

Welcome to the e-Counselor, an electronic student/college
matching service provided to you by The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
(OFIC). With 34 Ohio private colleges to choose among, there is a school to
match your personal, academic and social needs. The purpose of the e-Counselor
is to give you a starting point.
Ohio's
private institutions are very diverse. They include traditional liberal
arts institutions,
church and faith related schools, a
women's college, research and doctoral universities, and colleges
specializing in fine arts, nursing and business
fields. OFIC's member institutions
enroll 98,000 students. Campuses vary in size from
less than 200 students to more than 10,000 students, and the average undergraduate enrollment
is approximately 2,500 students.
A private college education is characterized by small
class sizes and personalized attention. The average student/faculty ratio
at Ohio's private institutions is 14:1.
Ohio's private colleges and universities are committed
to helping make a college education affordable. The average annual tuition and fees
at Ohio's independent institutions for 2008-09 was $22,461. In fall 2006, 93% of new full-time freshmen received financial aid; their packages, including loans, averaged $15,700. The institutions themselves are the single largest
donors of financial aid to their students. Excluding student loans, Ohio's
private colleges provide 80% of all financial aid - more than $700
million.
On the next page, you
will be able to select criteria that are important to you in choosing
a college. When you submit your selection criteria, a list of colleges that match
them will be generated. You may then link directly
to the homepages of the resulting schools.
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to Conduct
Your Search
updated
11/24/09