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Ohio State University - Main Campus Overview

Located in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution. The location of Ohio State is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Ohio State University - Main Campus Known For?

12,326 Undergraduate Awards
$38,599 Avg Cost After Aid
68% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at Ohio State is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Ohio State.
  • In 2017-2018, 65% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Ohio State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $46,100 a year. That's about 13% more than their peers at other schools.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus Rankings

According to our 2022 analysis, Ohio State is ranked #329 out of 2,587 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #10 out of 108 schools in Ohio.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Ohio State.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Human Sciences Business Services Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Greek Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Other Biological Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Other Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Arts & Media Management Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#2 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#13 Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#33 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#115 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Ohio State has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Other Agriculture Schools College Factual
#1 Best Greek Language & Literature Schools College Factual
#23 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools College Factual
#40 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools College Factual
#84 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools College Factual
#164 Best Business Schools Business Degree Central

Where Is Ohio State University - Main Campus?

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Contact details for Ohio State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 190 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-6446
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/osu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhioState

How Do I Get Into Ohio State?

You can apply to Ohio State online at: undergrad.osu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Ohio State

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ohio State?

68% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Ohio State is 68%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Ohio State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 690. Math scores were between 620 and 740.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Ohio State University - Main Campus  ( 590 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Ohio State University - Main Campus  ( 620 to 740 )
200
800
Ohio State received ACT scores from 80% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 31. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Ohio State University - Main Campus  ( 26 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Ohio State University - Main Campus  ( 26 to 31 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Ohio State University - Main Campus  ( 26 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford Ohio State University - Main Campus?

$38,599 Net Price
36% Take Out Loans
4.4% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Ohio State is $38,599. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Ohio State, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $7,544 a year. That adds up to $30,176 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ohio State is 4.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ohio State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

42,734 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 46,984 undergraduate students at Ohio State, with 42,734 being full-time and 4,250 being part-time.

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There are also 14,385 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 42,734 full-time undergraduates at Ohio State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ohio State University - Main Campus students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,465
Black or African American 2,964
Hispanic or Latino 2,159
White 28,005
International Students 3,075
Other Races/Ethnicities 3,066

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Ohio State University - Main Campus. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 112 countries are represented at Ohio State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Ohio State University - Main Campus

18,410 Took All Classes Online
57,521 Took At Least One Class Online
163.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 57,521 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Ohio State has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 10th most popular in Ohio for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Ohio State

The following table shows how Ohio State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Pharmacology & Toxicology #1 #1
Bioethics/Medical Ethics #1 #4
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services #6 #12
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science #7 #7
Other Health Professions #7 #22
Plant Sciences #10 #10
Dental Support Services #13 #13
Other Engineering #21 #21
Educational Assessment #24 #50
Biological & Biomedical Sciences #28 #40
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations #40 #46
General Engineering #56 #63
Teacher Education Subject Specific #67 #79

Online Growth Rankings of Ohio State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ohio State University - Main Campus was 163.1%. This is the #318 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ohio State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Ohio State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 741 0 0 0 741
Business Administration & Management 59 0 333 32 298 4 726
Nursing 0 0 294 57 251 44 646
General Psychology 0 0 550 0 0 0 550
General Biology 0 0 506 0 0 19 525
Social Work 0 0 154 0 365 3 522
Computer Engineering 0 0 421 0 58 31 510
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 485 0 13 10 508
Marketing 0 0 505 0 0 0 505
Accounting 0 0 451 0 2 4 457
Electrical Engineering 0 0 248 0 101 39 388
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 248 0 73 26 347
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 0 347 0 0 0 347
Economics 0 0 304 0 29 8 341
Political Science & Government 0 0 289 0 6 7 302
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 129 0 18 149 296
General Education 0 0 0 0 216 63 279
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 254 0 12 7 273
Mathematics 0 0 201 0 30 17 248
Health & Physical Education 0 0 171 0 42 11 224
Chemical Engineering 0 0 183 0 16 15 214
Public Health 0 0 105 0 96 9 210
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 182 0 23 3 208
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 201 0 1 6 208
Law 0 0 0 0 0 208 208
General English Literature 0 0 175 0 15 15 205
Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 189 189
Public Administration 0 0 93 0 86 2 181
Applied Mathematics 0 0 48 0 130 0 178
International Relations & National Security 0 0 178 0 0 0 178
Civil Engineering 0 0 143 0 20 6 169
Animal Science 0 0 148 0 9 3 160
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 131 0 15 7 153
Industrial Engineering 0 0 122 0 16 5 143
Criminology 0 0 143 0 0 0 143
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 81 30 31 0 142
History 0 0 124 0 7 8 139
Agricultural Engineering 0 0 125 0 6 5 136
Romance Languages 0 0 109 0 12 7 128
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 111 0 13 4 128
Communication Sciences 0 0 82 0 31 12 125
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 24 1 100 0 125
Materials Engineering 0 0 72 0 30 19 121
Computer Information Systems 0 0 119 0 0 0 119
Physics 0 0 65 0 28 26 119
Chemistry 0 0 68 0 14 36 118
General Architecture 0 0 87 0 30 0 117
Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 115 115
Zoology 0 0 95 0 10 6 111
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 72 0 18 14 104
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 82 0 1 20 103
Sociology 0 0 87 0 9 7 103
Geography & Cartography 0 0 82 0 8 9 99
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 0 96 96
Human Resource Management 0 0 45 0 50 0 95
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 4 89 0 0 0 93
Other Engineering 0 0 64 0 23 6 93
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 0 69 0 16 7 92
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 91 0 0 0 91
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 67 0 5 17 89
Allied Health Professions 0 0 87 0 0 0 87
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 0 78 0 0 0 78
Family & Consumer Economics 0 0 78 0 0 0 78
Anthropology 0 0 65 0 4 9 78
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 74 0 3 0 77
Other Agriculture 0 0 73 0 0 0 73
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 61 0 3 7 71
Management Information Systems 0 0 71 0 0 0 71
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 46 0 21 3 70
Natural Resource Management 0 0 70 0 0 0 70
Genetics 0 0 55 0 2 7 64
Optometry 0 0 0 0 0 63 63
Food Science Technology 0 0 35 0 23 4 62
East Asian Languages 0 0 51 0 6 5 62
Plant Sciences 0 0 40 0 17 4 61
Educational Administration 0 0 61 0 0 0 61
Music 0 0 23 0 12 25 60
Air Transportation 0 0 59 0 0 0 59
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 24 1 32 0 57
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 56 0 56
Journalism 0 0 53 0 0 0 53
Ethnic Studies 0 0 40 0 6 3 49
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 44 0 4 1 49
Hospitality Management 0 0 48 0 0 0 48
Dental Support Services 0 0 43 0 2 0 45
Sustainability Science 0 0 32 0 13 0 45
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 43 0 0 0 43
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0 31 10 41
Special Education 0 0 38 0 0 0 38
Statistics 0 0 0 0 31 7 38
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0 22 16 38
Real Estate 0 0 37 0 0 0 37
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 27 0 3 5 35
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 17 0 11 7 35
International Business 0 0 34 0 0 0 34
Philosophy 0 0 30 0 0 4 34
Environmental Engineering 0 0 33 0 0 0 33
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 0 0 30 2 32
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 29 0 29
Public Policy 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 26 0 1 0 27
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 20 0 3 3 26
Communication & Journalism (Other) 0 0 25 0 0 0 25
Dance 0 0 17 0 6 2 25
Legal Research 0 0 0 0 24 0 24
Engineering Physics 0 0 22 0 0 0 22
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 15 0 4 3 22
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0 17 5 22
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 13 0 2 7 22
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 12 5 4 0 21
Germanic Languages 0 0 18 0 1 1 20
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 15 2 17
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 0 14 0 0 2 16
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Food Processing 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 12 0 1 0 13
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 9 0 0 3 12
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0 12 0 12
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 3 8 11
Agricultural Public Services 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 1 0 6 3 10
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
Human Sciences Business Services 0 0 0 0 4 5 9
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 6 2 8
Teaching English or French 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
Religious Studies 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Nuclear Engineering 0 0 0 0 3 3 6
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Area Studies 0 0 1 0 4 0 5
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Graphic Communications 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Engineering-Related Technologies 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
International Studies 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Insurance 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Other Education 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Greek Language & Literature 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Nutrition Science 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 59 4 12,263 128 2,886 1,564 16,904

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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