit for military training, typically evaluated through the Joint Services Transcript. How much credit applies is set program by program.
- Dedicated military contact (VET3): a named point of contact for veterans, servicemembers, and their families.
- DoD MOU member (VET5): the institution has signed the Department of Defense Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, a requirement for participating in service education programs.
- Student veteran org (VET4): a recognized student veteran organization on the institution’s records.
Of the 91 schools in Ohio that meet this page’s two-service definition, 46 report all four. All 91 are fully online by the IPEDS DISTPGS flag, as is every school on the national military-friendly online colleges list; the state view differs only in where the institution is based.
Military-friendly online colleges near Ohio cities
- Akron, OH
- Alliance, OH
- Ashland, OH
- Ashtabula, OH
- Athens, OH
- Avon, OH
- Avon Lake, OH
- Barberton, OH
- Beavercreek, OH
- Bowling Green, OH
- Brunswick, OH
- Canton, OH
- Centerville, OH
- Chillicothe, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Heights, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- Dayton, OH
- Delaware, OH
- Dublin, OH
- East Liverpool, OH
- Elyria, OH
- Euclid, OH
- Fairborn, OH
- Fairfield, OH
- Findlay, OH
- Fremont, OH
- Gahanna, OH
- Garfield Heights, OH
- Green, OH
- Grove City, OH
- Hamilton, OH
- Hilliard, OH
- Huber Heights, OH
- Hudson, OH
- Kent, OH
- Kettering, OH
- Lakewood, OH
- Lancaster, OH
- Lebanon, OH
- Lima, OH
- Lorain, OH
- Mansfield, OH
- Maple Heights, OH
- Marietta, OH
- Marion, OH
- Marysville, OH
- Mason, OH
- Massillon, OH
- Medina, OH
- Mentor, OH
- Middletown, OH
- Mount Vernon, OH
- New Philadelphia, OH
- Newark, OH
- North Olmsted, OH
- North Ridgeville, OH
- North Royalton, OH
- Norwalk, OH
- Oregon, OH
- Oxford, OH
- Parma, OH
- Parma Heights, OH
- Perrysburg, OH
- Pickerington, OH
- Piqua, OH
- Portsmouth, OH
- Reynoldsburg, OH
- Riverside, OH
- Rocky River, OH
- Sandusky, OH
- Shaker Heights, OH
- Sidney, OH
- Solon, OH
- South Euclid, OH
- Springfield, OH
- Stow, OH
- Strongsville, OH
- Toledo, OH
- Trotwood, OH
- Troy, OH
- Upper Arlington, OH
- Wadsworth, OH
- Warren, OH
- Westerville, OH
- Westlake, OH
- Willoughby, OH
- Wooster, OH
- Xenia, OH
- Youngstown, OH
- Zanesville, OH
Benefit eligibility is determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and your service’s education office. Nothing on this page guarantees education benefits, credit transfer, admission, or a particular cost. Confirm every detail with the school’s military or veteran services office before you enroll.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (IC 2024): veteran and military services indicators (VET2 through VET5), distance-education program flag (DISTPGS); BOC Score from College Scorecard and IPEDS outcome data; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 Military Installations layer (installation names as recorded there); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities; Census ACS 5-year estimates. Directory counts as of the September 2026 refresh.
