Cleveland, OH (population: 424,526) has nine liberal arts and humanities schools within its city limits. Case Western Reserve University, the highest ranked school in the city with a liberal arts and humanities program, has a total student population of 9,738. It is the 87th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Ohio (#1 is Ohio State University-Main Campus). To learn more about liberal arts and humanities programs in Cleveland, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of liberal arts and humanities professors at Case Western Reserve University such as Joann Giordano.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Cleveland schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, 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, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Cleveland lies in Cuyahoga county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area has 1,003,270 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $20.16/hr average worker wage, and a $41,930 average annual salary.
Of the 9 liberal arts and humanities schools in Cleveland, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Case Western Reserve University comes out as the most expensive ($26,055/yr) for liberal arts and humanities students, with Cuyahoga Community College District as the lowest, reported at only $5,343/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Cleveland |
| Cleveland Heights | OH | 44,848 | 1 | 34.6777 | 3 | 6.6 miles |
| Parma | OH | 76,338 | 1 | 26.2004 | 15 | 7.4 miles |
| Warrensville Heights | OH | - | 1 | 16.9884 | 13 | 8.6 miles |
| Highland Heights | OH | - | 2 | 31.299 | 116 | 11.6 miles |
| North Olmsted | OH | - | 1 | 26.1035 | 13 | 13.4 miles |
| Strongsville | OH | 42,251 | 1 | 28.2567 | 15 | 14.1 miles |
| Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 51,250 | 1 | 27.2194 | 16 | 23.0 miles |
| Mentor | OH | 52,000 | 2 | 33.5238 | 9 | 23.2 miles |
| Elyria | OH | 54,854 | 1 | 9.2858 | 63 | 23.3 miles |
| Medina | OH | - | 2 | 28.5662 | 14 | 25.5 miles |
| Lorain | OH | 70,400 | 1 | 24.183 | 2 | 26.1 miles |
| Akron | OH | 205,375 | 10 | 16.7669 | 304 | 28.9 miles |
| Suffield | OH | - | 2 | 21.6911 | 11 | 36.0 miles |
| North Canton | OH | - | 2 | 20.0373 | 113 | 44.2 miles |
| Milan | OH | - | 1 | 27.8478 | 15 | 49.7 miles |
| Youngstown | OH | 71,023 | 5 | 24.5415 | 214 | 59.6 miles |
| Lisbon | OH | - | 1 | 6.46571 | 19 | 68.2 miles |
| New Philadelphia | OH | - | 2 | 20.6614 | 41 | 69.6 miles |
| New Wilmington | PA | - | 1 | 66.0236 | 69 | 74.2 miles |
| Meadville | PA | - | 3 | 46.4275 | 58 | 79.9 miles |
| Tiffin | OH | - | 3 | 36.5272 | 159 | 81.8 miles |
| Erie | PA | 103,895 | 10 | 28.3152 | 329 | 93.5 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 93.5 miles |
| Detroit | MI | 901,160 | 11 | 18.127 | 476 | 96.0 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 97.0 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 97.5 miles |
| Warren | MI | 133,470 | 6 | 23.1927 | 131 | 98.5 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 99.1 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 99.6 miles |