# Quick facts

**Source**: https://undergrad.osu.edu/majors-and-academics/quick-facts
**Parent**: https://undergrad.osu.edu/apply/freshmen-columbus/after-you-are-admitted

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## A little bit about us …

- Established in 1870
  *(we go way back!)*\
- First graduating class: 1878
- Locations:

- Largest campus in Columbus
- Ohio residents may attend regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark, or Ohio State's Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster

- Our BELOVED school mascot:
  [Brutus Buckeye](https://www.instagram.com/thebrutusbuckeye/?hl=en)
- 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)
- #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)
- #12 best undergraduate teaching among public universities (*U.S. News and World Report*)
- "Best of the Best" Veteran-Friendly Schools (*U.S. Veterans Magazine*)
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- 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)

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