University of Toledo

Public · Moderately Selective · OH

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationOH · Midwest

SettingUrban

Undergrads9,770

Student:faculty18:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate35.9%

6-yr grad rate57%

Drop-out rate22.7%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$13k

Out-of-state tuition$22k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity35.3%

Gender diversity51.2%

International9%

Identity—

Overview

The University of Toledo is a public research university in northwest Ohio, anchored by its collegiate-Gothic Bancroft campus — University Hall's clock tower is the visual signature of the school — in a mid-sized city near the Michigan border. A merger with the former Medical College of Ohio gave UT its own academic medical center and medical school, adding a genuine health-sciences research arm to a university long known for engineering.

Academics

Engineering stands out for its built-in co-op program, giving students structured, paid work experience integrated directly into the degree rather than pursued as an optional add-on, and the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is another recognized strength. The university's own academic medical center supports direct clinical access for health-sciences and pre-med students that many similarly sized public universities lack.

Campus & student life

The Bancroft campus's collegiate-Gothic architecture, centered on University Hall's clock tower, gives it a traditional, established feel uncommon among newer public universities, set within a mid-sized Rust Belt city that offers affordable off-campus housing and easy access to Michigan. Rockets football and basketball compete in the Mid-American Conference, giving campus a modest but genuine game-day culture, and student housing mixes historic residence halls near the clock tower with newer options farther from campus's original core.

Getting in

Admission is generally accessible, with a straightforward credentials-based review typical of Ohio's public research universities, drawing heavily from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan high schools and community colleges, though the College of Pharmacy and other health-professions programs follow their own more sequenced, competitive admission tracks that often require a separate application after initial coursework.

After graduation

The co-op tradition in engineering creates strong direct pipelines into regional manufacturing and engineering employers across northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, and the medical center supports clinical placements and residency connections for health-sciences students that extend well past graduation. Many engineering co-op students receive a full-time offer from their co-op employer before they've even finished their degree.

Worth knowing

The engineering co-op program is a long-standing, structural part of the degree rather than an optional add-on, worth knowing for students who want guaranteed work experience built into their four years, and the merger with the Medical College of Ohio is why UT has its own medical school and academic medical center despite being a comprehensive, not exclusively health-focused, university.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate92%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 1100–1300 · ACT 23–29

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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