Ohio has 76 private and 43 public 4-year colleges that enroll 59,387 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $15,388 for in-state students and $24,347 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Ohio charge around $32,974 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Ohio provided $29.6 million in financial aid to 10,684 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $688.2 million in grants and scholarships to 54,700 students.

Ohio receives 4.3% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,412 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $97.8 million in pell grant ($4,964 per student on average), and 35,638 students received a total amount of $192.6 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,785 per student on average).