Ohio Northern is:

• Ranked No. 2 among baccalaureate colleges in the Midwest in U.S. News & World Report, "Best Colleges in America" (2008)
• One of the "Best 361 Colleges," Princeton Review (2008)
• Named as one of the top 200 programs in the nation for creative students in Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers (2008)
• Among the top 100 private four-year colleges and small universities in Peterson's Competitive College Guide (2008)
• Named in Colleges of Distinction (2008); a guide profiling America's most distinguished teaching-centered colleges and universities