We're #1 in the Buckeye State in the Best Value category in the Wall Street Journal's 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S., and ONU is a highly-rated top 100 university in its national rankings. In U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Regional Colleges Midwest list, we're ranked #1 in the Best Value Schools category.

Our five colleges provide nationally ranked arts, sciences and professional programs and a diverse array of experiential-learning opportunities. Explore the variety of quality majors, minors, professional programs & concentrations we offer. See how Ohio Northern can prepare you for a rewarding career.

One of the top 25 undergraduate engineering schools in the country, we produce engineers and computer scientists who blaze trails and harness technology for the betterment of humankind. Here, you’ll discover who you are and what you can do.

The Getty College of Arts & Sciences encompasses a wide range of liberal & fine arts, sciences, & pre-professional programs. Contact us to learn more.

Ohio Northern University (Ohio Northern or ONU) is a private college in Ada, Ohio, United States. Founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871, ONU offers over 60 programs across five undergraduate and graduate colleges and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church .

When you apply to Ohio Northern University, you apply to one of our five colleges. And when you’re accepted, you’re immediately part of the college and can begin taking classes toward your degree.

College of Business. Consider what a university can do for you – and what separates the right college from the rest. At Ohio Northern’s Dicke College of Business Administration, that distinction is real world business experience via internships and interactive learning – a unique Northern offering that gives you so many ways to learn.

ONU undergraduate students learn quickly how campus life is the best way to experience the “Olivet Difference.” The entire Olivet community brims with positivity and reflects the mission of life with “a Christian purpose.”

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