Canal Winchester, OH has ten distance education schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Ohio University-Main Campus, the highest ranked school in this group with a distance education program, has a total student population of 22,647. It is the 128th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Distance Education students from Canal Winchester schools who go on to become distance educators, teachers, online educators, online teachers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematical science teachers make on average $70,550 per year and there are about 48,100 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Columbus area alone, there are 390 employed mathematical science teachers earning an average salary of $80,170. Education teachers in this area earn $58,510/yr and there are 430 employed.
Canal Winchester lies in Fairfield county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Columbus area has 908,190 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $20.70/hr average worker wage, and a $43,070 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.470 out of every 1000 jobs in Canal Winchester are held by education teachers, and 0.433/1000 are held by mathematical science teachers.
Of the 10 distance education schools with a 100-mile radius of Canal Winchester, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Dayton comes out as the most expensive ($25,494/yr) for distance education students, with Central State University as the lowest, reported at only $8,528/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Canal Winchester |
| Columbus | OH | 768,662 | 37 | 22.955 | 872 | 13.7 miles |
| Hilliard | OH | - | 1 | 21.2344 | 13 | 22.4 miles |
| Zanesville | OH | - | 4 | 22.0879 | 68 | 42.9 miles |
| Yellow Springs | OH | - | 2 | 0.482738 | 0 | 57.1 miles |
| Concord Twp | OH | - | 1 | 37.8234 | 22 | 58.7 miles |
| Rio Grande | OH | - | 3 | 18.3873 | 146 | 70.8 miles |
| Kettering | OH | 52,835 | 4 | 32.9219 | 30 | 71.8 miles |
| Saint Martin | OH | - | 1 | 11.3716 | 2 | 72.4 miles |
| Dayton | OH | 151,594 | 15 | 24.3199 | 569 | 73.9 miles |
| New Boston | OH | - | 1 | 21.3268 | 7 | 76.0 miles |
| Vienna | WV | - | 2 | 36.4588 | 41 | 76.4 miles |
| Piqua | OH | - | 2 | 25.7036 | 76 | 78.5 miles |
| New Philadelphia | OH | - | 2 | 20.6614 | 41 | 84.8 miles |
| Middletown | OH | 51,674 | 7 | 25.6111 | 228 | 86.1 miles |
| Tiffin | OH | - | 3 | 36.5272 | 159 | 89.8 miles |
| Lima | OH | - | 5 | 21.8501 | 114 | 92.1 miles |
| Findlay | OH | - | 4 | 17.9539 | 100 | 93.8 miles |