Hiram College
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John Carroll University
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Notable alumnae include Bob Dickenson, the former president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines; Tim Russert, NCB News Washington Bureau Chief and moderator of Meet the Press; Anthony Pilla, S.J., former Bishop, Diocese of Cleveland; Brigadier General Carter Ham, Commanding Officer in Mosul, Iraq; and Tim Donahue, the CEO of Nextel.
Kent State University
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Famous alumnae include Drew Carey, Chrissie Hynde, Cleveland Browns player Joshua Cribbs, Rocker Joe Walsh, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Connie Schultz, and Arsenio Hall.
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Lake Erie College
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Lake Erie College, located about 30 minutes east of Cleveland in Painesville, is a small liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 1000 undergraduate and graduate students. Originally a women's-only college, Lake Erie now has approximately 40 percent male students.
The college offers degrees in more than 40 disciplines. The school is particularly noted for its equine studies program. Facilities include the George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center, located 5 miles south of the campus in Concord Twp. The center is comprised of 85 acres, with barns that accommodate up to 100 horses and a 1,000 seat arena.
Malone University
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Malone University, now located in Canton, started as Cleveland Bible College on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland (pictured at left.) The school was forced to relocate in 1956 when the city's interbelt highway was built. They chose to move to Canton and became Malone College, named after the school's founders. The school, now Malone University, is affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church (Quakers), but the school's more than 2600 students represent a broad range of Christian denominations.
Malone University offers 50 majors in four colleges as well as an online school. The university has been recognized for the last six years by "US News and World Report" magazine as one of the top schools of its size in the Midwest.
Notre Dame College
Notre Dame College, in South Euclid, is a private Catholic liberal arts college. Founded in 1922 as a Catholic women's college, the school went co-educational in 2001 and today nearly half of the more than 2100 students are male. The school, which sits on 53 acres, offers 29 majors in nine colleges.
Oberlin College
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Notable alumnae include author Tracy Chevalier, poet Carl Dennis, Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, musical theater lyricist John Kandar, singer Liz Phair, feminist and abolitionist Lucy Stone, and author and playwright Thornton Wilder.
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The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
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Founded in 1969, The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Insitute offers two-year associate degrees in a variety of farm-related subjects. The school, located just outside of Wooster, offers 28 degree programs, including nursery management, floral design, crop management, swine production, agricultural business and livestock science.
Coursework for these two-year degrees will also transfer to OSU's Columbus campus towards a four-year bachelor's degree if the student maintains at least a 2.0 GPA.
Tiffin University
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Notable alumnae include Ohio state representative, Sandra Williams.
University of Akron
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Notable alumnae include former Cleveland Browns quarterback, Charlie Frye; former Republican National Committee Chair, Ray C. Bliss; and Miami Dolphins defensive end, Jason Taylor.
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