International Student Services will assist you with your application to all of our undergraduate programs. This application includes admission to our ESL program if required.
Why International Students Choose Ashland
- Princeton Review ranked Ashland University as a “Best Midwestern School” and the U.S. News & World Report featured us as a “Top Tier School.”
- International Student Services will provide airport pickup and immigration advising. And every office on campus is here to assist you during your studies.
- There’s an active International Club:
Recent events have included canoeing, hiking, swimming and visiting museums and amusement parks.
- Location:
Ashland University is located in a small, friendly city that gives you a great opportunity to experience traditional American culture. Students tell us that living in a small city provides more opportunities to practice their English language skills.
- You can live in a big city too:
If you prefer, you can take graduate classes at our Program Center in Columbus, Ohio.
- Full-time language instruction is available:
ACCESS, our Center for English studies, provides full-time language instruction and the opportunity for conditional admission to academic studies (ESL is only available on our Ashland campus).
- Ashland is a safe city:
Ashland is rated as having the lowest violent crime rate of any city its size in Ohio.
- We have outstanding professors:
More than 80 percent of our faculty hold the highest degrees offered in their field. Professors teach every class and give personal attention.
- For each other:
We have a great community of international students who learn from and support each other as they venture into the American culture and community.
