Photo: NOAA's National Ocean Service · CC BY 2.0Put-in-Bay is a college town: 29 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Put-in-Bay’s boundary, but Bowling Green State University-Firelands’s campus in Huron, with 1,398 students on campus, is 21.1 miles from the center of town. Across Ohio, 6 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Put-in-Bay. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Put-in-Bay
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Put-in-Bay
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
29 of every 100 Put-in-Bay residents are in college (OH: 6).
How students change Put-in-Bay’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 7.5% of Put-in-Bay residents are below the poverty line, 7.9% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 19 points either way). 0% of the students themselves are below the line. In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade leaves out the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent wherever students are a quarter of residents or more (29% here): it would mostly measure student incomes.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Put-in-Bay’s median age is 55.6 (Ohio 39.7), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
The nearest college to Put-in-Bay
All 0 are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Put-in-Bay.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Put-in-Bay’s median household income ($63,750) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Bowling Green State University-Firelands (2).
Questions about college near Put-in-Bay
Is Put-in-Bay a college town?
Yes. 29 of every 100 Put-in-Bay residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 6 across Ohio. The nearest campus, Bowling Green State University-Firelands, is 21.1 miles away in Huron.
What colleges are near Put-in-Bay?
Within 15 miles: .
What is the closest community college to Put-in-Bay, and what does it cost?
Bowling Green State University-Firelands in Huron, 21.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,407 a year for Ohio residents; the federal net price, $17,480, counts housing and food at full cost.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Put-in-Bay. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →