Ohio is home to some truly top notch colleges and universities. The schools in our slideshow have been selected for a variety of factors, including reputation, graduation rate, selectivity, and student engagement.

Our lineup has been compiled with the help of the America’s Top College List from Forbes, as well as U.S. News and World Report and Ohio’s Private Colleges.

Now see which schools made the cut.

This article appears in Jul 17-23, 2013.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.