Findlay College was founded in 1882 by the citizens of the city of Findlay and the Churches of God, General Conference. 

The institution changed its name to The University of Findlay in 1989 to reflect the dynamic growth in enrollment and the diversity of academic offerings available, including the addition of graduate programs. 

Enrollment for 2011-12:

• Total Enrollment - Nearly 3,700
• Undergraduate - More than 2,700
  
• Graduate - Nearly 1,000
• International students - More than 300 from 31 countries and territories
  

Students living on campus  - approximately 1,300

Student/Faculty Ratio  - 14:1

Recognition and Honors:

• Findlay was ranked for 2012 in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" in the Midwest for the sixth consecutive year and was named to the "A+ Schools for B Students" list for the second year.
• Findlay is one of 153 institutions profiled as a "Best in the Midwest" college for 2012 by The Princeton Review. Findlay also received the rating in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
  
• In recent years, the campus has added new residential facilities and more than 60,000 square feet of academic space.
• The Mazza Museum of International Art from Picture Books is the world’s first and largest teaching museum devoted to literacy and the art of children’s picture books.
  
• The University offers a unique global perspective both academically and socially through its international student population, numbering more than 300 and hailing from 31 countries and territories around the world.
• The City of Findlay has been designated a “dreamtown” by Demographics Daily, repeatedly named one of the top 20 micropolitan areas (small towns) in the United States by Site Selection magazine and is the only municipality in Ohio to be selected three times as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People by America’s Promise.
  

Facilities

• The University of Findlay has more than 70 acres at the main campus on North Main Street, which includes academic, administrative and athletic buildings, eight residence halls, 19 townhouse units, 21 cottages and a number of facilities housing faculty and staff offices.
• The campus has grown with five new buildings constructed since 1989. These include the Phil Gardner Fitness Center, the Kenneth L. Frost Science Center, the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, the Edward and Joyce Brewer Center for Health Sciences and the Ralph and Gladys Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex.
• In addition, the University operates a 32-acre facility on the east side of Findlay, containing the English equestrian studies program and University Equine Veterinary Services Inc., and a 152-acre farm, the Animal Sciences Center, eight miles south of campus, housing the western riding and pre-veterinary medicine programs, where in 2009 it dedicated a 31,000-square-foot animal science building to allow room for growth of its premier animal science programs.
  
• A five-acre site on State Route 12 east of Findlay provides hands-on training simulations for the All-Hazards Training Center.
• The Russ and Peg Armstrong Sports Complex, located a couple blocks north of campus, includes six professional-grade tennis courts and two football practice fields.  Plans for a baseball field, softball field and eight-lane track are under development at the 20-acre facility.

Athletics

• The focus of the athletic program is on the student-athlete, with athletic scholarships available for qualified students.
• Findlay participates in 24 intercollegiate sports: 10 men’s (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis and wrestling); 12 women’s (basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance team, golf, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball); and two mixed sports, western and English equestrian riding.
• Findlay is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II and competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). Its equestrian teams compete in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
• The men’s basketball team captured the NCAA Division II national championship in 2009, its first national title.
  
•  In 2001, the equestrian teams won both the English and western IHSA national championships — making UF the only institution to have won both titles the same year.  The western team won IHSA national championships in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. In 2007, the English equestrian team won a reserve national championship title, a feat achieved by both teams in 2008.
• The Oilers football teams won the NAIA Division II National Championship in 1979, 1992, 1995 and the NAIA National Championship in 1997, with the Roughneck wrestling team winning the national crown in 1995.

Campus Life

• Students may participate in any of more than 100 organizations, including special interest clubs, student media, student government, music and theater groups, service clubs, academic honorary organizations, spiritual life groups, and Greek sororities and fraternities.
• UF also has an active intramural program with 28 sports, including flag football, ultimate Frisbee and broomball.