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.

Continue to Conduct
Your Search

updated 11/24/09

250 East Broad Street
Suite 1700
Columbus, OH 43215
Ph: (614) 469-1950
Fax: (614) 469-4733
ofic@ofic.org

Privacy Policy
Search Site
Site Map