Dayton Business Journal
Ohio’s 'smartest' colleges revealed

Ohio has two colleges in the top 50 and seven in the top 120 on Luminosity’s ranking of America’s Smartest Colleges.

When it comes to the smartest U.S. colleges, Ohio boasts some serious brainpower. The state featured two colleges in the top 50 and seven in the top 120, according to Luminosity’s ranking of America’s Smartest Colleges.

Luminosity — which has developed a program for brain training — measured five areas: memory, processing speed, flexibility, attention and problem solving among the students in the data base.

The analysis of America’s Smartest Colleges came from its data base of more than 50 million users.

In Ohio, Case Western Reserve University was the highest ranked (No. 30) followed by Oberlin College (No. 49). Others on the list included Ohio Northern University (No. 80), The Ohio State University (No. 106), Miami University (No. 112) Ohio Wesleyan University (No. 116) and Cedarville University (No. 118).

In terms of other Dayton-area schools, the University of Dayton ranked No. 183 and Wright State University was No. 210.

Washington University in St. Louis ranked No. 1, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University.

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