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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in Ohio
Ohio speech communication and rhetoric programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State University | Columbus | Public, 4-year | 451 |
| 2 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Public, 4-year | 204 |
| 3 | University of Dayton | Dayton | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 169 |
| 4 | Ohio University | Athens | Public, 4-year | 155 |
| 5 | University of Toledo | Toledo | Public, 4-year | 55 |
| 6 | Cleveland State University | Cleveland | Public, 4-year | 50 |
| 7 | John Carroll University | University Heights | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 39 |
| 8 | Cedarville University | Cedarville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 24 |
| 9 | Sinclair Community College | Dayton | Public, 4-year | 24 |
| 10 | Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green | Public, 4-year | 23 |
| 11 | Wright State University | Dayton | Public, 4-year | 21 |
| 12 | Xavier University | Cincinnati | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 13 |
| 13 | Baldwin Wallace University | Berea | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 12 |
| 14 | Marietta College | Marietta | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 15 | Capital University | Columbus | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 16 | Lourdes University | Sylvania | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 17 | Ohio Northern University | Ada | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 18 | Otterbein University | Westerville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 19 | Tiffin University | Tiffin | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 20 | Muskingum University | New Concord | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 21 | Wilmington College | Wilmington | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 22 | Hiram College | Hiram | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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