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Find at-a-glance numbers for enrollment, tuition and financial aid, rankings, and university stats. Unless otherwise noted, enrollment figures apply to the Columbus campus.

Enrollment (autumn 2012)

  • Total university: 63,058
  • Columbus campus: 56,387
  • Regional campuses and ATI: 6,671
  • Undergraduate students: 43,058

Freshman profile (enrolled autumn 2012)

  • New freshmen: 7,186
  • Ohio residents: 5,428 (75.5%)
  • Domestic out-of-state students: 1,168 (16.3%)
  • International students: 590 (8.2%)
  • Students of color: 1,238 (17.2%)
  • Male/female ratio: 50:50

  • Ranked in top 10% of high school class: 54%
  • Ranked in top 25% of high school class: 89%
  • ACT composite score range, middle 50% = 26–30
  • SAT score range (Critical Reading and Math only), middle 50% = 1170–1320

College prep minimums (admitted autumn 2012)

  • 99% exceeded minimum college prep requirements in social science
  • 87% exceeded minimums in natural science
  • 91% exceeded minimums in math
  • 90% exceeded minimums in a foreign language

Geographic diversity (autumn 2012)

Ohio State enrolls students from every state and territory. States with the highest enrollment:
  • 500+: Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, New York, Michigan
  • 300 – 499: New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, Virginia
  • 100 – 299: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kentucky, Connecticut, Minnesota, Tennessee, Washington, Missouri, Utah, Arizona
  • 50 – 99: Colorado, West Virginia, South Carolina

International students (autumn 2012)

  • Total undergraduates: 3,322
  • Number of countries represented: 76
Ethnic diversity of incoming class (autumn 2012)
  • African American/Black: 4.3%
  • Asian: 6.1%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 3.2%
  • Native American/Alaskan Native: less than 1%
  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: less than 1%
  • White: 72.7%
  • Two or more races: 3.4%
  • Nonresident alien: 8.2%
  • Unknown: 1.9%

Undergraduate enrollment by select colleges/schools (autumn 2012)

  • Arts and Sciences: 37.5%
  • Business: 13.9%
  • Dental Hygiene: less than 1%
  • Education and Human Ecology: 8.1%
  • Engineering: 18.1%
  • Exploration: 6.3%
  • Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences: 5.1%
  • Medicine: Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: 3%
  • Nursing: 2.2%
  • Pharmacy: 1%
  • Public Affairs: less than 1%
  • Public Health: less than 1%
  • Social Work: 1%

Academics

  • Number of majors: more than 175
  • Number of academic specializations: 475
  • Number of courses offered: more than 12,000
  • First-year class size:
    • 50 or fewer students: 73%
    • 51–100 students: 15%
    • more than 100 students: 12%
  • Undergraduate student/faculty ratio: 19:1

Costs and financial aid

  • Estimated tuition and fees for full-time undergraduates (autumn 2012):
    • Columbus: $10,037
    • Regional/ATI: $7,140
    • Nonresident, Columbus: $25,445
  • Room and board (most popular combination, Columbus, autumn 2012): $10,392
  • Average financial aid package awarded to incoming freshmen (Columbus campus, autumn 2010): $13,070
  • Percentage of incoming freshmen (Columbus campus, autumn 2010) who received financial aid (grants, not loans): 70%

Rankings

  • 18th among the nation's best public universities (U.S. News & World Report)
  • First Year Experience (FYE) program ranks among the nation’s exemplary programs leading to student success (U.S. News & World Report)
  • 11th among U.S. public research universities based on research expenditures (National Science Foundation)
  • 2nd among all U.S. research universities based on industry-sponsored research (National Science Foundation)
  • 12th in the nation among the country's most highly sought-after graduates (Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters)
  • Top value in the state of Ohio; 37th in the nation (“100 Best Values in Public Colleges,” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine)
University facts
  • Established: 1870
  • First graduating class: 1878
  • Library holdings: nearly 5.8 million volumes
  • Locations:
  • Student organizations: more than 1,000
  • School mascot: Brutus Buckeye
  • School colors: Scarlet and Gray
  • More about history and traditions

 

   
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