Workforce and Education
Top Talent & Nationally-Ranked Universities
More than 1.5 million workers live within 50 miles of the heart of Cincinnati USA, downtown Cincinnati.
Companies tap into the power of 300 colleges and universities within a 200-mile radius. Collectively, these institutions enroll 972,000 students and add more than 100,000 young professionals to the regions’ workforce each year.
Who are the Top 20 employers in Cincinnati USA?
Company
|
Employees
|
University of Cincinnati
|
15,862
|
Kroger Co.
|
15,600
|
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
|
14,785
|
The Procter & Gamble Company
|
12,315
|
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
|
9,464
|
TriHealth Inc.
|
9,400
|
Fifth Third Bank
|
7,645
|
Walmart Stores
|
7,500
|
GE Aviation
|
7,400
|
Mercy Health Partners
|
6,948
|
U.S. Postal Service
|
6,379
|
Hamilton County
|
6,304
|
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
|
6,150
|
Internal Revenue Service
|
6,000
|
City of Cincinnati
|
5,441
|
Cincinnati Public Schools
|
5,055
|
Macy's
|
4,700
|
CBS Personnel Services
|
4,534
|
Frisch's Restaurants Inc.
|
4,500
|
Miami University
|
4,399
|
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Cincinnati USA offers diverse educational opportunities with area colleges and universities, conferring degrees ranging from associate to doctorate in a broad range of subjects. Vocational schools also offer excellent adult education programs, which create a diversified labor force that offers businesses qualified, skilled workers.
Enrollment at Major Colleges & Universities
- University of Cincinnati - 33,000
- Miami University - 20,000
- Northern Kentucky University - 14,000
- Cincinnati State Technical and Community College - 14,000
- Xavier University - 6,600
- Gateway Community and Techical College - 2,500
- The Union Institute and Unversity - 2,000
- College of Mount St. Joseph - 2,300
- Thomas More College - 1,600
- Brown Mackie College- 1,300
- Cincinnati Christian University - 1,000
The University of Cincinnati is one of the nation's 20 largest public universities.
- Originated the concept of co-op education.
- Ranked among the top 60 schools by National Science Foundation for dollars spent on research and grant dollars received.
- Graduates nearly 300 engineers each year with the largest mandatory co-op program of any public engineering school in the U.S.
- U.C. Medical Center to play a vital role in making Greater Cincinnati a major center for biomedical research by doubling their medical research activity within five years.
- Vontz Center for Molecular Studies targeting to be the most advanced facility for the study of cancer and neuroscience.
- U.C. Medical Center involved in many firsts, including oral polio vaccine and first antihistamine.
- U.C. is one of the top 20 public research universities in the United States
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