Quick facts
Source: https://undergrad.osu.edu/majors-and-academics/quick-facts Parent: https://undergrad.osu.edu/apply/freshmen-columbus/after-you-are-admitted
A little bit about us …
- Established in 1870 (we go way back!)\
- First graduating class: 1878
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Locations:
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Largest campus in Columbus
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Ohio residents may attend regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark, or Ohio State's Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster
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Our BELOVED school mascot: Brutus Buckeye
- School colors: Scarlet and Gray
Not to brag, but here's how we rank
- 1st among Ohio universities and 15th among all publics (U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2025)
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1 producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars among all colleges and universities in the United States
- 12th in the nation for research and development; 6th in industry research (National Science Foundation)
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12 best undergraduate teaching among public universities (U.S. News and World Report)
- "Best of the Best" Veteran-Friendly Schools (U.S. Veterans Magazine) \
- 7th for online undergraduate programs (U.S. News and World Report)\
- 12th Smartest Public Colleges in America (Business Insider)
We're an academic powerhouse
- The nation's top producer of Fulbright Scholars\
- 6th top producer of Peace Corp volunteers
- 18:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- More than 12,000 courses
- 18 colleges and schools
- More than 200 academic centers and institutes, where research, policy-making, knowledge creation and student engagement happen daily across many disciplines\
- 22 graduate and professional programs in the top 10 (U.S. News and World Report)\
- Nearly 80% of first-year classes have 50 or fewer students
Big-time opportunities around every corner
- Top 20 best public schools for internships (Princeton Review)
- 7th in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten for number of students studying abroad (Open Doors Report)
- 350 study abroad programs offered in 70 countries on 6 continents\
- 36 career fairs a year
- Over 600 students from all majors participate annually in Ohio State undergraduate research forums
Our unbeatable value
- Best value public colleges (Princeton Review)
- 1st among U.S. flagship universities for efforts to control in-state tuition over the past decade (Chronicle of Higher Education)\
- More than half of Ohio State students graduate debt free
- Over 600,000 alumni around the globe: your new network!\
- Ohio State alumni are far more likely than graduates of their peer groups to strongly agree that the university was the perfect school for them and that they can’t imagine a world without it (Gallup)
One of the BEST places to live and study
- A+ for campus food — the best in the Big Ten (Niche)
- 3rd Most Amazing Student Union (Best College Reviews)
- Time Out ranked Columbus the 3rd best college town in the U.S. and Zumper named Columbus 4th for new college grads
- All of Ohio State's campuses have been tobacco free since 2014
Unlocking a sustainable future
- Maintains a STARS gold rating for sustainability (The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System)
- Consistently at the top of the Big Ten in use of green power (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)\
- Named among the top tier of national and international colleges and universities for sustainability (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)
- Recognized nationally as a bicycle-friendly campus (League of American Bicyclists)